Day 1 – 15.10.2026 

Opening of exhibitions:

• Exhibition of the Architects’ Council of Europe – good examples from the regeneration of the built environment in Europe
• Exhibition – competition – projects in all fields of architecture – prizes are not monetary – more details and requirements will be published soon
• Exhibition about the history of INTERARCH

Day 2 – 16.10.2026 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM AND LECTURERS OF THE CONFERENCE

Venue – UACEG, Aula Maxima – 1 Hristo Smirnenski Blvd.

The program is not final and is subject to change.

09:00-10:00 – registration at UACEG

10:00 – 11:00 – opening – greetings from official guests and authorities from abroad and from Bulgaria

11:00 – 13:00 – Panel 1 – European policies on cities and urban planning

● Daniel Fuegenschuh (Austria), President of ACE – 10 min. Introduction to European Policies in Architecture

● Representative of the European Commission – 10 min. Introduction to the New European Bauhaus

● Carlos Moreno (Colombia/ France) – tbc – «15 Minute City» – 25 min.

● José Luis Cortes (Mexico) – former President of UIA – circular economy 25 min.

● Lecturer from Bulgaria – to be specified – 25 min.

● Lecturer from Bulgaria – to be specified – 25 min.

13:00 – 14:30 – lunch time

14:30-16:35 – Panel 2 – European policies on sustainability, affordable housing and neighborhood spaces, healthy public spaces and healthcare buildings

● Didier Vancutsem (Germany) – sustainability, landscape architecture and systems thinking – 25 min.

● Jean-Philippe Vassal from the Lacaton&Vassal office (France) – tbc – winners of the Pritzker Prize 2021   – 25 min.

● Eugen Panescou (Romania) – ACE coordinator for affordable housing, familiarization with European documents related to the topic.He will also present to the audience the strategy for implementing European policies in architecture, which has been developed in Romania – 25 min.

● Henning Lensch (Germany) – expert architect in the field of healthcare facilities and healthy public spaces – 25 min.

● Yasmin Shariff (United Kingdom) – „Critical Architecture, Nature and Magic: Transformational Design for Recovery“- 25 min.

16:35- 17:30 – Panel 3 – round table discussion on Architectural Competitions as a condition for high quality of the built environment and urban spaces. Moderator – the President of ACE Daniel Fuegenschuh – total duration 55 min.

17:30 -18:00 – closing and awarding of the awards by the jury of the exhibition – competition

19:30 – Farewell party – at the Central House of Architects, 11 Krakra Street – 55 min.

Day 3 – 17.10.2026 

• Visits to Bulgarian architectural and historical sites

Will be announced soon