8th GO Group workshop in Prague on April 1 & 2

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8th GO Group Workshop Festival and Event Sustainability Skautsky Institut (Prague Creative Center), Prague 1 & 2 April 2019

Practical information Dear GO Group, we are happy to once again present our interactive, open and communicative format known as the „GO Group workshop“ with international guests from all over Europe. We are looking forward to meet, discuss and exchange! We want to talk about today and tomorrow, discuss how we run our operations smarter and how we treat the environment and ourselves more responsible and more sustainable.

In this document you will find all necessary information on this 2-day seminar on April 1 and 2 2019 in the heart of Prague at Skautsky Institut/Prague Creative Center on Old Town Square: veneus, places, adresses, names, times… hopefully this leaves no questions open.

The workshop is kindly hosted by Nouvelle Prague & SoundCZech and will focus on these two topics: o „Festivals of the future – innovation & mindset“ (Monday, April 1) o „Work, Life & Us“ (Tuesday, April 2).

We are very excited, because two packed days are ahead of us, filled with talks, presentations and creative workshops. Festival experts, scientists, activists, politicians – you can expect a great international Group from 13 different countries (so far).

All the best & see you all in Prague, Holger Jan Schmidt, Jacob Bilabel & Marton Naray

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Practical information Kindly co-hosted by:

Nouvelle Prague & SoundCzech (Thank you very much!)

Date:

From: Mon 1 April 2019, 09:00h To: Tue 2 April 2018, 16:30h Get-together & warm-up: Sun 31 March, 19.00h

Venue:

Skautsky Institute / Prague Creative Center Old Town Square 4/1, 110 00 Prague

Main hotel:

Astoria Hotel Prague, (500m to venue) Rybná 680/10, 110 00 Staré Město

Airport transfer:

The Airport Express (AE) bus line will take you from Terminal 1 & 2 to Hlavní nádraží bus station which is next to Prague hl.n. (Prague main station). The bus goes every 30 mins, takes about 33 mins and the one-way fare is 60,CZK (2,50 €) and.

Catering:

At the workshop venue we will provide coffee, tea, water and some snacks – including vegan/vegetarian options.

Lunches will be served at the vegan/vegetarian restaurant Maitrea – one of Prague’s best places.

At the Sunday evening get-together and the GO Group dinner on monday evening there will be meat as well as vegan/vegetarian options.

Registration:

200,00€ regular fee incl. all fees and lunch on both days.

150,0€ special rate incl. all fees and lunch on both days for YOUROPE & FESTAS members only

For further workshop info please contact Holger Jan Schmidt tel: +49-(0)228-20 70 80 4 holger.schmidt@bnpd.de

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Workshop schedule find detailed program and speaker infos on the following pages

Day 1, Mon 1 April 2019 Main topic: „Festivals of the future – innovation & mindset“ 09:00 Doors open with coffee 09.30 Here we GO! Czech it out - Opening & First Round-up 10.10 Keynote: The Youth is striking for climate change action - can you hear them #FestivalsForFuture?!

10.40 Rethink ressources - innovation & mindset 12.00 Foto & Lunch @ Restaurant Maitrea 13.30 The energy revolution - innovation & mindset 14.50 Let It Roll - festival case study 15.20 Coffee break 15.40 Building an emerging future – creative 3D mapping group workshop 17.45 Workshop End 20.00 GO Group dinner -----------------------------------------------------Day 2, Tue 2 April 2019 Main topic: „Work, Life & Us“ 09:00 SERENITY NOW!!! - A calm introduction 09:30 Stress - your worst best friend Part 1: Roots, dynamics and consequences of „good“ and „bad“ stress Part 2: How to build stress competence on three levels 11.00 Coffee break 11:15 If what you love most is in your way - a talk among friends 12:00 Lunch @ Restaurant Maitrea 13:30 Could authenticity be our superpower?

