Friday, August 24
7 pm Dinner
Saturday, August 25
8:45 pm Welcome
9-10 pm Guided tour of Regensburg Cathedral
Section I: London and beyond: Bridges of medieval England
(Chair: Gerrit Jasper Schenk)
11-12:30 pm
Peter Cross Rudkin: The Waterloo Bridge
Dorian Gerhold: The buildings on the London Bridge
David Harrison (London): Eleventh and twelfth century bridges: A comparison of England and continental Europe
12:30-2 pm Lunch
Section II: Medieval Bridges of Central Europe
(Chair: Jana Gadjosová)
2-3:30 pm
Christian Forster (GWZO, Leipzig): Annotations of a map of medieval bridges in Central Europe
Alice Klima (University of Georgia): Bridge of Reform: the Roudnice Bridge on the Elbe in the Medieval Bohemian Landscape
Charlotte Neubert (University of Regensburg): Bridge and hospital of Regensburg
3:30-4 pm Coffee break
Section III: Construction, Desctruction and Restauration of Bridges
(Chair: David Harrison)
4-5:30 pm
Galina Finagarova (University of Vienna): Byzantine Stone Bridges: Building Materials, Construction Techniques, and Structural Innovations
Stephanie Eifert/ Gerrit Jasper Schenk (TU Darmstadt): Destructive powers and conserving rituals: Frankfurt's bridge as 'critical infrastructure' and the Magdalena-flood of 1342
Saliah Yeke (Bursa): The Irgandi Bridge
8 pm Conference Dinner
Sunday, August 26
9:30-10:30 am Visit of the Regensburg bridge
10.30-12 pm Visit of the Hospital and Old Town
12-1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30-2:30 pm Visit of the Historisches Museum
7 pm Informal Dinner