The Bydgoszcz Water Festival is a one-of-a-kind. Located in the beautiful scenery of the Mill Island, it has been organised in our city since 2008. We are preparing a lot of new things for you, but of course there will be some regular elements of the Festival, such as the Great Bottle Race or meetings with travelers. The Festival has also excellent music.
On June 24-26, 2024, the City of Bydgoszcz will host the World Canals Conference - WCC organized under the patronage and in cooperation with the Inland Waterways International. It is an annual event for inland waterways enthusiasts, held alternately in Europe, Asia and America (2019 – China, 2021 – USA, 2022 – Germany, 2025 - USA). It will give us another opportunity to continue discussion on development of inland waterways in Poland and to place in an international context.
We assume that Bydgoszcz will attract a broad pool of experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, representatives of public authorities and promoters of using inland waterways, also in terms of tourism. It will serve as an excellent platform for exchange of opinions, ideas and above all solutions applied in different countries. Finally, the WCC2024 will offer a possibility to build relations between all who use, maintain and develop inland waterways, not only in Poland.
In addition to meeting on the Brda and Vistula Rivers, participants will have an opportunity to visit other important sites of inland waterways in Poland during study trips organized within the conference
We assume that Bydgoszcz will attract a broad pool of experts, scientists, entrepreneurs, representatives of public authorities and promoters of using inland waterways, also in terms of tourism. It will serve as an excellent platform for exchange of opinions, ideas and above all solutions applied in different countries. Finally, the WCC2024 will offer a possibility to build relations between all who use, maintain and develop inland waterways, not only in Poland.
In addition to meeting on the Brda and Vistula Rivers, participants will have an opportunity to visit other important sites of inland waterways in Poland during study trips organized within the conference
The River in Bydgoszcz flows through the very center of the city and many tourist attractions are concentrated around it. Thanks to the Brda River, there is a unique atmosphere, conducive to walks along the boulevards, cruises on the Brda River, thanks to which you can get to know various hydrotechnical devices. The Mill Island with branches of the District Museum, a cruise on a water tram through the locks on the river, historical (Bydgoszcz Cathedral, Polish Post) and modern (so-called Glass Granaries, Bydgoszcz Harbor, Opera Nova) buildings on the Brda River, numerous sports events (Triathlon Bydgoszcz, Bydgoska Water , Wielka Rowing) or cultural (River Music, Rudder for Bydgoszcz and many others), or simply the possibility of renting a canoe or a pedalo and exploring the center of Bydgoszcz from the river level are undoubtedly the advantages of our city. In addition, Lemara Barge and the exhibitions in the nearby Granaries tell the history of the development of Bydgoszcz thanks to the Brda River and river transport.
However, not all Bydgoszcz attractions are cumulated by the river. The unique and award-winning Exploseum and the Museum of Soap and the History of Dirt co-create the TeH2O Water, Industry and Craft Trail in Bydgoszcz. It combines the stories of a dozen or so places that intertwine the fate of Bydgoszcz residents with the development of local industry and crafts.
Thanks to international air connections and a convenient network of roads and rail connections, Bydgoszcz is easy to get to, and the constantly developing, diverse accommodation and catering base will meet the expectations of the most demanding guests.
However, not all Bydgoszcz attractions are cumulated by the river. The unique and award-winning Exploseum and the Museum of Soap and the History of Dirt co-create the TeH2O Water, Industry and Craft Trail in Bydgoszcz. It combines the stories of a dozen or so places that intertwine the fate of Bydgoszcz residents with the development of local industry and crafts.
Thanks to international air connections and a convenient network of roads and rail connections, Bydgoszcz is easy to get to, and the constantly developing, diverse accommodation and catering base will meet the expectations of the most demanding guests.
The 15th Bydgoszcz Water Festival "Ster na Bydgoszcz" 2024 is a one-of-a-kind event. We invite residents of the region, tourists, water sports and sailing enthusiasts. In the very center of Bydgoszcz, on a June weekend, we will celebrate the unusual location of Bydgoszcz at the meeting point of three rivers. The program will include permanent elements, such as the Watercraft Parade, the Great Bottle Race, and meetings with travelers. In addition, there are flyboard shows, animations and games for children, a food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world, shanty concerts and a disco under the stars. This is only part of what the organizer - the City of Bydgoszcz - has prepared. Participation in the event is free!
Just before WCC2024, we invite you to the next edition of Rudder! Festival on the Brda River, in the beautiful scenery of Młyńska Island, which ensures good fun in a travel and maritime atmosphere. June 22-23, 2024
Just before WCC2024, we invite you to the next edition of Rudder! Festival on the Brda River, in the beautiful scenery of Młyńska Island, which ensures good fun in a travel and maritime atmosphere. June 22-23, 2024
Conference venues
Chamber Theatre
A place with entertainment traditions dating back to the mid-19th century. The restored building returned in 2022 as a Chamber Theater with a hall for over 230 people.
Rother Mills
The industrial spaces gained a new life as city's Center for Culture and Science. Exhibitions, events dedicated to the popularization of science, local heritage and creative meetings take place here.
Speakers
Rafał Bruski
Mayor of Bydgoszcz
Rafał Bruski
Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- - Opening ceremony
(24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00) - - Conference closing ceremony
(26/6/2024 from 14:00 to 15:00)
Sharon Leighton
IWI President
Sharon Leighton
IWI President
Sharon Leighton (US) is the current President of Inland Waterways International (IWI). She has served the IWI Council and membership for nine years in various capacities. Her accomplishments on Council include leading the effort to launch a new website, develop a mission focused Strategic Framework, and serve on the IWI/PIANC partner project to publish international “Guidelines for Tourism Infrastructure on Inland Waterways”.
Sharon is a community development expert with demonstrated success in establishing strategic support from a wide range of diverse stakeholders. She has over four decades of experience implementing tourism, heritage, and recreation projects on canals and inland waterways in her home state of New York and around the world. She is retired from the NYS Canal Corporation where she oversaw several phases of multi-million-dollar canal revitalization programs.
Sharon was Chair of the 2017 World Canals Conference in Syracuse NY, where she and the 2017 WCC team brought together over 400 canal enthusiasts from three continents for a premier experience. She is the owner of Khione Consulting, a project management consulting firm specializing in canal related development and strategic planning.
Sharon was project manager for the award–winning New York State Canal Recreationway Plan and is the Canal System representative to Governor Cuomo’s Regional Council Economic Development initiative.
She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Sage Colleges, Albany NY.
Sharon is a community development expert with demonstrated success in establishing strategic support from a wide range of diverse stakeholders. She has over four decades of experience implementing tourism, heritage, and recreation projects on canals and inland waterways in her home state of New York and around the world. She is retired from the NYS Canal Corporation where she oversaw several phases of multi-million-dollar canal revitalization programs.
Sharon was Chair of the 2017 World Canals Conference in Syracuse NY, where she and the 2017 WCC team brought together over 400 canal enthusiasts from three continents for a premier experience. She is the owner of Khione Consulting, a project management consulting firm specializing in canal related development and strategic planning.
Sharon was project manager for the award–winning New York State Canal Recreationway Plan and is the Canal System representative to Governor Cuomo’s Regional Council Economic Development initiative.
She holds a Master’s degree in Public Policy from Sage Colleges, Albany NY.
- - Opening ceremony (24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00)
- - Plenary session | Part I (24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 12:40)
- - Inland Waterways International and the annual World Canals Conference: sharing waterway heritage and innovation on a global scale. (24/6/2024 from 11:20 to 11:35)
- - Conference closing ceremony (26/6/2024 from 14:00 to 15:00)
Piotr Głowski
Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Permanent Subcomm ...
Piotr Głowski
Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Inland Navigation
Member of Parliament, Chairman of the Permanent Subcommittee on Inland Navigation
- - Opening ceremony (24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00)
Michał Sztybel
Voivode of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region
Michał Sztybel
Voivode of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region
- - Opening ceremony (24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00)
Mateusz Balcerowicz
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, State Water Holding Pol ...
Mateusz Balcerowicz
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, State Water Holding Polish Waters
Since January 2024, a deputy president of the State Water Holding Polish Waters. Responsible for planning, investments and maintenance of the State Treasury waters in Poland, including flood and drought issues.
He headed the water resources department at the Ministry of the Environment. Previously, he gained experience at the Masovian Voivodeship Office, among others, as the head of the flood safety department. He also worked as a deputy director of the international cooperation department at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the director of the innovation department at the National Agricultural Support Centre.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw and postgraduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw/National Bank of Poland and the Faculty of Construction and Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He was the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Gospodarka Wodna” and sat on the scientific councils of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation. A supporter of the project and task approach in administration work.
He headed the water resources department at the Ministry of the Environment. Previously, he gained experience at the Masovian Voivodeship Office, among others, as the head of the flood safety department. He also worked as a deputy director of the international cooperation department at the Ministry of Infrastructure and the director of the innovation department at the National Agricultural Support Centre.
A graduate of the Institute of International Relations of the University of Warsaw and postgraduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw/National Bank of Poland and the Faculty of Construction and Environmental Engineering of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences. He was the editor-in-chief of the scientific journal “Gospodarka Wodna” and sat on the scientific councils of the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management and the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation. A supporter of the project and task approach in administration work.
- - Opening ceremony (24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00)
Zbigniew Ostrowski
Deputy Marshal of the Kujawsko- Pomorskie Region
Zbigniew Ostrowski
Deputy Marshal of the Kujawsko- Pomorskie Region
- - Opening ceremony (24/6/2024 from 10:00 to 11:00)
Łukasz Krupa
Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
Łukasz Krupa
Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- - Plenary session | Part I (24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 12:40)
- - Bydgoszcz, a city by the river
(24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 11:15)
Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
Unser Finowkanal e.V.
Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
Unser Finowkanal e.V.
Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert was born in the Ruhr Valley industrial region of Germany in 1947. He studied electronic engineering and industrial design, and after several years of working as an industrial designer in Germany, he accepted a teaching position in Bogotá, Colombia, from where he moved on to Minneapolis (U.S.A.) for another professorship. After a total of 14 years abroad, Hartmut returned to his native country to teach experimental design in Germany's capital city, Berlin. Hartmut retired in 2012 when he started a program of environmental education, inviting high school and university students to build and race solar-powered electric boats. A second initiative led to the preservation of Germany's oldest human-made waterway, the Finow Canal. In April 2024 he was awarded the European Prize of the State of Brandenburg for his outstanding commitment. He lives in a region not far from where his grandfather made a living as a fisherman on the Dziwna River in Pomerania.
- - Plenary session | Part I (24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 12:40)
- - Celebrating cross-border history (24/6/2024 from 12:00 to 12:15)
Huijun Wang
Chief Editor & Journalist of Grand Canal Media
Huijun Wang
Chief Editor & Journalist of Grand Canal Media
- - Plenary session | Part I (24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 12:40)
- - Promoting Sustainable Development Among Canal Cities (24/6/2024 from 12:20 to 12:35)
Monika Niemiec-Butryn
Deputy Director of the Department of Maritime Economy a ...
Monika Niemiec-Butryn
Deputy Director of the Department of Maritime Economy and Inland Navigation, Ministry of Infrastructure
Od lutego 2024 w DGMiŻŚ odpowiada za sprawy śródlądowych dróg wodnych, bezpieczeństwa żeglugi śródlądowej, rozwoju żeglugi śródlądowej i promocji transportu wodnego śródlądowego.
Po rozpoczęciu pracy w Ministerstwie Infrastruktury w 2002 r. w Departamencie Transportu Morskiego była odpowiedzialna za programowanie inwestycji poprawiających dostęp do portów morskich,
w szczególności współfinansowanych ze środków UE ( SPT Transport 2004-2006). W latach 2005-2011 zajmowała się poprawą konkurencyjności transportu morskiego, opracowaniem strategii transportu morskiego oraz polityki morskiej. W 2011 r. została zastępcą dyrektora Departamentu Transportu Morskiego. Przez 5 lata koordynowała sprawy polityki morskiej, rozwoju portów morskich oraz żeglugi morskiej i śródlądowej do czasu objęcia stanowiska Dyrektora Departamentu Żeglugi Śródlądowej w 2016 r. Następnie w 2018r. została powołana na stanowisko dyrektora Departamentu Gospodarki Wodnej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej.