14.30 Coffee break 14.45 Good Life Academy's Ni9ht H3lps workshop 16:15 Wrap-up & Good-bye 16.30 Workshop End

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All GO Group speakers In alphabetical order find session info on the following pages and detailed speaker bios starting from page 10

• Stefano Barberis| RINA & Hydrogen Everywh2ere project, IT • Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative & Good Life Academy, DE • Martha Bißmann | Member of the Austrian Parliament, AT • Bea Gabor | MaiNoi & Music Drives Change, ROM • Katrin Hahner | Artist, DE • Veronika Jirků | Let It Roll Festival, CZ • Chris Johnson | Shambala Festival & Powerful Thinking, UK • Michal Kaščák | Pohoda Festival, SLK • Svenja Klemp | Music manager & Photographer, DE • Juliusz Kowaczyk | Fota4Climate, PL • Prof. Dr. Katja Mierke | Fresenius University of applied science, DE • Márton Náray | Nouvelle Prague / Sound Czech, CZ • Holger Jan Schmidt | GO Group, Yourope, DE • Michal Sládek | Pohoda Festival, SLK • Lina Ugrinovska | Password Production & Taksirat Festival, MKD • Lenka Wimmerova | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ

Thank you all very much for your kind contribution!

The workshop language will be English.

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Program: Sun 31 March 2019, 19h GO Group get-together @ Restaurant T-Anker (on top of Kotva shopping center, Náměstí Republiky 656/8, 110 00 Praha 1). As always we meet for a casual get-together on the preworkshop evening at a nice location. (This one is on everyone’s own expenses) -----------------------------------------------------Day 1, Mon 1 April 2019, 10h - 18h incl. lunch & Coffee Break Main topic: „Festivals of the future – innovation & mindset“ Making a huge impact with a low impact on the planet: this is how the future is being built.

To do so you need knowledge, technology and the will to experiment and step on new paths.

We will shine a light on the progress of smart systems, modules and solutions. We will hear about several projects concerning different production areas and work on a future-fit mindset to create ideas and measures to be implemented at the festivals and events of the future. „Here we GO! Czech it out!“ The grand opening of the 8th international GO Group workshop etting the tone fort he upcoming days. We’ll be catching up on what happened lately and what‘s up next. A first round-up to get to know each other and getting ready to dive into action.

• Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative & Good Life Academy, DE

• Márton Náray | Nouvelle Prague / Sound Czech, CZ • Holger Jan Schmidt | GO Group, Yourope, DE “The Youth is striking for climate change action – can you hear them #FestivalsForFuture?!” #FridaysForFuture is a rapidly growing global movement of young people striking against politicians´ failure to fight climate change. The movement is a clear call to action for: Radical and ambitious environmental policies in line with the Paris climate agreement and global climate justice! A growing number of complementary movements is rising in solidarity with #FridaysForFuture (e.g. #ParentsForFuture, #ScientistsForFuture). Isn´t it time now for the green festivals of Europa to show solidarity and support? Let´s get #FestivalsForFutue started.

• Martha Bißmann | Member of the Austrian Parliament, AT „Rethink ressources“ - innovation & mindset Can we go on like do right now or do we have to develop a new mindset? How do we procure and consume? What do we eat and offer? What is waste and what is not? We will take our time do follow the ideas of today fort he events of tomorrow.

• Bea Gabor | MaiNoi & Music Drives Change (f.e. Electric Castle Festival), ROM • Chris Johnson | Shambala Festival & Powerful Thinking, UK

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„The energy revolution“ - innovation & mindset Do we really need more more more? The audience want brighter and crazier lightshows.he artists demand LED screens as far as the eye can see. The safety guys demand the best backup systems available. Let‘s create the most efficient sources with the least emissions produced to meet those needs and power the events of the future. We will talk about needs, plans and developments. Nothing more or less than a change of the indistry‘s energy philosophy.

• Stefano Barberis| RINA & Everywh2ere Project, IT • Michal Kaščák & Michal Sládek | Pohoda Festival, SLK • Juliusz Kowalczyk | FOTA4Climate, POL Let It Roll - Festival case study Let‘s hear it from the czech major event and world’s biggest Drum’n’Bass festival, Let It Roll.

