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:: Conference programme  (updated: May 2nd 2008)
:: Hotel booking form
:: Welcome address of Mr. Franc Kangler, Mayor of Maribor
:: Letter from Mr. Anton Guzej, Director General, RTV Slovenia |
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Dear colleagues,
RTV Slovenija is delighted to welcome you to the 26th CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference in Maribor, Slovenia which will take place from 15th to 17th May 2008 in the Convention Centre Habakuk and will be hosted by Televizija Maribor.
Televizija Maribor is a member of the family of three radio and two television regional stations of Regional RTV Centre Maribor, which includes radio and television programme for Hungarian minority in Slovenia. We broadcast our programmes on our own channels for a population of 700.000 inhabitants in North-East Slovenia (35% of whole Slovene population). Televizija Maribor has participated in all CIRCOM Regional Conferences and other events in the last 14 years. RTV Slovenija, who became member of CIRCOM Regional 20 years ago, hosted the CR Annual Conference in 1990.
In 2008 RTV Slovenija celebrates three great anniversaries: 80th anniversary of Radio Slovenija, 50th anniversary of Televizija Slovenija and 40th anniversary of the outset of regional TV broadcasting in Maribor and Slovene Styria. We will celebrate all of it with you. The year 2008 is also an anniversary year for CIRCOM Regional: in Maribor we will celebrate 25th anniversary of our organisation.
Motto of the 26th Annual Conference is DO IT GLOCAL! We will focus on the impact of new EU policy on public broadcasting across Europe, where regional television is one of the most important windows for well informed citizens. We will ask why regional sport is more than a game and how regional broadcasters become global players in that industry. We will also ask ourselves about the future of broadcasting journalism etc... etc... We hope Maribor Conference will stay in your memory for many ideas, good coproduction proposals and new common projects.
We are looking forward to hosting Europe in Maribor! Welcome!
Zoran Medved
Senior Editor, TV Maribor
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| Welcome address of Mr. Franc Kangler, Mayor of Maribor |
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Dear delegates of the 26th CIRCOM Regional Annual Conference,
Welcome to Maribor, the capital of Slovene Styria (Štajerska) and the second largest city in Slovenia. With its diverse and quality offers surrender to the best that one of the key tourist destinations in Slovenia has to offer!
The rich wine tradition, the oldest vine in the world, the throb of the city with its flourishing cultural history, its location amidst wine growing hills and green Pohorje mountain, as well as various possibilities for exploring, recreation, relaxation, entertainment and meetings, will convince you that Maribor has a heart and soul and that people of Maribor are excellent hosts!
 The old town core promises unforgettable adventure: walk along the river Drava embankment and through the lively streets and squares, where history and tradition blend with dynamics and modernity. Let Lent, the oldest part of the town, enchant you with its Old Vine, the oldest vine in the world, with medieval towers and remains of the old town walls, and moreover the square Grajski trg with the Castle and Museum, the square Glavni trg with the Plague monument and the Town hall, Bishop Slomšek's Cathedral with its viewing tower, the Jewish synagogue, just to mention a few!
The city streets lead to one of the most beautiful city parks in Slovenia. Climb up Piramida and Kalvarija, town wine hills with their wonderful views of the city. And go down in the wine underworld, into one of the oldest and biggest wine cellars in Europe. At all events take trip with a traditional raft on the river Drava, as this exciting adventure offers a charming view of Lent. During the year you could be caught up in the swirl of events, from Festival Lent, the Old Vine Festival, Musical September, the theatre festival Borštnikova srečanje to the Golden Fox and numerous other happenings, which enliven Maribor's everyday life.
The town core itself places Maribor among the European towns, which are identified by their unique, traditional and quality offers. Now we are waiting for the final decision of the European Commission to promote city of Maribor as European Capital of Culture in 2012. With the University, National Opera, Ballet and Theatre house, with Philharmonic Orchestra, world known choir Carmina Slovenica, Regional Museum and Museum of Modern History and Art Gallery, Maribor developed wide network of cultural cooperation between neighbouring regional centres in North-Eastern Slovenia. We are also proud of 20 years of cooperation with Graz in Austria, the former European Capital of Culture in 2003.