Absolwentka Wyższej Szkoły Morskiej w Gdyni ( obecnie Uniwersytet Morski w Gdyni ), specjalność organizacja obrotu portowo-morskiego, studiów podyplomowych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej kierunek przygotowanie projektów współfinansowanych z UE oraz Polskiej Akademii Nauk - europejskie prawo samorządowe.
Po rozpoczęciu pracy w Ministerstwie Infrastruktury w 2002 r. w Departamencie Transportu Morskiego była odpowiedzialna za programowanie inwestycji poprawiających dostęp do portów morskich,
w szczególności współfinansowanych ze środków UE ( SPT Transport 2004-2006). W latach 2005-2011 zajmowała się poprawą konkurencyjności transportu morskiego, opracowaniem strategii transportu morskiego oraz polityki morskiej. W 2011 r. została zastępcą dyrektora Departamentu Transportu Morskiego. Przez 5 lata koordynowała sprawy polityki morskiej, rozwoju portów morskich oraz żeglugi morskiej i śródlądowej do czasu objęcia stanowiska Dyrektora Departamentu Żeglugi Śródlądowej w 2016 r. Następnie w 2018r. została powołana na stanowisko dyrektora Departamentu Gospodarki Wodnej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej.
Absolwentka Wyższej Szkoły Morskiej w Gdyni ( obecnie Uniwersytet Morski w Gdyni ), specjalność organizacja obrotu portowo-morskiego, studiów podyplomowych Szkoły Głównej Handlowej kierunek przygotowanie projektów współfinansowanych z UE oraz Polskiej Akademii Nauk - europejskie prawo samorządowe.
- - Plenary session | Part II (24/6/2024 from 13:00 to 15:00)
- - Plans for the development of inland waterways in Poland in the context of the National Shipping Program until 2030 (24/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Duncan Hay
Historian
Duncan Hay
Historian
Duncan Hay is a historian with the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER), a program of the National Park Service (NPS). Previously he served as a hydropower licensing specialist for the NPS and as historian with Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor. He wrote the nomination that led to the designation of 724 km and 524 structures of the New York State Canal System as a National Historic Landmark. He selected historic images and wrote text for more than fifty interpretive wayside exhibits in canal communities across the state. A life-long paddler, he contributed to the New York State Canalway Water Trail Guide and was project manager for the hand-launch facility guidelines.
He has also worked for the NPS Northeast Museum Services Center, National Building Museum in Washington, DC, New York State Museum, Museum of American Textile History, Lowell National Historical Park, the New York Public Service Commission, and the Water Resources Division of US Geological Survey.
With special interests in water and industrial history, he has published on the history of waterpower and urbanization, canals, rural industrialization, and hydroelectric power; organized exhibits on manufacturing, transportation, construction, and the conservation movement; written and implemented historic furnishing plans for the machine shops at Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, NJ; and worked with preservation organizations and industry groups on the documentation, preservation, and interpretation of industrial and engineering sites throughout the US.
Duncan earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Technology from the University of Delaware’s Hagley Program in the History of Industrial America and a B.A. in Geography from the State University of New York at Oneonta.
He has also worked for the NPS Northeast Museum Services Center, National Building Museum in Washington, DC, New York State Museum, Museum of American Textile History, Lowell National Historical Park, the New York Public Service Commission, and the Water Resources Division of US Geological Survey.
With special interests in water and industrial history, he has published on the history of waterpower and urbanization, canals, rural industrialization, and hydroelectric power; organized exhibits on manufacturing, transportation, construction, and the conservation movement; written and implemented historic furnishing plans for the machine shops at Thomas Edison’s laboratory in West Orange, NJ; and worked with preservation organizations and industry groups on the documentation, preservation, and interpretation of industrial and engineering sites throughout the US.
Duncan earned a M.A. and Ph.D. in the History of Technology from the University of Delaware’s Hagley Program in the History of Industrial America and a B.A. in Geography from the State University of New York at Oneonta.
- - Plenary session | Part II (24/6/2024 from 13:00 to 15:00)
- - Improving access to New York’s canals for human-powered watercraft (24/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
Stanisław Drzewiecki
Municipal waterworks and sewage systems, CEO
Stanisław Drzewiecki
Municipal waterworks and sewage systems, CEO
Absolwent Politechniki Poznańskiej na Wydziale Budownictwa Lądowego. Karierę zawodową związał z branżą wodociągowo-kanalizacyjną - najpierw w Koninie, a od 1988 roku w Bydgoszczy. Z bydgoskimi wodociągami związany od 1995 roku. We wrześniu 1999 został powołany do Zarządu MWiK, w którym do dzisiaj pełni funkcję Prezesa Zarządu. W latach 2002-2012 kierował modernizacją całego bydgoskiego systemu wodociągowo-kanalizacyjnego współfinansowanego przez Unię Europejską w ramach dwóch projektów inwestycyjnych: Bydgoski System Wodny i Kanalizacyjny (BSWiK) i Bydgoski System Wodny i Kanalizacyjny II (BSWiK II). Równolegle z pracą zawodową pełnił wiele funkcji w Izbie Gospodarczej „Wodociągi Polskie” (w latach 2006-2011 jako prezes Izby); w okresie 2005 – 2006 członek Zarządu Spółki Wodnej Kapuściska. W latach 2013-2016 kierował pracami związanymi z opracowaniem kompleksowego projektu „Budowa i przebudowa kanalizacji deszczowej i dostosowanie sieci kanalizacji deszczowej do zmian klimatycznych, na terenie miasta Bydgoszczy”, a następnie jego realizacją, która została zakończona w 2023 r. To pierwszy w Polsce projekt, który stwarza możliwości całkowitego zagospodarowania wód deszczowych w mieście z wykorzystaniem retencji i sztucznej inteligencji.
- - Plenary session | Part II (24/6/2024 from 13:00 to 15:00)
- - Construction and reconstruction of storm sewage systems and adaptation of the storm sewage system to climat changes in the city of Bydgoszcz (24/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:05)
Shi Wang
Honorary Chairman & Founder, Vanke Co., Ltd. Chairman o ...
Shi Wang
Honorary Chairman & Founder, Vanke Co., Ltd. Chairman of the Board, Vanke Foundation Founder, DeepRock Group
Honorary Chairman & Founder, Vanke Co., Ltd.
Chairman of the Board, Vanke Foundation
Founder, DeepRock Group
Mr. Wang Shi founded Vanke in 1984 and currently is the honorary chairman of the board. Under his leadership, Vanke has grown into World’s leading real estate company and a pioneer in green building construction.
Mr. Wang Shi actively promotes corporate social responsibility and practices sustainable environmental development. He has participated continuously in 14 United Nations Climate Change Conferences on behalf of Chinese entrepreneurs and devoted to the establishment of the Alashan SEE Entrepreneur Ecology Association, One Foundation, One Planet Nature Foundation and Foundation of Xi’an Rural Development. He also serves as the core leader of many international organizations and charity organizations.
Since 2011, Mr. Wang Shi has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Cambridge University, Oxford University and Hebrew University, as well as visiting professor in many institutions of higher learning. He loves sports and has been the eleventh person in the world who successfully completed ‘climbing the highest peaks in seven continents and crossing the Arctic and Antarctic’ expedition. Now he is making great efforts to promote rowing in China and was elected president of the Asian Rowing Federation in 2014. In 2018, he has been honored with honorary president of Asian Rowing Federation.
In 2017, Mr. Wang Shi founded DeepRock Group, the core business of which is to provide comprehensive solutions of city carbon neutral community, to promote sports and healthy lifestyle, and to conduct green finance investment.
Chairman of the Board, Vanke Foundation
Founder, DeepRock Group
Mr. Wang Shi founded Vanke in 1984 and currently is the honorary chairman of the board. Under his leadership, Vanke has grown into World’s leading real estate company and a pioneer in green building construction.
Mr. Wang Shi actively promotes corporate social responsibility and practices sustainable environmental development. He has participated continuously in 14 United Nations Climate Change Conferences on behalf of Chinese entrepreneurs and devoted to the establishment of the Alashan SEE Entrepreneur Ecology Association, One Foundation, One Planet Nature Foundation and Foundation of Xi’an Rural Development. He also serves as the core leader of many international organizations and charity organizations.
Since 2011, Mr. Wang Shi has been a visiting scholar at Harvard University, Cambridge University, Oxford University and Hebrew University, as well as visiting professor in many institutions of higher learning. He loves sports and has been the eleventh person in the world who successfully completed ‘climbing the highest peaks in seven continents and crossing the Arctic and Antarctic’ expedition. Now he is making great efforts to promote rowing in China and was elected president of the Asian Rowing Federation in 2014. In 2018, he has been honored with honorary president of Asian Rowing Federation.
In 2017, Mr. Wang Shi founded DeepRock Group, the core business of which is to provide comprehensive solutions of city carbon neutral community, to promote sports and healthy lifestyle, and to conduct green finance investment.
- - Plenary session | Part II (24/6/2024 from 13:00 to 15:00)
- - Unleashing the transformation of net zero communities in canal cities (24/6/2024 from 14:10 to 14:25)
Piotr Durajczyk
Director of the Office of Inland Navigation in Szczecin
Piotr Durajczyk
Director of the Office of Inland Navigation in Szczecin
PIOTR DURAJCZYK – doktor nauk technicznych. Dyrektor Urzędu Żeglugi Śródlądowej w Szczecinie od 2018 roku. Adiunkt na wydziale Inżynieryjno – Ekonomicznym Transportu Politechniki Morskiej w Szczecinie, członek Zarządu Szczecińskiego Oddziału Stowarzyszenia Inżynierów i Techników Komunikacji Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej oraz członek Rady Żeglugi Śródlądowej i Komitetu konsultacyjnego Dorzecza Odry.
Narodowy ekspert w Grupie Roboczej PIANC nr 125 w dziedzinie opracowania wytycznych wdrażania usług RIS na świecie.
Przewodniczący polskiej delegacji ekspertów RIS, działających w ramach Europejskiego Komitetu ds. Opracowywania Norm w Żegludze Śródlądowej (CESNI).
Koordynator projektów: Pilotażowe wdrożenie RIS Dolnej Odry oraz Pełne wdrożenie RIS Dolnej Odry, flagowego projektu Unii Europejskiej pn. EMMA
Narodowy ekspert w Grupie Roboczej PIANC nr 125 w dziedzinie opracowania wytycznych wdrażania usług RIS na świecie.
Przewodniczący polskiej delegacji ekspertów RIS, działających w ramach Europejskiego Komitetu ds. Opracowywania Norm w Żegludze Śródlądowej (CESNI).
Koordynator projektów: Pilotażowe wdrożenie RIS Dolnej Odry oraz Pełne wdrożenie RIS Dolnej Odry, flagowego projektu Unii Europejskiej pn. EMMA
- - Plenary session | Part II (24/6/2024 from 13:00 to 15:00)
- - Implementation of the River Information Services (RIS) in Poland (24/6/2024 from 14:30 to 14:45)
Rebecca Hughes
Executive Deputy Director for the New York State Canal ...
Rebecca Hughes
Executive Deputy Director for the New York State Canal Corporation
Rebecca Hughes serves as executive deputy director for the New York State Canal Corporation, a subsidiary of the New York Power Authority (NYPA). As a senior executive, Rebecca has developed and championed the agency’s strategic vision for Canal Revitalization, a long-range plan to ensure that the historic New York State Canal System remains structurally secure and economically vital as it enters its third century of operation. Her teams are responsible for public and government relations across the 524-mile Canal System as well as the $300 million Reimagine the Canals economic development initiative. Rebecca’s work is driven by building coalitions through open dialog and transparent communication.
Prior to focusing on the Canal Corporation, Rebecca led marketing and consumer engagement programs for several business units at NYPA. These included NY Energy Manager, for the delivery of energy management and advisory services to commercial customers, and EVolve NY, to build a public electric vehicle charging network across New York State. Before joining NYPA in 2017, Rebecca was responsible for administration of the Career Pathways program at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Rebecca earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from the State University of New York at Potsdam, and graduate certificates in labor law from Empire State College and in strategic marketing from Cornell University.
