Day one
Monday 19 October 2026
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops 14/10 to 21/10
Biennale Moderator Maja Popovac
18:00
OPENING CEREMONY
• Elma Durmišević, Founder of SGDF, Founder EU Lab for Circular Buildings NL
• Henk van den Dool, Dutch Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Mario Kordić, Mayor of Mostar
• Emil Balavac, Ministry of Trade, Tourism and Environmental Protection
• Rector of the University of Dzemal Bjedić
• Rector of the University of Mostar
Musical intermezzo
19:00
LECTURES / VISION 2030
• Elma Durmišević, Design for Transformation, Future perspectives, NL & BiH
• Tom Frantzen, Open Architecture, Anticipating Unknown, Prof. Technical University of Eindhoven, NL
• Lisbeth Plingers, First circular hospital in Belgum, AZ Hospital Herentals Belgum
• Adnan Pašić, President Association of Architects in BiH
Exhibition –presentation of works
20:15
GREEN RECEPTION
Day two
Tuesday 20 October 2026
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops 14/10 to 21/10
10:30 – 13:00
Town Hall Meeting 1
Transition to the Circular Economy lessons learned from the Netherlands
• Renata Androšević, BiH state of the art
• Erik de Lange, Mosa Netherlands
• Vanjsko trgovinska komora B&H, Privredna komora BiH
• Melika Oruč, QMS Business Consulting, Brick.Block.ba, BiH
18:00 Green Circular Industry
• Reversible ceramic tiling system Moza, The Netherlands
• Circular Fasade systems Jansen, Alukhoningstaal, The Netherlands, Austria, Croatia
• Geberit, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brick.Block.ba, Bosnia and Herzegovina
18:40 Green EU Session
• Pasquale Mari, Horizon Europe Caring Nature project, Universita Catolica Del Sacro Cuore, Rome, IT
• Erasmus+ APLE project, BiH
• Oscar Vandeberg, Circular construction, HvK the Netherlands
19:00
LECTURES / GREEN CIRCULAIR DESIGN
• Sayo Okada, Japan Renewable Energy Institute, Japan
• Gilli Hobbs, EU Policy and standards for circular design, UK
• Roberta Zarcone, Environmental Rehabilitation of Twentieth-Century Housing: Towards a Decision-Support Methodology, GSA unit research, ENSA Paris Malaquais, PSL University, FR
• Jan Bostrom, How Circular is Digital passports, SW
• Mauro Lugaresi, Sustainable Hospital Buildings, BE
20:00
GREEN RECEPTION
Day three
Wednesday 21 October 2026
09:00-16:00
Green Design Workshops 14/10 to 21/10
10:30 – 13:00
Town Hall Meeting 2
NEB forum
Green and Circular architecture EU strategies
Mike Burnard, New European Bauhaus
Daniel Fuegenschuh, president of Architects Council of Europe
Selma Harington, Architects Council of Europe
14:00 – 16:30 o’clock
Students workshop (reversible BIOBASED façade mock-up)
Presentation of students’ workshop results
18:30 Green Session
• Students, workshop results, Mostar BiH
19:00
LECTURES /
• Selma Harington, Architects Council of Europe, New European Bauhaus Forum
• Igor Kuvac, Actions for the green Vrbas River, Banja Luka, BiH
• Ajla Cavkic Topographies of Change, BiH
• Darinka Golubović-Matic, Nikola Tesla University Belgrade, SRB
• Tijana Tufek-Memisevic, Regenerative Cities, DePaul University Chicago, USA / ISOCARP,
• Birgul Colakoglu, Digitalisation and education, ITU, TY
• Gil Paled, Adaptive reuse, IZ
20:00
CLOSING EVENT
Day four
Thursday 22 October 2026
09:00 – 17:00
Exploring sights and tastes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
13:00 – 14:00
Green Lunch