In some way Maribor is also the city of mass media. Almost 10 radio stations and 3 television stations are covering events and everyday life in our city. We particularly appreciate contribution of public television and radio, their continuous and intensive development according to needs of our city and region. 62 years of public radio and 40 years of public television are forming respectable age of media service to the citizens and community.
Once again, welcome to Maribor. We are honoured to be your hosts! |
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| Letter from Mr. Anton Guzej, Director General, RTV Slovenia |
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Regional RTV Centre Maribor |
Dear friends,
In the name of RTV Slovenia I am proud to consent and to announce the candidature of RTV Slovenia – Regional RTV Centre Maribor to be the organiser of the 26th Annual Circom Regional Conference in 2008 in Maribor.
RTV Slovenia has been an active member of Circom for many years. In these years a great deal of work and knowledge was contributed into our organisation by some of RTV Slovenia’s very |
best human resources. As you are aware, there was a secretariat of Circom regional in Slovenia for 6 years and Boris Bergant, who is now my advisor for international cooperation, was also the president and general secretary of your organisation.
A selection of the best shows of regional European TV Stations was organised this year by the Regional RTV Centre Maribor – the Prix Circom 2006, while in 2003 the hosting of the executive committee took place. In all these events the Regional RTV Centre Maribor has proven itself to be a successful organiser and a friendly host to such events. We are especially proud of the fact that we were able to provide the most modern working conditions in terms of technology for this year’s Prix jury in the entire history of the event.
The year 2008 is a special year for RTV Slovenia. In the first half of 2008 Slovenia will chair the European Union while RTV Slovenia will celebrate many distinguished and venerable anniversaries: the 80th anniversary of Radio Slovenia, 50th anniversary of Television Slovenia and the 40th anniversary of the first TV studio in Maribor, which had at that time marked the beginnings of the current regional television in North-East Slovenia. We would be honoured if we could share but a small part of our creativity and delight at these jubilees with you.
RTV Slovenia has two regional centres in Koper and Maribor and an extensive network of correspondents all over the country. Television and radio signal in Maribor cover 40% of Slovenia’s populace that live in the four provinces of North-East Slovenia. In both regional centres are striving for cooperation in their respective provinces with partner TV stations from abroad. In this manner the TV Koper/Capodistria in cooperation with RAI 3 from Trieste is already producing an international magazine named Lynx, while TV Maribor is forming an initiative for a new international magazine, which would be produced in cooperation with Austrian ORF, Hungarian MTV and Croatian HRT. In both regional centres we are gradually introducing numerous changes in the programme and technological changes, bimediality and video journalism. We are preparing for full transition to radiofusion after 2010.
Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia, an important regional centre in Middle Europe, on a crossroads between the Adriatic Sea and Eastern Europe and Western and South-Western Europe. A city with a population of 130.000, it hosts a famous international summer festival, it is a home to a university and many cultural sites (theatre, opera and ballet, festival centre and a concert agency) and has an extensive media image, many private radio and TV stations operate here beside the public radio and television. The biggest daily newspaper and the third weekly newspaper on the newspaper market in Slovenia are published in this city.
Since the independence of Slovenia in 1991, Maribor has changed from a centre of heavy industry into a city of tourism and culture. Near its centre there lies one of the largest and most beautiful city parks in Middle Europe. The mountain range of Pohorje is an oasis of winter and summer tourism. Maribor is a traditional organiser of the World Cup Competition in Alpine Skiing for Women – Golden Fox Cup, one of the oldest and most prestigious competitions of its kind in Europe. On the bank of the river Drava, which connects Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, is a house beside which grows one of the oldest vines in the world (officially listed in the Guinness Book of World Records) that still bears grapes from which precious wine is produced.
All these are the reasons for which we will be very happy if you pick Maribor and Slovenia for your and our annual conference in 2008. We leave the choice to you whether the conference will take place at the end of May 2006 as usual, or in the third week of June 2008 when the conference could be joined to the beginning of the traditional international summer festival in Maribor and the official beginning of summer at the holiday of St. John. We would, of course, coordinate the dates with other events that will take place at Slovenia’s chairmanship of EU.
I extend to you my sincerest greetings and wish you success with your work.
Anton Guzej
Director General
RTV Slovenia
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