Prior to focusing on the Canal Corporation, Rebecca led marketing and consumer engagement programs for several business units at NYPA. These included NY Energy Manager, for the delivery of energy management and advisory services to commercial customers, and EVolve NY, to build a public electric vehicle charging network across New York State. Before joining NYPA in 2017, Rebecca was responsible for administration of the Career Pathways program at the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority.
Rebecca earned a bachelor’s degree in politics from the State University of New York at Potsdam, and graduate certificates in labor law from Empire State College and in strategic marketing from Cornell University.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Revitalizing New York’s Historic Erie Canal for its Third Century of Operation (25/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
John Paterson
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Canals
John Paterson
Chief Executive Officer, Scottish Canals
John Paterson joined Scottish Canals as Chief Executive Officer from NHS Tayside, with over 30 years of dedicated and wide ranging, public service.
Having led several high-value capital and revenue projects, John’s creative approach to providing public value, whilst caring for our environment, has seen him; reconfigure public infrastructure, create new and improved public services and introduce new and innovative business delivery models across local government, healthcare, and environmental regulation.
A passionate environmentalist, John is also a Chartered member of the Royal Environmental Health of Scotland and Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.
Having led several high-value capital and revenue projects, John’s creative approach to providing public value, whilst caring for our environment, has seen him; reconfigure public infrastructure, create new and improved public services and introduce new and innovative business delivery models across local government, healthcare, and environmental regulation.
A passionate environmentalist, John is also a Chartered member of the Royal Environmental Health of Scotland and Chartered Institution of Wastes Management.
- - General session II (26/6/2024 from 10:00 to 10:45)
- - Scotland’s Canals: Rescued, repurposed and delivering for Scotland. (26/6/2024 from 10:25 to 10:45)
Roemer Goossensen
Noah Water Solutions
Roemer Goossensen
Noah Water Solutions
Roemer Goossensen has been working in the water sector since 2012, with a strong emphasis on grid-less solutions. He has carried out several projects on decentralized (drink)water and wastewater treatment in collaboration with various regional governments, project developers and architects, both national and international. As a consultant for WSP, he has advised industrial customers on optimizing water use and preventing raw material losses caused in the primary processes. For the past four years he has been working with Noah Water Solutions on research and development of electrochemical water treatment for industrial and domestic wastewater. Focus areas are treatment of black/grey water, PFAS destruction and in-house treatment of slaughterhouse wastewater. With a commercial-logistic background and a drive for innovative solutions, he works here in the role of product and market developer.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - About pee and poo and what to do – preventing pollution by ships sewage water (25/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:05)
Richard Millar
Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Canals
Richard Millar
Chief Operating Officer, Scottish Canals
Richard Millar is the Chief Operating Officer at Scottish Canals. His current remit covers the operational management of the canals, project development and fundraising.
Since joining the organisation in 1999, Richard has worked on several high-profile projects, including the Millennium Link, which saw the regeneration of the Lowland Canals as a visitor destination; the development and operation of The Falkirk Wheel; the delivery of Pinkston Watersports, in North Glasgow – Scotland’s first urban water sports centre – and the creation of The Helix and The Kelpies.
Since joining the organisation in 1999, Richard has worked on several high-profile projects, including the Millennium Link, which saw the regeneration of the Lowland Canals as a visitor destination; the development and operation of The Falkirk Wheel; the delivery of Pinkston Watersports, in North Glasgow – Scotland’s first urban water sports centre – and the creation of The Helix and The Kelpies.
- - General session II (26/6/2024 from 10:00 to 10:45)
- - Scotland’s Canals: Rescued, repurposed and delivering for Scotland. (26/6/2024 from 10:25 to 10:45)
Alberto Bosino
University of Milan-Bicocca
Alberto Bosino
University of Milan-Bicocca
Alberto Bosino (Vigevano, 28/4/1992) is an Italian geomorphologist expert in soil erosion forms and features. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in Geological Sciences and a master’s degree in Applied Geological Sciences with Honors from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences of the University of Pavia (IT), where he subsequently also obtained a PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences with Excellent rating.
At the age of 29 he became a researcher in Physical Geography and Geomorphology at the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences of the University of Milan-Bicocca (IT). Author of various scientific publications, he also published a book on field geomorphological mapping. He currently works integrating geomorphological mapping with qualitative and quantitative field observations.
At the age of 29 he became a researcher in Physical Geography and Geomorphology at the Department of Environmental and Earth Sciences of the University of Milan-Bicocca (IT). Author of various scientific publications, he also published a book on field geomorphological mapping. He currently works integrating geomorphological mapping with qualitative and quantitative field observations.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Rivers and canals as art elements: observing the paintings in a geomorphological perspective. (25/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:05)
Artur Magnuszewski
University of Warsaw
Artur Magnuszewski
University of Warsaw
dr hab. Artur Magnuszewski, prof. ucz. works at University of Warsaw, Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies, Hydrology Department. His research covers river channel processes, application of remote sensing, hydrodynamic modeling. He is an active sailor sailing on the inland waters of Poland and also on the Baltic Sea. For the television channel Canal + wrote a scripts and performed as the host at 26 films in the series "Poland from above - on the water".
- - General session I (25/6/2024 from 10:00 to 10:45)
- - Why lower Vistula river is so difficult for navigation (25/6/2024 from 10:05 to 10:20)
David Edwards-May
IWI Past President
David Edwards-May
IWI Past President
A former president of Inland Waterways International, David Edwards-May is editor of its magazine World Wide Waterways, while continuing to work as an international consultant on inland waterways. He was co-founder of IWI in 1992. Employed by French consulting engineers SOGREAH from 1976 to 1990, he carried out studies of inland waterways development, primarily for tourism: e.g. the Canal du Midi, the River Lot and the canals of Northern France. He later founded Euromapping and published the first edition of the European Waterways Map in 1993; the sixth edition was published by Imray in 2021. He was technical coordinator of the EU-funded transnational research project Terra-VEV, to explore opportunities for the regeneration and promotion of historic canals throughout Europe (1998-2002). He has chaired two PIANC working groups, one on standards for the use of inland waterways by recreational craft (1997-2000), the other on the extended values of low-use inland waterways (2000-2024). He has been involved in the Seine-Nord Europe Canal project since the preliminary studies in the 1990s, and continues to work on communication in coordination with the Société du Canal Seine-Nord Europe, which is currently building the canal.
- - General session I (25/6/2024 from 10:00 to 10:45)
- - Why the new Seine-Nord Europe Canal is a good choice for the environment (25/6/2024 from 10:25 to 10:40)
Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
University of Bucharest, Romania
Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
University of Bucharest, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu works for the Faculty of Geography, Department of Meteorology and Hydrology, University of Bucharest, Romania, Bulevardul Nicolae Balcescu 1, 010041, Bucharest, Romania
She has teaching, research, planning and management skills, developed in the achievement of more than 25 national and international research projects, within multidisciplinary research teams, more than 10 books, approximately 70 scientific articles, more than 65 national and international conferences. Advanced knowledge in ecology, environmental planning and management, environmental awareness and education, biotechnology and microbiology, environmental protection, waste management, environmental monitoring, acquired through training and professional experience. Advanced knowledge in environmental economics (Presentation on "Environmental Economics and Sustainable Growth Policy" held within the "Integrated Environmental Management and Sustainable Development" course, organized with the support of the "Willy Brandt" Foundation, Faculty of Geography, January 2010). Teaching and pedagogical skills (lectures and seminars) in Environmental Pollution, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Waste Management, Integrated Environmental Monitoring, Atmosphere and Air Quality, Water Quality, Water Pollution. Research interests: Environmental Pollution and Protection, Water Quality, Air Quality, Environmental Monitoring, Waste Management, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Education, Climate Change, Veganism, Biotechnology. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Lisbon, Porttgal (2014), University of Sassari, Italy (2014), ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary, 2018, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2019. Dr. Valentina Manoiu has been evaluated almost 100 scientific articles for different scientific journals and has been involved in organising more than 50 conferences all over the world.
She has teaching, research, planning and management skills, developed in the achievement of more than 25 national and international research projects, within multidisciplinary research teams, more than 10 books, approximately 70 scientific articles, more than 65 national and international conferences. Advanced knowledge in ecology, environmental planning and management, environmental awareness and education, biotechnology and microbiology, environmental protection, waste management, environmental monitoring, acquired through training and professional experience. Advanced knowledge in environmental economics (Presentation on "Environmental Economics and Sustainable Growth Policy" held within the "Integrated Environmental Management and Sustainable Development" course, organized with the support of the "Willy Brandt" Foundation, Faculty of Geography, January 2010). Teaching and pedagogical skills (lectures and seminars) in Environmental Pollution, Environmental Protection, Sustainable Waste Management, Integrated Environmental Monitoring, Atmosphere and Air Quality, Water Quality, Water Pollution. Research interests: Environmental Pollution and Protection, Water Quality, Air Quality, Environmental Monitoring, Waste Management, Environmental Ethics, Environmental Education, Climate Change, Veganism, Biotechnology. She has been a visiting professor at the University of Lisbon, Porttgal (2014), University of Sassari, Italy (2014), ELTE University of Budapest, Hungary, 2018, University of Zagreb, Croatia, 2019. Dr. Valentina Manoiu has been evaluated almost 100 scientific articles for different scientific journals and has been involved in organising more than 50 conferences all over the world.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway (25/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
Nicole Kretschmer
Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
Nicole Kretschmer
Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration
Dr. –Ing Nicole Kretschmer
Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS)
Division of Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism
Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV)
Educational Background:
- Civil – engineer with a specialization in: water and waste management | Aachen University of Applied Sciences
- Water Resources Engineering and Management -WAREM M.Sc. | University of Stuttgart, with 1 year study in Beirut, Lebanon
- Environment and Water –ENWAT Dr. – Ing. | University of Stuttgart
Work Experience:
- Research assistant at the Institute for Technology and Resource Management of the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at the Cologne University of Technology, in the topic of integrated water management, Cologne, Germany (6Years)
- Investigator at the Research Center for Arid Areas, CEAZA (Centro de estudios avanzados en zonas aridas), La Serena, Chile (12 Years)
- Project works as a freelance civil engineer in the area of water resources modelling, Chile
Since November 2023 working at the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency, in the Division of Development of Secondary Waterways and Waterborne Tourism, in Bonn, Germany
Mainly responsible for the implementation of the Recreational Boating Masterplan introduced in 2021.
Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS)
Division of Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism
Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration (WSV)
Educational Background:
- Civil – engineer with a specialization in: water and waste management | Aachen University of Applied Sciences
- Water Resources Engineering and Management -WAREM M.Sc. | University of Stuttgart, with 1 year study in Beirut, Lebanon
- Environment and Water –ENWAT Dr. – Ing. | University of Stuttgart
Work Experience:
- Research assistant at the Institute for Technology and Resource Management of the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT) at the Cologne University of Technology, in the topic of integrated water management, Cologne, Germany (6Years)
- Investigator at the Research Center for Arid Areas, CEAZA (Centro de estudios avanzados en zonas aridas), La Serena, Chile (12 Years)
- Project works as a freelance civil engineer in the area of water resources modelling, Chile
Since November 2023 working at the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency, in the Division of Development of Secondary Waterways and Waterborne Tourism, in Bonn, Germany
Mainly responsible for the implementation of the Recreational Boating Masterplan introduced in 2021.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism Division of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS) (25/6/2024 from 14:10 to 14:25)
Wojciech Płaska
State Water Holding Polish Waters
Wojciech Płaska
State Water Holding Polish Waters
Kierownik Wydziału Śródlądowych Dróg Wodnych w Państwowym Gospodarstwie Wodnym Wody Polskie.
Jest absolwentem Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego na kierunku Gospodarka Przestrzenna – Planowanie Strategiczne Rozwoju Regionalnego i Lokalnego.
Od wczesnej młodości związany jest z aktywnością żeglarską i motorowodną. W Wodach Polskich sprawami dotyczącymi administracji śródlądowymi drogami wodnymi zajmuje się od 2020 r.
Jest absolwentem Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego na kierunku Gospodarka Przestrzenna – Planowanie Strategiczne Rozwoju Regionalnego i Lokalnego.
Od wczesnej młodości związany jest z aktywnością żeglarską i motorowodną. W Wodach Polskich sprawami dotyczącymi administracji śródlądowymi drogami wodnymi zajmuje się od 2020 r.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Administration of inland waterways in Poland (25/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:05)
Thomas Vonier
Senior Architect, Former President UIA / International ...