While the brand after 15 years is spread from its czech home all through the world the organizers crank up their effords on running the system more and more sustainable. Let’s hear about this exciting journey.

• Veronika Jirků | Let It Roll Festival, CZ • Lenka Wimmerova | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ Building an emerging future – creative 3D mapping group workshop This workshop is based on the work of system scientists Otto Scharmer and Peter Senge and at MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Their Theory U process at the Presencing Insitute aims at helping systems, societies and people to emerge a better future.

The 3D Mapping is a tool we use to bring multiple dimensions and perspectives to seeing and understanding the elements of the system together (co-sensing). During this physical mapping process, the teams will create one - or several, depending on groups size - 3D model(s) of the current reality and of the future that they are trying to collaboratively cocreate.

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Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative, DE

-----------------------------------------------------20h - The GO Group Dinner @ The Cross Club Restaurant, Plynární 23, 170 00 Praha 7 The official workshop networking dinner is the secret star of the event. We will meet at a unique place and one of Prague’s young cultural hotspots. Let’s follow up the day’s hot topics, get to know eachother more, start a friendship… everything can happen here!

The dinner is kindly hosted by Yourope (the European Festival Association)

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Day 2, Tue 2 April 2019, 9h - 16h Main topic: „Work, Life & Us“

incl. Coffee Break & lunch

While we make incredible efforts to professionalize and improve our events on various levels such as safety and sustainability and please our customers and fans, so much so that we are very likely to forget ourselves on this journey. We continue talking about this – because there are too many issues that are icredibly important for every one personally as well as for our (working) relationships and our events as well. That‘s why this session is devoted to us. A full day about experiences, expectations and awareness. Let‘s learn about new, smart and contemporary approaches on working conditions, accessibility, motivation and appreciation. „SERENITY NOW!!!“ A calm introduction into the second day shedding some light into the weird myths of mindfulness, self optimisation and a good life in general.

• Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative & Good Life Academy, DE "Stress - your worst best friend" How does stress arise? Which functions do physical stress reactions fulfill and what are the negative consequences of permanent stress? Why is the same situation sometimes stressful and sometimes exciting or even enjoyable? This will be scientifically based input, prepared from practical examples from our world and with exercises for self-reflection and exchange between the participants.

• Prof. Dr. Katja Mierke | Fresenius University of applied science DE „If what you love most is in your way“ This is about those times when we struggle doing what we love the most. Dealing with and working in music and events. This is a personal conversation among friends about experiences, challenges and achievements that will open up to the whole group.

• Svenja Klemp | Music manager & Photographer, DE • Holger Jan Schmidt | GO Group, Yourope, DE "Could authenticity be our superpower?"

What is authenticity exactly? Who is our authentic self? And how is it linked to our ability to lead, create and make sound decisions? If fear, shame and judgement are antagonists of authentic behavior, impair us, then how do we stay openminded, calm and curious in the face of stress, negativity and rejection? Could in fact curiosity, wonder and authenticity be our most powerful allies in creating a healthy and sustainable worklife? Value based work will not only allow a deeper impact in the world, but it will create less to no havoc to your mental health. Every field of life and work can be improved by expanded creativity, the question is where our creativity is focused on. Here´s where authenticity and purpose make a great guide. Now let´s have a conversation about the how!

• Katrin Hahner | Artist, DE

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Good Life Academy's Ni9ht H3lps workshop We want to devote ourselves to ourselves. We want to listen to our stories of mental health, anxiety, purpose and recovery. We want to learn together about new and old, smart and digital, analog and contemporary approaches on working conditions, accessibility, motivation and appreciation. We want to listen, talk and learn to save our lives. Ni9ht H3lps workshops, taking place all over Europe, consist of a personal story, a joint understanding of a potential remedy and an oath to yourself. They are open to everybody daring enough to start a conversation on some elephants in the room. We want to learn to ask for help. Join us. • Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative & Good Life Academy, DE • Lina Ugrinovska | Password Production & Taksirat Festival, MKD

