re:generation Conference 2025 - Panel discussion: "Demographic change as an opportunity - learnings from Chemnitz 2025 for intergenerational work"

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As part of Chemnitz 2025 - European Capital of Culture, the panel discussion "Demographic change as an opportunity - learnings from Chemnitz 2025 for intergenerational work" invites you to take stock and look to the future.

Together with representatives from various intergenerational projects, key questions will be examined: What has been achieved by the projects, what changes have been initiated and how can their results have a long-term impact? What role does demographic change play in Chemnitz and how can cultural participation be organised across generations?

As part of Chemnitz 2025 – European Capital of Culture, the panel discussion ‘Demographic change as an opportunity – lessons from Chemnitz 2025 for intergenerational work’ invites participants to take stock and look to the future. We are getting older, living longer and staying healthy for longer. At the same time, demographic change is turning many things upside down: life courses are no longer linear, but full of transitions and new beginnings. In the coming years, over 13 million people will retire – but many want to continue to play an active role. In his keynote speech, Robert Eysoldt shows why this moment is a new beginning and why we need to break with outdated images of old age. More about his work: Age Bombs – https://agebombs.com

This will be followed by a panel discussion on ‘Demographic change as an opportunity – lessons from Chemnitz 2025 for intergenerational work’: What has been achieved? What changes have been initiated? How will projects continue to have an impact beyond 2025? Together with representatives of various intergenerational projects, key questions will be examined: What has been achieved through the projects, what changes have been initiated, and how can their results have a long-term impact? What role does demographic change play in Chemnitz, and how can cultural participation be shaped across generations? The focus is on the question: What will remain after 2025?

What structures and framework conditions are needed to ensure that generation-specific cultural projects remain part of urban society? The panel brings together different perspectives – from young people who have realised their own projects for the first time (including CREATE.U and Betonblühen) to older people who have experienced a new sense of community in the Tanzende Nachbarn project.

Moderation: Vanessa Beyer