Thomas Vonier
Senior Architect, Former President UIA / International Union of Architects
Author: Architect Thomas Vonier works from offices in Paris and Washington DC on projects in Africa, East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. His firm has worked with the United Nations, the US National Park Service, the Government of Tunisia, the US State Department, and many other public and private clients. He was elected president of the International Union of Architects (UIA), representing the world’s 3.2 million architects, and as president of the 98,000-member American Institute of Architects (AIA). He was a research affiliate with the MIT Laboratory of Architecture and Planning and studied architecture at Washington University and the University of Wisconsin. His keynote address at the World Canals Conference 2022 in Leipzig was published in the journal "WasserWirtschaft."
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - What makes canals successful tourist attractions? (25/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
Daireann McDonnell
Senior Ecologist, Waterways Ireland
Daireann McDonnell
Senior Ecologist, Waterways Ireland
Daireann McDonnell (M.Sc., B.Sc.) joined Waterways Ireland from a professional career in ecological and environmental consultancy working in Ireland, the UK and Canada. He is employed as Senior Ecologist and leads the ecology specialism within the Environment, Heritage and Sustainability section of the organisation. He brings a broad knowledge of aquatic ecology and mitigation strategies for works within waterways, developed from direct experience on large-scale infrastructure and renewable energy (wind and hydroelectricity) projects. Daireann’s role in the organisation provides specific direction and application of requirements relating to Article 6(3) Appropriate Assessment under the EC Habitats Directive (1992), as well as Water Framework Directive (2000) objectives regarding achievement of ‘Good Ecological Potential’ for artificial and heavily-modified waterbodies. His team provides ecological survey capacity, support for development applications, technical review of ecological and environmental assessments, as well as construction environmental management and monitoring (Ecological Clerk of Works) for activities within the waterways.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Waterways Ireland: Advancement of a dedicated Ecology Unit for the Management and Enhancement of Biodiversity and Natural Heritage (26/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Noémi Mené
AIVP, the international network of port cities
Noémi Mené
AIVP, the international network of port cities
“With an academic background in political science, urban studies, and international cooperation, Noémi Mené began her career by specializing in urban mobility issues. She developed her expertise in consultancy and academic research in several countries. She then spent two and a half years with CODATU, an NGO specialized in promoting sustainable urban mobility in cities of the Global South. While working there, she gained expertise in the area of electric mobility and gender issues in mobility. She now works at AIVP, the international network of port cities, particularly on:
• The European project Connected River , which aims to improve the commercial, environmental, and recreational uses of waterways in Northern Europe
• The interface between the port and urban mobilities
• The specific challenges faced by river port cities”
• The European project Connected River , which aims to improve the commercial, environmental, and recreational uses of waterways in Northern Europe
• The interface between the port and urban mobilities
• The specific challenges faced by river port cities”
- - Connected River project : Improving the cohabitation of uses on the waterways (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
- - Man and human activities | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
Rafał Wasil
Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, member ...
Rafał Wasil
Marshal's Office of the Pomeranian Voivodeship, member of MDW E70 team
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Friendly sailing on the Polish section of the International Waterway E70 (26/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Patrycja Walichnowska
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Patrycja Walichnowska
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Development of innovative technologies for houseboats with increased energy and living autonomy (25/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Krzysztof Niezabitowski
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Krzysztof Niezabitowski
Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Graduated from Wroclaw University of Technology, with two majors in Automation and Robotics (2008) and Electrical Engineering (2010). Since 2007, he has been involved in the design and implementation of multi-discipline projects in the field of Environmental Protection, Power Engineering, Robotics and Hydroecology in Poland and abroad. In 2015 he obtained a construction license in the specialty of installation in the field of electrical and power networks, installations and devices. He has been associated with PROCOM SYSTEM S.A. for more than 16 years. Since 2021, he has been managing the Hydroecology Department, where solutions are designed and implemented to protect ichthyofauna from the impact of water facilities, i.e. weirs, sluices, hydroelectric power plants and process pumping stations. In his field of expertise, he is responsible for creating solutions using electric fields and leading a team of specialists responsible for researching electric fields generated by electric barriers.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - OCHRONA ICHTIOFAUNY W RZEKACH ŻEGLOWNYCH (26/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
Slawek Kulikowski
Head of Innovation, BTIC Bydgoszcz, ATOS GDC Poland
Slawek Kulikowski
Head of Innovation, BTIC Bydgoszcz, ATOS GDC Poland
With over 25 years of expertise in IT, beginning this year Slawek has been appointed in a role of the Head of Innovation at Atos GDC Poland, boosting a culture of innovation, and driving the adoption of cutting-edge technologies such as AI, Cloud, and IoT within the company's portfolio. For many years he has actively supported clients in their digital transformation by designing global scale solutions and executing strategies. He is also working towards a Ph.D., dedicating his efforts to facilitating the decarbonization of industries by harnessing the power of IT solutions.
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Tourist barometer: possibilities of implementation on the waterway (26/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Michal Habel
Nadwiślański Związek Pracodawców LEWIATAN
Michal Habel
Nadwiślański Związek Pracodawców LEWIATAN
Michał Habel is a professor at Kazimierz Wielki University. He serves as head of the Department of Inland Waterways Revitalization in the Faculty of Geographical Sciences and is a member of the faculty's scientific council. Prof. Habel managed international projects obtained through competitions, including research grants financed by the European Commission from the 7th Framework Program for Maria Cure-People-IRSES (acr. Flumen) and Horizon 2020 ( INTERACT Call I acr. KolymaSED and Call III acr. MackSED). He collaborates with the European Investment Bank (EIB) in Luxembourg on water management investment projects. Prof. Habel is the Secretary of the International Committee on Continental Erosion (ICCE), which is part of the International Association of Hydrologists (IAHS). He is authored over 120 publications, four patents and one prototype.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - The Vistula waterway as a water source for water supply projects. Case study of the implementation of the Water for Kujawy - Food for Poland project (25/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
Hanna Michniewicz-Ankiersztajn
Hanna Michniewicz-Ankiersztajn
- - Social aspects of hydrotechnical investments in rural and urban areas (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
- - Man and human activities | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
Robert Banasiak
prof. IMGW-PIB
Robert Banasiak
prof. IMGW-PIB
Dr hab. inż. Robert Banasiak, prof. IMGW-PIB
Robert Banasiak jest pracownikiem Instytutu Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy od 2010 r. (Zakład Hydrologii i Inżynierii Zasobów Wodnych). Zagadnienia pracy naukowej obejmują hydraulikę koryt otwartych i zamkniętych, hydrologię, gospodarkę i inżynierię wodną, w szczególności ochronę przeciwpowodziową, oraz żeglugę śródlądową. W pracy wykorzystuje i łączy techniki GIS, numeryczne modele hydrodynamiczne (1D i 2D) oraz hydrometrię. Jest autorem ponad 80 publikacji naukowych oraz licznych ekspertyz badawczo-technicznych. Ekspert NCBiR i REA (UE).
Robert Banasiak jest pracownikiem Instytutu Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej – Państwowy Instytut Badawczy od 2010 r. (Zakład Hydrologii i Inżynierii Zasobów Wodnych). Zagadnienia pracy naukowej obejmują hydraulikę koryt otwartych i zamkniętych, hydrologię, gospodarkę i inżynierię wodną, w szczególności ochronę przeciwpowodziową, oraz żeglugę śródlądową. W pracy wykorzystuje i łączy techniki GIS, numeryczne modele hydrodynamiczne (1D i 2D) oraz hydrometrię. Jest autorem ponad 80 publikacji naukowych oraz licznych ekspertyz badawczo-technicznych. Ekspert NCBiR i REA (UE).
- - Man and human activities | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Feasibility assessment for the Odra River as an international waterway (26/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
Karol Mieczkin
Inland Waterways International
Karol Mieczkin
Inland Waterways International
"Researcher in the field of socio-economic geography.
Completed BEng in inland waterways revitalization at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, and MSc in spatial management at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
Co-author of several research papers, reports, and municipal development strategies.
Main research interests include: inland waterways, sustainable development, and land management.
Member of the Inland Waterways International."
Completed BEng in inland waterways revitalization at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, and MSc in spatial management at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.
Co-author of several research papers, reports, and municipal development strategies.
Main research interests include: inland waterways, sustainable development, and land management.
Member of the Inland Waterways International."
- - Man and human activities | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Former plans and future prospects for the development of inland waterways in Bydgoszcz, Poland (25/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Paweł Gełesz
PhD, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Paweł Gełesz
PhD, Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk
Born in 1976. A graduate of the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk, diploma in the studios of professors Andrzej Lerch and Jacek Popek.
An industrial designer specializing in watercraft architecture design. Member of the Association of Industrial Designers.
Since 2001 an assistant in the Ship Architecture Design Studio, since 2016 leading the Studio.
For the 2016-2019 term, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design.
Professionally associated with Seatech Engineering Ltd. since 2009.
A fan of the work of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.
An industrial designer specializing in watercraft architecture design. Member of the Association of Industrial Designers.
Since 2001 an assistant in the Ship Architecture Design Studio, since 2016 leading the Studio.
For the 2016-2019 term, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design.
Professionally associated with Seatech Engineering Ltd. since 2009.
A fan of the work of Franciszka and Stefan Themerson.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Modern inland vessels as heritage carriers (25/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Autonomous ferries for the city of Gdańsk “MOTŁAWA 4.0” (26/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
Yasmina Benferhat
University of Lorraine
Yasmina Benferhat
University of Lorraine
Yasmina Benferhat has studied Classics in Paris (University Paris IV-Sorbonne). Since her PhD she has been assistant-professor at the University of Lorraine (Nancy), where she teaches Latin literature and Roman civilization. Her first research topic was political life in the ancient Rome, and since around ten years she’s been searching on water culture in the ancient Rome too. She participated for the first time to the world canals congresses in Leipzig in 2022.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Fun, fun, fun with water since the Roman times (25/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Joseph Moloughney
New York State Canal Corporation
Joseph Moloughney
New York State Canal Corporation
Joseph Moloughney is the Eastern Region Canal Engineer for the New York State Canal Corporation. He was hired by the Corporation in 2009 as the Hudson River PCB Dredging Program Coordinator and subsequently served as the Corporation’s Director of Environmental Affairs. Prior to joining the Corporation, Mr. Moloughney served in a number of positions in his almost 30 years of service in the State of New York, including engineering positions at the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health. Mr. Moloughney also served as the Albany Division Director for the NYS Thruway from 2015 to 2017, before returning to the Canal Corporation in his current position. Mr. Moloughney received his Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering and his Master of Science in Environmental Management and Policy from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Using Operational Changes at Historic Infrastructure to Mitigate the Spread of Invasive Species (25/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Harald Kuhnle
Kuhnle Group, Blue Charge GmhH
Harald Kuhnle
Kuhnle Group, Blue Charge GmhH
Harald Kuhnle Blue Charge GmhH
Founded in 2024 BlueCharge was tasked with the the mission of creating a accessible large scale sustainable charging infrastructure for marinas and caravans.
Harald, a mechanical engineer, was born in Stuttgart in 1956 he founded Kuhnle Tours a boat rental company in 1981. The company portfolio now includes various marinas and restaurants as well as a shipyard. He is considered one of the pioneers of German water tourism.
Harald Kuhnle is an investor and part of the BlueCharge team of industry experts all of whom come from either the maritime or the car charging industry. Haralds role at BlueCharge is technical implementation, hardware development and location consulting.
Founded in 2024 BlueCharge was tasked with the the mission of creating a accessible large scale sustainable charging infrastructure for marinas and caravans.
Harald, a mechanical engineer, was born in Stuttgart in 1956 he founded Kuhnle Tours a boat rental company in 1981. The company portfolio now includes various marinas and restaurants as well as a shipyard. He is considered one of the pioneers of German water tourism.
Harald Kuhnle is an investor and part of the BlueCharge team of industry experts all of whom come from either the maritime or the car charging industry. Haralds role at BlueCharge is technical implementation, hardware development and location consulting.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Empowering Waterways - The Blue Charge Way (26/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Emiliya Hamidova
PhD student, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Emiliya Hamidova
PhD student, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Emiliya Hamidova holds a Bachelor's degree in Geography and a Master's degree in Landscape. Currently, she is a 2nd year Ph.D student at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy, focusing on Earth and Environmental Sciences. Fluent in English and Russian.The ORCID identifier is 0000-0002-8615-3846.