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GO GROUP speakers: Stefano Barberis | RINA Consulting & Everywh2ere, IT Stefano Barberis received his PhD in Turbomachinery and Energy Systems Engineering at University of Genova in 2016. He is a Senior Mechanical Engineer with expertise in renewable energy sources, project management, techno-economical feasibility studies, research activities on energy storage and renewable energy systems, due diligence, innovation and technology transfer. He is employed at Rina since September 2016 working in different European Project dealing with CHP, RES and energy efficiency with particular reference to innovation. Thanks to its expertise in hydrogen sector for off-grid and nautical application (funder of H2Boat Startup) he is EVERYWH2ERE Project coordinator, a FCH JU EC Project aiming to realize and demonstrate fuel cell based gensets for events and festival industry.

Jacob Bilabel | Green Music Initiative & Good Life Academy, DE Jacob Sylvester Bilabel is founder of the pan-European Green Music Initiative (GMI) and co-founder of the Go Group (Green Operations Europe). He was project leader of the European commission funded EE MUSIC project which encouraged and equipped festivals, clubs and venues all across Europe with key knowledge and tools to understanding and improve energy efficiency and performance. In 2016 he took the next step in his journey and launched the Good Life Academy in Germany and Switzerland. The Good Life Academy offers innovative, practicable and easy to use personal development tools for people of all ages to transform their lives for good. Being a mediocre but passionate surfer, a Kundalini Yoga teacher and fan of the great outdoors his credo is: „Talk without action equals zero“. Jacob is living happily in Berlin with his wife and two dogs.

Martha Bißmann | Member oft he Austrian Parliament, AT Martha graduated in 2006 as Energy and Environmental Engineer. During her studies she was active in the festival scene promoting electronic music events like Brighton Calling in her hometown Graz. As she got more political, so did her events. In 2005, Brighton Calling became more broad, including arts and politics and emerged into the Elevate Festival for Music, Arts and Political Discourse. When Martha moved to Munich, she carried out large scale EU-funded projects in the field of climate change and renewable energy (from 2007 - 2017), including campaigns such as EE MUSIC (Energy Efficient Music Culture) and the Energy Union Tour. As the only independent female Member of Parliament, Martha is building strong ties

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with civil society organisations and movements, such as #FridaysForFuture. Her vision is a peaceful Europe, united in diversity, where democracies get reformed by introducing more citizen participation and direct democracy and the collective successful fight against climate change. This has become a constituent exercise towards a unified global community.

Bea Gabor | MaiNoi & Music Drives Change, ROM Beatrice Gabor, communications practitioner with entrepreneurial mindset, worked in international companies, NGOs, as well as with UN agencies to foster sustainable development projects for the last ten years. She co-founded MaiNoi, an NGO active in environmental protection, alternative education and cultural promotion to run projects that empower people become change agents for a sustainable society.

Pioneering green events management in Romania since 2014, Beatrice managed the eco programme at Electric Castle music festival for five editions, being shortlisted at the European Green Operations Award in 2017&2016, and runner-up in the Music Star Festival category at the Energy Efficiency Music Awards in 2015. She initiatedMusic Drives Change, a platform inviting to positive change through music and world-class artists who champion for environmental sustainability. Beatrice currently lives in Paris, where she works as consultant in communications and business management for sustainable development.

Katrin Hahner | Artist, DE Katrin Hahner is a sonic and visual artist who works in the fields of music, fine art and theatre who is currently based in Berlin. She earned an MFA from Akademie der Bildenden KĂźnste Stuttgart and Kunsthochschule Berlin Weissensee. She created a body of work that includes art, releases of original music, composition for art performances, theatre and film. Her work was showcased and developed all over Northern Europe through several grants and residencies such as SIM Iceland, SYB Netherlands and Goethe Institut. In 2017 she collaborated as music director at BorgarleikhĂşs Theatre Reykjavik which initiated an extensive yearlong stay in Iceland that included research, art exhibitions and lots of time spent in geothermal pools. In her role as freelance tutor with BIMM UK she mainly focuses on creativity, productivity management, sustainability and authenticity. Her masterclasses on these topics are passionate, multi faceted and relevant not only for artists. She is also deeply invested in research around addiction, recovery and mental health.

