"Regenerating Places, Reimagining Futures" International Conference in Reșița, Romania, April 23-25, 2026

We are excited to announce "Regenerating Places, Reimagining Futures", an international conference on investing in heritage revitalisation in the Danube Region, taking place 23-25 April 2026 at the Multifunctional Centre in Reșița, Romania. Join mayors, planners, investors, and heritage practitioners from across the region for a unique opportunity to exchange experiences and build partnerships between towns navigating the shared challenges of post-industrial transition.

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Small and medium-sized cities across the Danube Region are facing industrial decline, while former industrial sites often remain abandoned despite representing significant untapped development potential. Together with investors, developers, and local stakeholders, we will explore concrete ways to transform these spaces into new development stories. We look forward to seeing you in Reșița!

NONA project partner Iskriva Institute, together with Make Better, and the Municipality of Resita, is a proud co-organiser of the international conference on investing in heritage revitalisation in the Danube region. The event builds on the successful example of the conference Co-creating Future Heritage: From Industrial Past to Future Horizons from November 2025 at the Old Ironworks in Ravne na Koroškem.

Why attend?

01 – Meet peers from similar cities across the Danube Region Connect with mayors, planners, impact investors, heritage practitioners and civil society leaders from small and medium-sized towns navigating industrial restructuring and demographic change. Rare, candid exchange – practitioner to practitioner, beyond the conference room.

02 – Explore live sites of transformation, otherwise not open to the public Gain exclusive access to sites in active transformation: from brownfields being redeveloped into new mixed-use districts and industrial parks, to landmark heritage structures undergoing adaptive re-use. See real decisions being made, in real places, in real time.

03 – Discuss investments & financing for regeneration Dedicated sessions on unlocking funding and capital for post-industrial projects: EU instruments (ITI, Just Transition, NEB framework), impact investment, blended finance and strategies for attracting private capital to brownfield and heritage regeneration.

The event is organised in the framework of cooperation between Interreg Danube projects ReInd-BBG: Reindustrialisation following the Brownfield is better than Greenfield Principle and NONA – New Governance for New Spaces, supported by the Interreg Danube Region Programme co-funded by the European Union.