- - Urbanization and flooding events, a biunivocal relation? The Seveso River case study (N-Italy) (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
Tomáš Kolařík
Director, Plavba a vodní cesty o.p.s.
Tomáš Kolařík
Director, Plavba a vodní cesty o.p.s.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Building on Societal Changes to Develop Waterway Tourism in Central Bohemia (26/6/2024 from 13:30 to 13:45)
Marta Łapuszek
Kraków University of Technology
Marta Łapuszek
Kraków University of Technology
Assistant professor at the Department of Geoengineering and Water Management at the Kraków University of Technology.
Scientific interests: water engineering, river channel and valley restoration, landscape engineering, fluvial processes in rivers and mountain streams.
Scientific interests: water engineering, river channel and valley restoration, landscape engineering, fluvial processes in rivers and mountain streams.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Selected projects implementations on Odra Water Way weirs (26/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Antonio Raschi
CNR-Institute for BioEconomy
Antonio Raschi
CNR-Institute for BioEconomy
Antonio Raschi, born in Florence,Italy, in 1955, agronomist. From 1982 to 2022 worked for the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Director of the Institute of Biometeorology in the period 2009-2019. His professional activity has been related mainly to plant ecophysiology, elevated carbon dioxide, climate change and rural development. His more recent interest is about scientific and naturalistic aspects of Dante Alighieri's poetry.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Waterscapes and Waterways in Dante’s Commedia (26/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Dawid Szatten
Vice-Dean for Education Faculty of Geographical Science ...
Dawid Szatten
Vice-Dean for Education Faculty of Geographical Sciences of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Dawid Szatten Ph.D. in Earth Sciences (2017); currently at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Vice-Dean of Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Department of Waterways Revitalization; Coordinator of The Center of Information and Promotion of Inland Waterways in Bydgoszcz (since 2018); Author / co-author of 69 scientific papers, chapters and books: IF sum 45.653, H-index 7, cited 210 times; Member of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), Polish Geographical Society; PI / PC in scientific and commercialization projects, eg. NSC, MARIA CURIE PEOPLE-IRSES, NCRaD; Cooperation with Milano-Bicocca Univ., Pavia Univ., Kiev Univ.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Fluvial processes on the river channel below the dam (25/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Potential environmental possibilities of constructing a lateral navigation canal on the Czarnków - Krzyż Wielkopolski part of the Noteć River (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
Wiktor Karczewski
Subtower, Project Manager and Solution Architect, Atos
Wiktor Karczewski
Subtower, Project Manager and Solution Architect, Atos
Wiktor Karczewski – M.Sc. of Electronics, Telecommunications & Informatics and Economy & Management of Gdańsk University of Technology. Professionally in Atos in the double role of solution architect and IT manager focused on innovation and automation projects. In IT business for last 16 years on various positions and technologies and positions.
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Tourist barometer: possibilities of implementation on the waterway (26/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Dr. Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka works at the Department of Hydrology and Water Management at the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. She conducts research in the field of hydrology, limnology and water management. The scope of her national research mainly covers the issues of floods and low flows on Polish rivers (mainly on the Vistula and its tributaries) and their impact on water management in various sectors of the national economy, including agriculture, inland navigation, hydropower, and supply of drinking water to the population, tourism and recreation.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - The impact of hydrological conditions on the functioning of inland navigation in Poland (25/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Cheng Hao
Grand Tour Education Technology (Beijing) Co. , Ltd.
Cheng Hao
Grand Tour Education Technology (Beijing) Co. , Ltd.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Let Grand Canal Known to the world through Education Tour (25/6/2024 from 14:10 to 14:25)
Adam Stańczyk
Dyrektor Departamentu Planowania Rozwoju i Innowacji, U ...
Adam Stańczyk
Dyrektor Departamentu Planowania Rozwoju i Innowacji, Urząd Marszałkowski Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego
Adam Stańczyk – geograf, od ponad 25 lat zajmujący się polityką regionalną, współautor wszystkich kluczowych dokumentów formułujących założenia polityki rozwoju województwa kujawsko-pomorskiego. Specjalizuje się w planowaniu strategicznym, analizach o charakterze regionalnym i lokalnym, monitorowaniu stanu rozwoju. Od ponad 5 lat kieruje departamentem Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego odpowiedzialnym za planowanie i monitorowanie rozwoju.
- - General session II (26/6/2024 from 10:00 to 10:45)
- - The importance of water for food security (26/6/2024 from 10:05 to 10:20)
Aleksandra Sztuka-Tulińska
Deputy Director, Łódź City Hall
Aleksandra Sztuka-Tulińska
Deputy Director, Łódź City Hall
- - Błękitno-Zielona Łódź. Jak rzeki rozpędzają współcześnie miasto (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
Remigiusz Dzikowski
Maritime University of Szczecin
Remigiusz Dzikowski
Maritime University of Szczecin
MSc. Captain Remigiusz Dzikowski completed first- and second-cycle studies at the Faculty of Navigation of the Maritime University of Szczecin. He continued his education at doctoral studies at the PM in Szczecin. He obtained a sea captain's diploma and commanded container ships. He is the vice-dean for education at the Faculty of Navigation of PM Szczecin.
Currently, his scientific activity focuses on research in the field of risk assessment in the offshore industry.
Currently, his scientific activity focuses on research in the field of risk assessment in the offshore industry.
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Educational process in the field of the inland navigation on Mritime University Szczecin (26/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Krzysztof Dudek
Krzysztof Dudek
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Bridges and footbridges of the Bydgoszcz Canal (26/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Stanisław Wroński
Stanisław Wroński
Stanisław Wroński całą swoją dotychczasową drogę zawodową spędził w dziedzinie planistycznej: planowanie przestrzenne, rewitalizacja obszarów nadrzecznych i wykorzystanie potencjału gospodarczego rzek. Pełnił samorządowe funkcje radnego i członka Zarządu Miasta, kierował miejskimi Pracowniami Urbanistycznymi Torunia i Bydgoszczy, był wieloletnim Pełnomocnikiem Marszałka Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego ds. dróg wodnych.
Problematyką rewitalizacji dróg i szlaków wodnych oraz obszarów nadrzecznych zajmuje się od kilkunastu lat. Jest aktywnym i skutecznym propagatorem rewitalizacji Międzynarodowych Dróg Wodnych, w tym szczególnie udrożnienia MDW E70 na odcinku Odra-Wisła, MDW E40 na odcinku dolnej Wisły i rozwoju i rewitalizacji Bydgoskiego Węzła Wodnego. Jest pomysłodawcą, autorem lub współautorem kilkunastu nowatorskich opracowań w tej dziedzinie. Był członkiem wielu Grup Roboczych do spraw Inwestycji na Śródlądowych Drogach Wodnych przy Ministerstwie Gospodarki Morskiej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej i wielu innych gremiów krajowych i regionalnych związanych z wykorzystaniem gospodarczego potencjału rzek, w tym transportu wodnego.
Wyróżniony wieloma nagrodami związanymi z problematyką wodną: „Krzyżem Wiślanym” Związku Miast Nadwiślańskich, Laurem Wodnym 2015 Prezesa Krajowego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej, Krzyżem „PRO MARI NOSTRO” Ligi Morskiej i Rzecznej, a za działania na rzecz Bydgoszczy i Bydgoskiego Węzła Wodnego, najwyższym wyróżnieniem Rady Miasta: Medalem Kazimierza Wielkiego. Jego dorobek, działalność, konsekwencja i entuzjazm w sposób bezsprzeczny przyczyniły się do wyjątkowo pozytywnego postrzegania tej problematyki Bydgoszczy i Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego.
Problematyką rewitalizacji dróg i szlaków wodnych oraz obszarów nadrzecznych zajmuje się od kilkunastu lat. Jest aktywnym i skutecznym propagatorem rewitalizacji Międzynarodowych Dróg Wodnych, w tym szczególnie udrożnienia MDW E70 na odcinku Odra-Wisła, MDW E40 na odcinku dolnej Wisły i rozwoju i rewitalizacji Bydgoskiego Węzła Wodnego. Jest pomysłodawcą, autorem lub współautorem kilkunastu nowatorskich opracowań w tej dziedzinie. Był członkiem wielu Grup Roboczych do spraw Inwestycji na Śródlądowych Drogach Wodnych przy Ministerstwie Gospodarki Morskiej i Żeglugi Śródlądowej i wielu innych gremiów krajowych i regionalnych związanych z wykorzystaniem gospodarczego potencjału rzek, w tym transportu wodnego.
Wyróżniony wieloma nagrodami związanymi z problematyką wodną: „Krzyżem Wiślanym” Związku Miast Nadwiślańskich, Laurem Wodnym 2015 Prezesa Krajowego Zarządu Gospodarki Wodnej, Krzyżem „PRO MARI NOSTRO” Ligi Morskiej i Rzecznej, a za działania na rzecz Bydgoszczy i Bydgoskiego Węzła Wodnego, najwyższym wyróżnieniem Rady Miasta: Medalem Kazimierza Wielkiego. Jego dorobek, działalność, konsekwencja i entuzjazm w sposób bezsprzeczny przyczyniły się do wyjątkowo pozytywnego postrzegania tej problematyki Bydgoszczy i Województwa Kujawsko-Pomorskiego.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Corridor study of the international waterway E70 on the Oder-Vistula section (25/6/2024 from 14:30 to 14:45)
Julia Wleklińska
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Julia Wleklińska
Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
- - Man and human activities | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Educating students in the awareness of the importance of waterfronts in city life (26/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Mariusz Barczak
University of Economy
Mariusz Barczak
University of Economy
Mariusz Barczak - Doctor of Economic Sciences. Belonging to the young generation of academic staff, he nonetheless has significant achievements in research activities, scientific creativity, and considerable practical experience gained outside the university. This includes serving as a member of national advisory bodies in the field of tourism economy. Notably, he is a member of the Sectoral Council for Competence in Tourism, appointed in 2015 by the Minister of Development. He has received numerous awards, including the Minister of Sport and Tourism Award for achievements in training tourism personnel (2015), the Teraz Polska – Promotion and Development Award for his creative contribution to the development of education and scientific research (2015), and the Minister of Development and Technology Award for "Contributions to Tourism" (2021).
- - Man and human activities | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Tourist barometer: possibilities of implementation on the waterway (26/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Rituparna Acharyya
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
Rituparna Acharyya
Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland
I, Rituparna Acharyya, a young researcher, am currently pursuing my Ph.D. at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland. My current research is focused on assessing the changes in riverine fluxes across river deltaic estuaries of Global North and South due to climate change via application of hydrological and geospatial modelling, along with remote sensing data. Previously, I have completed my master's degree (M.Sc.) in Geoinformatics and Applied Geography from Central University of Karnataka, India. In addition, I have research experience in the following domains: hydrodynamic modelling of riverine processes (erosion, accretion, sediment fluxes); modelling of estuarine processes via statistical modelling; multi-hazard assessment using remote sensing and geospatial data.
- - Man and human activities | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Morphological Evolution of the Hooghly Estuary and Its Implications on Shipping Channels (25/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Mila Burchart
senior programme specialist at Rother's Mills Centre fo ...
Mila Burchart
senior programme specialist at Rother's Mills Centre for Culture and Science
Mila Burchart - senior programme specialist at Rother's Mills Centre for Culture and Science. Translator and researcher. She works at the intersection of culture and history, focusing on building socially responsible spaces. She studied Comparative Literature within the Interfaculty Individual Studies in the Humanities at Jagiellonian University, history and literature in Vilnius, Tartu, Tallinn and Vienna. Co-author of historical narrative exhibitions on the history of Jewish and Roma minorities in Central and Eastern Europe.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - The voice of cultural institutions in the discourse on the city-forming role of rivers (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
Anna Dylewska-Domiza
The Navicula Association of Elblag Canal Admirers
Anna Dylewska-Domiza
The Navicula Association of Elblag Canal Admirers
- - The Elblag Canal Log Rafting (Flis) (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
Monika Szymańska-Walkiewicz
Kazimierz Wielki University
Monika Szymańska-Walkiewicz
Kazimierz Wielki University
- - The impact of canals on the increase in biodiversity of aquatic organisms (zooplankton) the example of the Bydgoszcz Canal (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
Damian Ciepłowski
General Inspectorate of Environmental Protection
Damian Ciepłowski
General Inspectorate of Environmental Protection
Pracuję w Regionalnym Wydziale Monitoringu Środowiska GIOŚ w Bydgoszczy gdzie zajmuję się oceną jakości wód powierzchniowych badanych w ramach państwowego monitoringu środowiska. Ukończyłem studia na kierunkach rewitalizacja dróg wodnych oraz geografia na Uniwersytecie Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy uzyskując tytuł magistra inżyniera.