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Veronika Jirků | Let It Roll Festival, CZ Veronika Jirků graduated from the University of Economics in Prague with a major in Arts Management. During her studies she started work for the Letní Letná festival in Prague. After finishing her studies she became fascinated by the music industry and electronic music particularly. After visiting the Let It Roll festival, it was not long before she had started work in production at the festival, where she is now head of production for LIR Events, who produce many other musical events as well as Let It Roll. At the same time as being innovative and trend setting, the festival strives to minimalize its ecological impact year on year. They try to reduce and recycle more and more every year, and every year we launch a new eco initiative ( as part of their Roll In Green project ). In 2018 they started cooperation with the Czech Agricultural University, which helps them with eco research and education of our visitors.

Chris Johnson | Shambala Festival & Powerful Thinking, UK Chris is co-founder, Operations Director and Sustainability lead for Shambala Festival, and a Director of the parent company Kambe Events.

Chris is a passionate advocate and highly experienced consultant of sustainability at events; He is co-founder and chair of Powerful Thinking – the UK’s think-do tank on sustainable energy, co-founder and trustee of The Energy Revolution, regular conference speaker and content programmer, and the Associate for Festivals and Events with Julies Bicycle. Chris has unrivalled knowledge about how to design and implement initiatives on the ground at events, communicate difficult concepts, and has significant experience delivering industry-wide initiatives, managing working groups, advising companies, authoring guides and creating guidance. Past clients include Northern Festivals Network, Julies Bicycle, BBC, Blue Dot Festival, Somersault, Arcadia, Showmans Show, Bristol 2015 (European Green Capital), RAW Foundation, and Resource Futures.

Michal Kaščák | Pohoda Festival (SLK) Michal Kaščák is a promoter, musician, composer and lyricist.

Pohoda is an art festival where alternative, indie, electronic, punk and world music meet classical music, along with literature, dance, visual arts, film and theatre. The Pohoda team also organises concerts and small festivals, such as the Doma dobre festival for homeless people. Derek Robertson of Drowned in Sound: “The organisation is superb. Compared to UK festivals this is Utopia. In fact, it’s one of the most well-behaved festival crowds I have ever witnessed...”.

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Svenja Klemp | Music manager & Photographer (DE) Svenja has been active in both professional photography and live music for the past eleven years. Already during her apprenticeship combined with studies at an advertising agency in Hamburg she spent every spare minute taking photos of shows and musicians, soon being entrusted delivering photography for PR campaigns and cover artwork for records. Eventually taking over touring responsibilities became part of her repertoire, too, starting out with driving and running merch tables to tour management duties. While professionalising even more in live music production with a growing number of artists she also took on management responsibilities for several bands and artists. Svenja has lived in Amsterdam for the past six years and worked all over Europe.

Juliusz Kowalczyk | FOTA4Climate, POL Juliusz Kowalczyk is a specialist in EU energy regulation and policy, currently working for the Polish transmission system operator for electricity. His duties revolve around European energy policy and regulatory environment, spanning from market design to system operation issues. He's also active in the legal and regulatory workstreams of European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E). His professional interests focus on regulatory policy, including trade-offs between various policy causes, e.g. markets and environment protection. As a person focused on long-term solutions and promoting prudent decisionmaking, he's active in FOTA4Climate, newly formed NGO advocating for evidence-based climate policy.

Prof. Dr. Katja Mierke | Fresenius University of applied science (DE) Katja Mierke studied psychology and sociology in Bonn and got her PhD in social psychology in 2002. Concurrently, she started to work as a freelance trainer and consultant in various contexts of organizational and health psychology and did so exclusively for 5 years afterwards. In 2007, Katja became professor at Fresenius University of Applied Sciences Cologne, where she teaches bachelor and master students e.g. in social psychology, management of group processes, and counselling methods. Her current research interests include topics of applied social and health psychology, e.g. (leadership) communication, group dynamics and conflict in teams; stress and coping, self-care and work-life-balance; diversity management, creativity and value-orientation at the workplace. As a very much enjoyed sideline activity for Institut IMAP, she offers coaching, workshops and consulting on these and similar issues for different target groups. Katja has provided scientific papers and conference talks on her research for over 20 years now, and recently co-authored two books on psychic stress at the workplace

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(Poppelreuter, S. & Mierke, K., 2019, Psychische Belastungen in der Arbeitswelt 4.0, ESV) as well as on how to deal with it individually and within social systems (Mierke, K. & van Amern, E., 2019, Klare Ziele, klare Grenzen. Teamorientiert Nein-Sagen und Delegieren in der Arbeitswelt 4.0, Springer).

Márton Náray | Nouvelle Prague & SoundCzech, CZ Márton Náray has been working in the cultural sector for 20 years, as a record store manager, a festival programmer (Sziget Festival, Babel Sound, European Music Day…) a booking agent, a project manager for a governmental music export agency (Music Export Hungary), a city program manager, a conference organiser (regiON, SoundQuest, Overhead), club promoter, tour manager, musician, radio presenter, and of course as a music addict. He currently works on connecting the Czech music sector and facilitating new projects as a director of the newly launched SoundCzech/Czech Music Office, and as the conference director of Nouvelle Prague.

Holger Jan Schmidt | GO Group, Yourope, DE Holger Jan Schmidt is one of Europe’s main networkers on festivals and sustainability. He is coinitiator and steering committee member of the pan-european think-tank GO Group (Green Operations Europe) and the anchorman for green issues of Yourope (the European Festival Association). Holger is one of the initiators of the international Take A Stand initiative and campaign for the (live) music sector, which was launched in 2017 to create a movement encouraging social cohesion in our society as well as promoting awareness and tolerance. He looks back at more than twenty-five years with two of Germany’s biggest festivals, RhEINKULTUR and DAS FEST. Holger wrote the „Sounds For Nature guidlines for environmentally friendly events“, is a lecturer for „Sustainable Festival & Eventmanagement“ and a performing and recording musician as well.

Michal Sládek | Pohoda Festival, SLK Lina is a passionate consumer of art and a huge fan of problem solving. Educated as a musician and raised in the music industry, Lina started working in Password Production, Macedonia in 2010. She experienced a career breakthrough while working as an agent in GLP in Austria, delivering a brand new international roster into the agency. At the age of 26, she was selected as one of `The 10 New Bosses of 2016` –

by ILMC London and IQ breakthrough while working as an agent in GLP in Austria, delivering a brand new international roster into the agency. At the age of 26, she was selected as

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one of `The 10 New Bosses of 2016` – by ILMC London and IQ

Lina Ugrinovska | Password Production & Taksirat Festival, MKD Lina is a passionate consumer of art and a huge fan of problem solving. Educated as a musician and raised in the music industry, Lina started working in Password Production, Macedonia in 2010.

She experienced a career breakthrough while working as an agent in GLP in Austria, delivering a brand new international roster into the agency. At the age of 26, she was selected as one of `The 10 New Bosses of 2016` – by ILMC London and IQ Magazine. The initiative on `Mental Health Care in the Music Industry` is a topic she started developing and working on raising awareness in different forms such as mentoring sessions, panel discussions and presentations, starting in 2018 on several international conferences. Lina is responsible for handling the International Booking in Password Production, same time focused on important issues in the industry as part of the ‘new generation’.

Lenka Wimmerova | Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, CZ Lenka Wimmerova is a postdoctoral Research Fellow at CULS with more than 15 years practical experience in research and innovations in the fields of risk analysis (industrial ecology), life cycle assessment (energy and material flows, footprints), environmental quality monitoring (ecotoxicology, biodegradability, passive sampling), development of green solutions for water and waste treatment (EU ETV, BAT).

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GO Group participants surname Barberis

1st name Stefano

affiliation RINA & Everywh2ere project

origin IT

Consultant

Beránková Bilabel

Michaela Jacob

SoundCZech Green Music Initiative

CZ GER

Music Office Initiative

Bissmann Chudic Dachselt

Martha Matej Andre

Member of the Austrian Parliament Grape Festiva Feel Festival

A CZ GER

Politician Festival Festival

Dommisch Erhardt Förster

Katharina Patrick Kathi

Goodlive / Melt!