W wolnych chwilach żegluję, chodzę po górach i jeżdżę na rowerze.
W wolnych chwilach żegluję, chodzę po górach i jeżdżę na rowerze.
- - Water quality of Bydgoszcz Canal – the state environmental monitoring (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
Piotr Weckwerth
Turystyka BEZ FILTRÓW
Piotr Weckwerth
Turystyka BEZ FILTRÓW
Piotr Weckwerth – publicist, running the blog "Tourism WITHOUT FILTER", focusing on the heritage of Bydgoszcz and the surrounding area. Tourist guide, showing around housing estates in Bydgoszcz, YouTuber, kayaking instructor, president of the Foundation for the Promotion of Culture and Tourism "Nad Rzeką" and entrepreneur running a company in the sector of EU funds.
- - Man and human activities | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Districts of Bydgoszcz on the trail of Bydgoszcz Canal (26/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
Jakub Łyczek
Rother's Mills
Jakub Łyczek
Rother's Mills
- - The voice of cultural institutions in the discourse on the city-forming role of rivers (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
Sławomir Dylewski
Navicula Association of Elblag Canal Admirers
Sławomir Dylewski
Navicula Association of Elblag Canal Admirers
- - Vistula Marshlands, a creation of man and nature (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
Anna Sosnowska
Warsaw University of Technology
Anna Sosnowska
Warsaw University of Technology
dr inż. Anna Sosnowska
Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Instalacji Budowalnych, Hydrotechniki i Inżynierii Środowiska
Pracuję na stanowisku naukowo-dydaktycznym w Politechnice Warszawskiej, specjalizuję się w hydrotechnice - inżynierii rzecznej i hydrologii miejskiej. Od ponad 10 lat prowadzę badania dotyczące morfologii rzek, w szczególności Wisły w rejonie Warszawy.
Politechnika Warszawska, Wydział Instalacji Budowalnych, Hydrotechniki i Inżynierii Środowiska
Pracuję na stanowisku naukowo-dydaktycznym w Politechnice Warszawskiej, specjalizuję się w hydrotechnice - inżynierii rzecznej i hydrologii miejskiej. Od ponad 10 lat prowadzę badania dotyczące morfologii rzek, w szczególności Wisły w rejonie Warszawy.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Current condition of Pisz - Warsaw waterway (25/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Ewelina Orysiak
Maritime University of Szczecin
Ewelina Orysiak
Maritime University of Szczecin
Dr inż. of. wacht. Ewelina Orysiak jest adiunktem Wydziału Nawigacyjnego Politechniki Morskiej w Szczecinie. Jej praca inżynierska dotyczyła analizy dokładności pomiaru odległości między statkami uzyskanych za pomocą radaru, ARPA i AIS. Tytuł magistra uzyskała kończąc studia na kierunku Transport w specjalności Systemy Transportu Zintegrowanego. Ukończyła również Zachodniopomorską Szkołę Biznesu w Szczecnie na Wydziale Ekonomii i Informatyki, specjalność: Rachunkowość Zarządcza. Stopień naukowy doktora otrzymała w dziedzinie nauk inżynieryjno-technicznych w dyscyplinie naukowej: inżynieria lądowa, geodezja i transport.
Obecnie, w swojej działalności naukowej, koncentruje się na problematyce badań dotyczącej ładunków niebezpiecznych w transporcie oraz modelowaniu dystrybucji skroplonego gazu ziemnego jako paliwa żeglugowego na akwenach morskich.
Obecnie, w swojej działalności naukowej, koncentruje się na problematyce badań dotyczącej ładunków niebezpiecznych w transporcie oraz modelowaniu dystrybucji skroplonego gazu ziemnego jako paliwa żeglugowego na akwenach morskich.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Distribution of LNG as a marine fuel on sea and inland waterways (25/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Marta Bukolt
Projekt Zabytek
Marta Bukolt
Projekt Zabytek
Nazywam się Marta Bukolt. Jestem magistrem zarządzania dziedzictwem kulturowym i ochrony zabytków. Ukończyłam również studia inżynierskie na kierunku rewitalizacja dróg wodnych. Te tak bardzo skrajne kierunki studiów dały mi wiedzę z wielu różnych dziedzin, którą udało mi się połączyć w jeden duży projekt jakim jest firma Projekt Zabytek. Zdobyta wiedza zaowocowała także wydaniem książki „Historia żeglugi śródlądowej w Bydgoszczy”.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Economic importance of Old and New Bydgoszcz Canal for the city (26/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Anna Klimach
Assistant Professor, University of Warmia and Mazury in ...
Anna Klimach
Assistant Professor, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
An Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Geoengineering in the Department of Spatial Management an attorney-at-law.
Research focuses on civil law, land utilities networks systems, land property, limited real rights in real property, transmission easement. Specialises in procedures related to real estate, such as sale of real estate (including agricultural real estate), perpetual usufruct fees, transformation of real estate rights (e.g. transformation of perpetual usufruct into ownership of real estate) and establishment of limited property rights on real estate (easement, land, transmission), regulation of the legal status of transmission facilities located on real estate.
Secretary of the scientific and editorial board in a journal indexed in Scopus: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum (ISSN 1644-0749).
Research focuses on civil law, land utilities networks systems, land property, limited real rights in real property, transmission easement. Specialises in procedures related to real estate, such as sale of real estate (including agricultural real estate), perpetual usufruct fees, transformation of real estate rights (e.g. transformation of perpetual usufruct into ownership of real estate) and establishment of limited property rights on real estate (easement, land, transmission), regulation of the legal status of transmission facilities located on real estate.
Secretary of the scientific and editorial board in a journal indexed in Scopus: Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Administratio Locorum (ISSN 1644-0749).
- - Man and human activities | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Restriction of use in the protected landscape area on the Łyna River and the exercise of ownership (25/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Tomasz Izajasz
Historian, teacher, curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Muse ...
Tomasz Izajasz
Historian, teacher, curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
Historian, teacher, researcher of the history of the Bydgoszcz Canal. Curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum. He is the organizer of events related to the region and many exhibitions on the history of Bydgoszcz, with particular attention to the Bydgoszcz Canal. Author and co-author of many articles and publications popularizing the history of the city on the Brda River.
- - Plenary session | Part I (24/6/2024 from 11:00 to 12:40)
- - Bydgoszcz Canal - 250th anniversary of its construction (24/6/2024 from 11:40 to 11:55)
Ahmet Yildirim
doctorate student
Ahmet Yildirim
doctorate student
My name is Ahmet Yıldırım. I am doctorate student in Politechnika Bydgoska and I work in laboratory of Politechnika Bydgoska, Faculty of Civil, Enviromental Engineering and Architecture. I have graduated my bachelor degree on May 2013 in Niğde Univesity. I worked as supervisor engineer and project designer in companies and I was owner of construction and structure project design company which especially designed industrial-agricultural reinforced concrete and steel structures from 2016 to 2021. I concluded my master degree at 2018. Significantly, I focus to improve CO2 reduction by pozzolan utilization instead of cement, geopolymer concrete production, utilization of sustainable materials and investigation of mechanical effects of sustainable materials in concrete elements.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Sustainable structural solutions of Bosphorus Bridges (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 11:05)
Maciej Dutkiewicz
Professor at Bydgoszcz University of Science and Techno ...
Maciej Dutkiewicz
Professor at Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology
Maciej Dutkiewicz, Professor at Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Phd in Civil Engineering,
maciej.dutkiewicz@pbs.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-1834
Maciej Dutkiewicz - Google Scholar
Interests: sustainable structures; construction materials; structural optimization; damage detection; Structural Health Monitoring; vibration control and monitoring; fracture resistance of elements and structure; durability; machine learning applications; wind engineering; cement and concrete technologies; asphalt and concrete pavements; infrastructure materials; cementitious and geopolymer composites; roller-compacted concrete; computational; numerical and experimental fields; author of more than 150 scientific works.
maciej.dutkiewicz@pbs.edu.pl
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7514-1834
Maciej Dutkiewicz - Google Scholar
Interests: sustainable structures; construction materials; structural optimization; damage detection; Structural Health Monitoring; vibration control and monitoring; fracture resistance of elements and structure; durability; machine learning applications; wind engineering; cement and concrete technologies; asphalt and concrete pavements; infrastructure materials; cementitious and geopolymer composites; roller-compacted concrete; computational; numerical and experimental fields; author of more than 150 scientific works.
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 3 (26/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Eco-ductile cement composites modified by RCS and FA as sustainable material for water canal structures (26/6/2024 from 11:10 to 11:25)
Michał Frąszczak
Michał Frąszczak
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Assistive technologies and inclusive practices improving accessibility of water edu-tourism among the Blind and Visually-impaired students in the area of Bydgoszcz Water Canal and Bydgoszcz Hydrographic Node (26/6/2024 from 12:50 to 13:05)
Marta Brzezińska
Marta Brzezińska
"Research and teaching assistant at the Department of Inland Waterways Revitalization of the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz.
Master's degree in geography, inland waterway revitalization engineer.
Her research focuses on the use of GIS in hydrology."
Master's degree in geography, inland waterway revitalization engineer.
Her research focuses on the use of GIS in hydrology."
- - Man and human activities | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - Changes in the hydrographic network of the Dolna Noteć River over the last 200 years. (25/6/2024 from 11:50 to 12:05)
Mu Qing
Mu Qing
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Dai Chunlin, an Intangible Cultural Heritage Born by the Canal (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 12:45)
Radosław Michna
Radosław Michna
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1 (25/6/2024 from 10:50 to 12:10)
- - History of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the context of sources from the The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem (25/6/2024 from 11:30 to 11:45)
Daria Jasińska
Daria Jasińska
Mgr inż. Daria Jasińska to asystent naukowo-badawczy na Wydziale Budownictwa, Architektury i Inżynierii Środowiska Politechniki Bydgoskiej. Jej praca inżynierska skupiała się na analizie kładek dla pieszych, co stanowi ważny aspekt w projektowaniu infrastruktury miejskiej. Natomiast praca magisterska była poświęcona zastosowaniom metodyki BIM (Building Information Modeling).Tematyka mostowa znalazła również odzwierciedlenie w artykule zatytułowanym "TRADITION AND CUTTING EDGE IN THE STRUCTURAL SOLUTIONS OF LONDON STRUCTURES – SELECTED EXAMPLES", który został opublikowany w monografii. Obecnie, w swojej działalności naukowej, koncentruje się na badaniach nad wykorzystaniem materiałów odpadowych w tworzeniu nowoczesnych kompozytów cementowych oraz geopolimerów, co przyczynia się do rozwoju bardziej zrównoważonych technologii w budownictwie.
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Selected dynamic characteristics of London's Millennium Bridge and Bydgoszcz's Esperanto Bridge. (26/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Michał Cichoracki
Michał Cichoracki
- - Ecology and Technologies | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Biourbanism - cities as a nature. (25/6/2024 from 13:10 to 13:25)
Agnieszka Kowalkowska
Agnieszka Kowalkowska
- - Man and human activities | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - Vistula Mobilization in Constellations of good places (26/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:00)
Tomasz Miłowski
Tomasz Miłowski
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2 (25/6/2024 from 12:30 to 15:00)
- - Powiat Nakielski Marina - at the end of the Bydgoszcz Canal (25/6/2024 from 14:30 to 14:45)
Kinga Puchowska
Kinga Puchowska
- - Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4 (26/6/2024 from 12:30 to 14:00)
- - The Bydgoszcz Water, Industry and Cratfs Trail - TeH2O sails off on a cruise! (26/6/2024 from 13:50 to 14:00)
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12:00
20:00
Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Great food, travel and entertainment for everyone
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Show location
12:00
20:00
Bydgoszcz Water Festival
The Bydgoszcz Water Festival is a one-of-a-kind. Located in the beautiful scenery of the Mill Island, it has been organised in our city since 2008. We are preparing a lot of new things for you, but of course there will be some regular elements of the Festival, such as the Great Bottle Race or meetings with travelers. The Festival has also excellent music.
Great food, travel and entertainment for everyone
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Show location
12:00
20:00
Bydgoszcz Water Festival
The Bydgoszcz Water Festival is a one-of-a-kind. Located in the beautiful scenery of the Mill Island, it has been organised in our city since 2008. We are preparing a lot of new things for you, but of course there will be some regular elements of the Festival, such as the Great Bottle Race or meetings with travelers. The Festival has also excellent music.
Great food, travel and entertainment for everyone
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Show location
12:00
20:00
Bydgoszcz Water Festival
The Bydgoszcz Water Festival is a one-of-a-kind. Located in the beautiful scenery of the Mill Island, it has been organised in our city since 2008. We are preparing a lot of new things for you, but of course there will be some regular elements of the Festival, such as the Great Bottle Race or meetings with travelers. The Festival has also excellent music.
Great food, travel and entertainment for everyone
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
Everyone will find something for themselves at the festival - fans of gastronomy and new flavors will definitely like the food truck zone with cuisine from all over the world. There will be numerous workshops and classes for children, all with a common denominator - water. But that's not all! The beach will once again turn into a paradise island with a sea atmosphere - it will be an ideal place for relaxation and music.
Click here for the detailed festival program: Bydgoszcz Water Festival
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11:00
12:40
Plenary session | Part I
The session is focused on presentation of the city hosting the Conference, namely the city of Bydgoszcz, situated on the junction of inland waterways of international importance.
Connection between the Vistula River Basin in the east with the Oder River Basin in the west was possible thanks to construction of the Bydgoszcz Canal in 1773–1774, which celebrates its semiquincentennial in the year of the conference. The topics of plenary addresses will feature challenges and opportunities resulting from establishment and functioning of this waterway for two and a half centuries, with a special emphasis on significance of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the system of international inland waterways.
- Bydgoszcz, a city by the river, Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- Inland Waterways International and the annual World Canals Conference: sharing waterway heritage and innovation on a global scale, Sharon Leighton
- The Bydgoszcz Canal - 250 years of history, Tomasz Izajasz
- Celebrating cross-border history, Prof. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
- Promoting Sustainable Development Among Canal Cities, Huijun Wang
- Bydgoszcz, a city by the river, Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- Inland Waterways International and the annual World Canals Conference: sharing waterway heritage and innovation on a global scale, Sharon Leighton
- The Bydgoszcz Canal - 250 years of history, Tomasz Izajasz
- Celebrating cross-border history, Prof. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
- Promoting Sustainable Development Among Canal Cities, Huijun Wang
13:00
15:00
Plenary session | Part II
Part II of the session is dedicated to plans for development of inland waterways in Poland and around the world, in the context of 21st-century ecological and economic challenges. Climate change and intensified pressure from human activities result in constant stress experienced by aquatic environment and all components related to it.
- Plans for the development of inland waterways in Poland in the context of KPŻ2030, Monika Niemiec-Butryn
- Improving access to New York’s canals for human-powered watercraft, Duncan Hay
- Construction and reconstruction of storm sewage systems and adaptation of the storm sewage system to climat changes in the city of Bydgoszcz, Stanisław Drzeiecki
- Unleashing the transformation of net zero communities in canal cities, Shi Wang
- Implementation of the RIS system in Poland, Piotr Durajczyk
- Improving access to New York’s canals for human-powered watercraft, Duncan Hay
- Construction and reconstruction of storm sewage systems and adaptation of the storm sewage system to climat changes in the city of Bydgoszcz, Stanisław Drzeiecki
- Unleashing the transformation of net zero communities in canal cities, Shi Wang
- Implementation of the RIS system in Poland, Piotr Durajczyk
16:15
20:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 24/06
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 24/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 24/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
16:15
20:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 24/06
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 24/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 24/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
11:00
12:40
Plenary session | Part I
The session is focused on presentation of the city hosting the Conference, namely the city of Bydgoszcz, situated on the junction of inland waterways of international importance.
Connection between the Vistula River Basin in the east with the Oder River Basin in the west was possible thanks to construction of the Bydgoszcz Canal in 1773–1774, which celebrates its semiquincentennial in the year of the conference. The topics of plenary addresses will feature challenges and opportunities resulting from establishment and functioning of this waterway for two and a half centuries, with a special emphasis on significance of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the system of international inland waterways.
- Bydgoszcz, a city by the river, Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- Inland Waterways International and the annual World Canals Conference: sharing waterway heritage and innovation on a global scale, Sharon Leighton
- The Bydgoszcz Canal - 250 years of history, Tomasz Izajasz
- Celebrating cross-border history, Prof. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
- Promoting Sustainable Development Among Canal Cities, Huijun Wang
- Bydgoszcz, a city by the river, Deputy Mayor of Bydgoszcz
- Inland Waterways International and the annual World Canals Conference: sharing waterway heritage and innovation on a global scale, Sharon Leighton
- The Bydgoszcz Canal - 250 years of history, Tomasz Izajasz
- Celebrating cross-border history, Prof. Hartmut Ginnow-Merkert
- Promoting Sustainable Development Among Canal Cities, Huijun Wang
13:00
15:00
Plenary session | Part II
Part II of the session is dedicated to plans for development of inland waterways in Poland and around the world, in the context of 21st-century ecological and economic challenges. Climate change and intensified pressure from human activities result in constant stress experienced by aquatic environment and all components related to it.
- Plans for the development of inland waterways in Poland in the context of KPŻ2030, Monika Niemiec-Butryn
- Improving access to New York’s canals for human-powered watercraft, Duncan Hay
- Construction and reconstruction of storm sewage systems and adaptation of the storm sewage system to climat changes in the city of Bydgoszcz, Stanisław Drzeiecki
- Unleashing the transformation of net zero communities in canal cities, Shi Wang
- Implementation of the RIS system in Poland, Piotr Durajczyk
- Improving access to New York’s canals for human-powered watercraft, Duncan Hay
- Construction and reconstruction of storm sewage systems and adaptation of the storm sewage system to climat changes in the city of Bydgoszcz, Stanisław Drzeiecki
- Unleashing the transformation of net zero communities in canal cities, Shi Wang
- Implementation of the RIS system in Poland, Piotr Durajczyk
10:50
12:10
Man and human activities | Part 1
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
- Social aspects of hydrotechnical investments in mountain areas on the example of the reservoir Wilkówka (Beskid Mały), Hanna Michniewicz - Ankiersztajn, PhD
- Restriction of use in the protected landscape area on the Łyna River and the exercise of ownership, Anna Klimach, PhD
- Former plans and future prospects for the development of inland waterways in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Karol Mieczkin
- Changes in the hydrographic network of the Dolna Noteć River over the last 200 years, Marta Brzezińska
- Restriction of use in the protected landscape area on the Łyna River and the exercise of ownership, Anna Klimach, PhD
- Former plans and future prospects for the development of inland waterways in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Karol Mieczkin
- Changes in the hydrographic network of the Dolna Noteć River over the last 200 years, Marta Brzezińska
10:50
12:10
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment.
- The voice of cultural institutions in the discourse on the city-forming role of rivers, Jakub Łyczek
- Current condition of Pisz - Warsaw waterway, Anna Sosnowska
- History of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the context of sources from the The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Dahlem), dr Radosław Michna
- The impact of hydrological conditions on the functioning of inland navigation in Poland, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
- Current condition of Pisz - Warsaw waterway, Anna Sosnowska
- History of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the context of sources from the The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Dahlem), dr Radosław Michna
- The impact of hydrological conditions on the functioning of inland navigation in Poland, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
10:50
12:10
Ecology and Technologies | Part 1
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
- Eco-ductile cement composites modified by RCS and FA as sustainable material for water canal structures, Ahmet Yildirim
- Development of innovative technologies for houseboats with increased energy and living autonomy, Adam Mroziński
- Using Operational Changes at Historic Infrastructure to Mitigate the Spread of Invasive Species, Joseph Moloughney
- Development of innovative technologies for houseboats with increased energy and living autonomy, Adam Mroziński
- Using Operational Changes at Historic Infrastructure to Mitigate the Spread of Invasive Species, Joseph Moloughney
12:30
15:00
Man and human activities | Part 2
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
- Urbanization and flooding events, a biunivocal relation? The Seveso River case study (N-Italy), Emiliya Hamidova
- Fluvial processes on the river channel below the dam, Dawid Szatten
- Morphological Evolution of the Hooghly Estuary and Its Implications on Shipping Channels, Rituparna Acharyya
- Revitalizing New York’s Historic Erie Canal for its Third Century of Operation, Rebecca Hughes
- Administration of inland waterways in Poland, Wojciech Płaska
- Connecting the World's youth through the Cloud Grand Canal, Cheng Hao
- Fluvial processes on the river channel below the dam, Dawid Szatten
- Morphological Evolution of the Hooghly Estuary and Its Implications on Shipping Channels, Rituparna Acharyya
- Revitalizing New York’s Historic Erie Canal for its Third Century of Operation, Rebecca Hughes
- Administration of inland waterways in Poland, Wojciech Płaska
- Connecting the World's youth through the Cloud Grand Canal, Cheng Hao
12:30
15:00
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment.
- Assistive technologies and inclusive practices improving accessibility of water edu-tourism among the Blind and Visually-impaired students in the area of Bydgoszcz Water Canal and Bydgoszcz Hydrographic node, Michał Frąszczak, MA
- What makes canals successful tourist attractions?, Thomas Vonier
- Fun, fun, fun with water since the Roman times, PD Dr Yasmina, Marie Benferhat
- Modern inland vessels as heritage carriers, Paweł Gełesz, PhD
- Rivers and canals as art elements: observing the paintings in a geomorphological perspective, dr Alberto Bosino
- Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism Division of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS), Nicole Kretschmer
- What makes canals successful tourist attractions?, Thomas Vonier
- Fun, fun, fun with water since the Roman times, PD Dr Yasmina, Marie Benferhat
- Modern inland vessels as heritage carriers, Paweł Gełesz, PhD
- Rivers and canals as art elements: observing the paintings in a geomorphological perspective, dr Alberto Bosino
- Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism Division of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS), Nicole Kretschmer
12:30
15:00
Ecology and Technologies | Part 2
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
- Water quality of Bydgoszcz Canal – the state environmental monitoring, Damian Ciepłowski
- The Vistula waterway as a water source for water supply projects. Case study of the implementation of the Water for Kujawy - Food for Poland project, Michał Habel
- Dual-function Archimedean turbines – a challenge combining energy production with fish migration, mgr inż. Michał Dziedzic
- Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway, Assoc. Prof. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
- About pee and poo and what to do – preventing pollution by ships sewage water, Roemer Goossensen
- The Vistula waterway as a water source for water supply projects. Case study of the implementation of the Water for Kujawy - Food for Poland project, Michał Habel
- Dual-function Archimedean turbines – a challenge combining energy production with fish migration, mgr inż. Michał Dziedzic
- Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway, Assoc. Prof. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
- About pee and poo and what to do – preventing pollution by ships sewage water, Roemer Goossensen
16:15
19:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 25/06
Attendees participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko are advised to choose this trip (to the Bydgoszcz Canal) on May 25, 2024 due to time limitations
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 25/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
The Brdyujście trip on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The Brdyujście trip on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 25/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The Lower Vistula Valley tour on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The Lower Vistula Valley tour on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
16:15
19:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 25/06
Attendees participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko are advised to choose this trip (to the Bydgoszcz Canal) on May 25, 2024 due to time limitations
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 25/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The Lower Vistula Valley tour on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The Lower Vistula Valley tour on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 25/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
The Brdyujście trip on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
The Brdyujście trip on June 25, 2024 is not recommended for those participating in the gala dinner in Ostromecko due to time constraints.