Goodlive / Melt!

Mehrwertvoll

GER GER GER

Festival Festival Initiative

Gabor Hahner Hanske

Bea Katrin Jule

MaiNoi & Music Drives Change Artist Mehrwertvoll

ROM GER GER

Initiative Artist Initiative

Hennig-Schmidt Jirků Johnson Jung Kaščák

Heike Veronika Chris Jelena Michal

Higher School of Economics Moscow Let It Roll Festival Shambala Festival EXIT Pohoda Festival

GER CZ UK SER SLK

Scientist Festival Festival Festival Festival

Klementová Klemp Kowaczyk

Monika Svenja Juliusz

SoundCZech Music manager & Photographer Fota4Climate

CZ GER PL

Music Office Management Consultant

Mašatová Messmer Mierke

Anna Désirée Katja

SoundCZech OpenAir St.Gallen Fresenius University of applied science

CZ CH GER

Music Office Festival Scientist

Náray Radig

Márton Jule

Nouvelle Prague / Sound Czech Forum Factory

HUN/CZ GER

Festival Initiative

Renz Rudolph Sanchenko Schmidt

Kathrin Annika Oleksandr Holger Jan

Team Bißmann Communicaite.me Atlas Weekend GO Group / Das Fest

A GER UKR GER

Politician Communication Festival Festival

Sedlák Sládek Thomes Toerne

Jiří Michal Michal Tom

Colours of Ostrawa Pohoda Festival Nouvelle Prague / Rock For People Feel Festival

CZ SLK CZ GER

Festival Festival Festival Festival

Ugrinovska Voharík

Lina Marek

Taksirat Festival FESTAS

MAC CZ

Festival Festival

Wimmerová

Lenka

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

CZ

Scientist

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Workshop places: Venue:

Skautsky Institute / Prague Creative Center Old Town Square 4/1, 110 00 Prague

Main hotel:

Astoria Hotel Prague Rybná 680/10, 110 00 Staré Město (500m to venue)

Restaurants: March 31 dinner:

Restaurant T-Anker (on top of Kotva shopping center Náměstí Republiky 656/8, 110 00 Praha 1.

GO Group get-together (This one is on everyone’s own expenses)

April 1 & 2 lunch:

Restaurant Maitrea, Týnská ulička 1064/6, Praha 1 - Old Town The lunch is included for all workshop participants (300m to venue)

April 1 dinner:

The Cross Club Restaurant, Plynární 23, 170 00 Praha 7 hosted by Yourope (the European Festival Association) (not on map) Closest tram stations to Cross Club: Ortenovo náměstí (Line 6 from close to Astoria Hotel) Nádraží Holešovice (Line 17 from close to Prague Creative Center)

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About GO Group GO stands for Green Operations. GO Group is an independent, pan European and cross industry think-tank to inspire people in the music festival and events industry to run their operations greener and smarter, more sustainable and responsible. GO Group will: 1. Identify international best practices in sustainable innovations for the music festival and event industry 2. Aggregate, communicate and share the collective knowledge with interested stakeholders from all over Europe 3. Establish working relationships between different industry groups to enable practical and spontaneous exchange of personal experiences GreenEvents Europe Conference, Green Music Initiative (GMI), Yourope (the European Festival Association) and Bucks New University founded GO Group in early 2011 and made it a European institution for sustainable event management.

GO Group sucessfully carries out international workshops as well as field trips to festivals in all of Europe. It also provides major contributions to the leading conferences and conventions of the events and live music industry such as Eurosonic/Noorderslag (NL), GEI/ILMC (UK), ADE Green (NL), MaMa Paris (FRA), by:Larm (NO), Nouvelle Prague (CZ).

GO Group @ 7th international workshop in april 2018 40 participants at Alte MĂźnze, Berlin

GO Group contact: Holger Jan Schmidt | tel: +49-(0)228-20 70 80 4 | holger.schmidt@bnpd.de