People attending the dinner in Ostromecko are kindly advised to choose a Guided walk around Bydgoszcz or a trip to the Bydgoszcz Canal.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
10:50
12:10
Man and human activities | Part 1
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
- Social aspects of hydrotechnical investments in mountain areas on the example of the reservoir Wilkówka (Beskid Mały), Hanna Michniewicz - Ankiersztajn, PhD
- Restriction of use in the protected landscape area on the Łyna River and the exercise of ownership, Anna Klimach, PhD
- Former plans and future prospects for the development of inland waterways in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Karol Mieczkin
- Changes in the hydrographic network of the Dolna Noteć River over the last 200 years, Marta Brzezińska
- Restriction of use in the protected landscape area on the Łyna River and the exercise of ownership, Anna Klimach, PhD
- Former plans and future prospects for the development of inland waterways in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Karol Mieczkin
- Changes in the hydrographic network of the Dolna Noteć River over the last 200 years, Marta Brzezińska
12:30
15:00
Man and human activities | Part 2
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
- Urbanization and flooding events, a biunivocal relation? The Seveso River case study (N-Italy), Emiliya Hamidova
- Fluvial processes on the river channel below the dam, Dawid Szatten
- Morphological Evolution of the Hooghly Estuary and Its Implications on Shipping Channels, Rituparna Acharyya
- Revitalizing New York’s Historic Erie Canal for its Third Century of Operation, Rebecca Hughes
- Administration of inland waterways in Poland, Wojciech Płaska
- Connecting the World's youth through the Cloud Grand Canal, Cheng Hao
- Fluvial processes on the river channel below the dam, Dawid Szatten
- Morphological Evolution of the Hooghly Estuary and Its Implications on Shipping Channels, Rituparna Acharyya
- Revitalizing New York’s Historic Erie Canal for its Third Century of Operation, Rebecca Hughes
- Administration of inland waterways in Poland, Wojciech Płaska
- Connecting the World's youth through the Cloud Grand Canal, Cheng Hao
10:50
12:10
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 1
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment.
- The voice of cultural institutions in the discourse on the city-forming role of rivers, Jakub Łyczek
- Current condition of Pisz - Warsaw waterway, Anna Sosnowska
- History of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the context of sources from the The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Dahlem), dr Radosław Michna
- The impact of hydrological conditions on the functioning of inland navigation in Poland, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
- Current condition of Pisz - Warsaw waterway, Anna Sosnowska
- History of the Bydgoszcz Canal in the context of sources from the The Secret State Archives Prussian Cultural Heritage in Berlin-Dahlem (Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin-Dahlem), dr Radosław Michna
- The impact of hydrological conditions on the functioning of inland navigation in Poland, Katarzyna Kubiak-Wójcicka
12:30
15:00
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 2
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment.
- Assistive technologies and inclusive practices improving accessibility of water edu-tourism among the Blind and Visually-impaired students in the area of Bydgoszcz Water Canal and Bydgoszcz Hydrographic node, Michał Frąszczak, MA
- What makes canals successful tourist attractions?, Thomas Vonier
- Fun, fun, fun with water since the Roman times, PD Dr Yasmina, Marie Benferhat
- Modern inland vessels as heritage carriers, Paweł Gełesz, PhD
- Rivers and canals as art elements: observing the paintings in a geomorphological perspective, dr Alberto Bosino
- Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism Division of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS), Nicole Kretschmer
- What makes canals successful tourist attractions?, Thomas Vonier
- Fun, fun, fun with water since the Roman times, PD Dr Yasmina, Marie Benferhat
- Modern inland vessels as heritage carriers, Paweł Gełesz, PhD
- Rivers and canals as art elements: observing the paintings in a geomorphological perspective, dr Alberto Bosino
- Development of Secondary Waterways, Waterborne Tourism Division of the Federal Waterways and Shipping Agency (GDWS), Nicole Kretschmer
10:50
12:10
Ecology and Technologies | Part 1
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
- Eco-ductile cement composites modified by RCS and FA as sustainable material for water canal structures, Ahmet Yildirim
- Development of innovative technologies for houseboats with increased energy and living autonomy, Adam Mroziński
- Using Operational Changes at Historic Infrastructure to Mitigate the Spread of Invasive Species, Joseph Moloughney
- Development of innovative technologies for houseboats with increased energy and living autonomy, Adam Mroziński
- Using Operational Changes at Historic Infrastructure to Mitigate the Spread of Invasive Species, Joseph Moloughney
12:30
15:00
Ecology and Technologies | Part 2
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
- Water quality of Bydgoszcz Canal – the state environmental monitoring, Damian Ciepłowski
- The Vistula waterway as a water source for water supply projects. Case study of the implementation of the Water for Kujawy - Food for Poland project, Michał Habel
- Dual-function Archimedean turbines – a challenge combining energy production with fish migration, mgr inż. Michał Dziedzic
- Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway, Assoc. Prof. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
- About pee and poo and what to do – preventing pollution by ships sewage water, Roemer Goossensen
- The Vistula waterway as a water source for water supply projects. Case study of the implementation of the Water for Kujawy - Food for Poland project, Michał Habel
- Dual-function Archimedean turbines – a challenge combining energy production with fish migration, mgr inż. Michał Dziedzic
- Torun and Its Vistula Stretch—An Important Green Navigation Spot on a Blue Inland Waterway, Assoc. Prof. Valentina-Mariana Manoiu
- About pee and poo and what to do – preventing pollution by ships sewage water, Roemer Goossensen
10:50
12:10
Man and human activities | Part 3
Concurrent session: Man and human activities
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
10:50
12:10
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3
Concurrent session: Water, Heritage and Tourism
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment. A special session dedicated to aquatic museology is planned as well.
10:50
12:10
Ecology and Technologies | Part 3
Concurrent session: Ecology and Technologies
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
12:30
14:00
Man and human activities | Part 4
Concurrent session: Man and human activities
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
12:30
14:00
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4
Concurrent session: Water, Heritage and Tourism
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment. A special session dedicated to aquatic museology is planned as well.
12:30
14:00
Ecology and Technologies | Part 4
Concurrent session: Ecology and Technologies
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
16:15
20:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 26/06
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 26/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 26/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
16:15
20:00
Excursions - Bydgoszcz Canal 26/06
Bydgoszcz Canal | 250th anniversary of construction
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
- boat trip from the city center to the Bydgoszcz Canal
- visiting one of the passed locks
- a walk along the Old Bydgoszcz Canal
- visit to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum
The Bydgoszcz Canal is the oldest inland waterways canal in Poland that is still navigable. During the trip, participants will have a boat tour cruise along the Bydgoszcz Canal, passing through three locks, including the deepest locks on the entire Canal. Guests will walk through the unique Planty Park - a city park on the Old Bydgoszcz Canal - to the Canal Museum. The curator of the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, together with our guides, will tell a story about the power of inland waterway. After the cruise and sightseeing, guests will be treated to a barbecue dinner.
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
Itinerary:
16:00 - meeting with the guide, boarding the boat Slonecznik - an ecological ship powered by solar energy, cruise through the historic City Lock Brda and the Bydgoski Canal to the Czyżkówko Lock on the New Bydgoszcz Canal, one of the deepest hydrotechnical structures - locks on the Bydgoszcz Canal built in 1915.
17:30 - arrival and walk along the green belt by the Old Bydgoszcz Canal to the Bydgoszcz Canal Museum, tour of the Museum with a museum guide.
The Bydgoszcz Canal Museum is located in a former kindergarten building at Staroszkolna street, between locks IV and V, about 100 meters from the bed of the old section of the Bydgoszcz Canal. In the museum you can see photos and exhibits showing the Bydgoszcz Canal, work and everyday life on the Canal and the Brda River.
19:30 - barbecue dinner (homemade meat products, i.e. sausage, black pudding, pork neck, vegetable skewers, smoked cheese, bread, pickles, non-alcoholic drink, sauces such as ketchup and mustard, vegetarian version and for people with intolerances will be determined individually)
21:00 – return on foot or by bus to the meeting point
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Lower Vistula Valley 26/06
Excursions: Lower Vistula Valley with a visit to a local vineyard
The vineyard Przy Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial Valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyk refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century. During the visit, wine tasting and refreshments with cold snacks made of local products.
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
Itinerary:
16:00 - arrival of a comfortable coach and departure to the Lower Vistula Valley, a ride along the Vistula route accompanied by a guide's story about the history of the region, its inhabitants, their traditions and cuisine
17:30 – arrival in Topolno – Winnica przy Talerzyku – sightseeing and tasting of wines and cheeses from a local cheese factory.
The vineyard at Talerzyku is located in the town of Topolno, near the Talerzyk stronghold from the 11th century. It is located in the Lower Vistula Valley - proglacial valley, from where there is a view of the phenomenal meanders of the river. The vineyard is only 33 km away from Bydgoszcz towards Gdańsk. The vineyard at Talerzyku refers to the history of Kuyavian-Pomeranian viticulture and monastic wine-making traditions dating back to the beginning of the 13th century.
During the visit, refreshments with cold snacks (meat and vegetarian snacks: mini burgers with pulled pork and shrimps, vegetable pastes, bread made from ancient varieties of flour and a buffet) and unlimited coffee and tea.
20:00 – departure from Topolno
21:00 – arrival in Bydgoszcz
16:15
21:00
Excursions - Brdyujście 26/06
Excursions - Brdyujście
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
A stroll around the mouth of the Brda River towards the Vistula, located at a distance of 10 kilometers from the city center, presents an opportunity to explore the local hydrotechnical facilities, including the Brdyujcie and Czersko Polskie locks, the lockkeeper's house, and the cylindrical weir and its power plant.
During the trip, participants will have a unique opportunity to sail on the Vistula and Brda rivers. We will sail through the lock that connects the Brda and Vistula rivers and disembark at hydrotechnical buildings such as the historic cylindrical weir and the Brdyujście lock. During the cruise, participants will cross the Brda River to the city center, to Mill Island. During the cruise, guests will be able to taste fish snacks and drinks.
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
Itinerary:
16:00 – meeting with the guide, bus transfer to the marina to Stary Fordon. The marina is nominated for the Modernization of the Year award. The entire quay has been modernized and prepared to accommodate vessels. The waterfront also serves recreational purposes.
16:30 – boarding the ship and cruise along the Vistula to the Brdyujście Lock. Guests will have wooden, covered Vistula boats at their disposal. Fish snacks and unlimited coffee and tea will be available on the boats.
During the cruise, a visit to the cylindrical weir on Brdyujście and the lock buildings: Brdyujście lock and Czersko Polskie lock.
The Brdyujście Lock is a hydrotechnical monument built in 1879. It made it possible to overcome a level difference of over 2 m. In 2002, the Brdyujście Lock was replaced by the Czersko Polskie Lock.
A cylindrical weir is a hydrotechnical device used for damming water on rivers and canals. The Czersko Polskie weir is located in the area of the mouth of the Brda River and the Vistula River, on the "Czersko Polskie" water stage opening the Vistula-Odra waterway. It is the oldest cylindrical weir in Poland. It is a unique work of hydrotechnical construction in Poland and Europe, maintained in technically efficient condition, in its original shape from the beginning of the 20th century.
21:00 - arrival at Mill Island and end of the trip
10:50
12:10
Man and human activities | Part 3
Concurrent session: Man and human activities
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
12:30
14:00
Man and human activities | Part 4
Concurrent session: Man and human activities
Man and human activities constitutes an inseparable component of relations between people and aquatic environment, including rivers and canals. Presentations during the session will focus on determination of a catalog of human impacts on the environment in time and space. In addition, the session will feature revitalization projects of rivers, canals and waterways, to counteract the negative effects, both past and present.
10:50
12:10
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 3
Concurrent session: Water, Heritage and Tourism
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment. A special session dedicated to aquatic museology is planned as well.
12:30
14:00
Water, Heritage and Tourism | Part 4
Concurrent session: Water, Heritage and Tourism
Presentations during the session Water, Heritage and Tourism will be dedicated to tourist and recreational use of rivers and canals as one of the essential meanings of combining economy with the environment. A special session dedicated to aquatic museology is planned as well.
10:50
12:10
Ecology and Technologies | Part 3
Concurrent session: Ecology and Technologies
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
12:30
14:00
Ecology and Technologies | Part 4
Concurrent session: Ecology and Technologies
Presentations during the session Ecology and Technologies will be dedicated to environmental topics related to rivers and canals, including preservation of resources and ecosystems as well as advanced sustainable technologies.
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