2nd Playeast.eu conference: Building from Scratch

The second Playeast.eu conference, "Building from Scratch", takes place at Casa Tranzit in Cluj-Napoca on Friday 20 November 2026 and continues on Saturday 21 November. The conference language is English, and help with translation from Hungarian and Romanian can be offered for questions. Participation is free, with registration at forms.gle/RE217j93cM8hARhk8. The organisers, who started with an almost zero budget, sell support tickets on site or at pay.sumup.com/b2c/Q4V3TD58.

On Friday, registration is from 8:00 to 8:45, and at 9:00 the opening and presentations begin, after which no more participants are admitted. The speakers are Carolina Sidon on the first adventure playground in the Czech Republic, Michał Głos and Rafał Sadownik on Rezerwat Dzikich Dzieci in Poland, Dóra Ferenczy and Dávid Jánosi on temporary play initiatives, Petr Palacký on the local government perspective, Tilia Guilbaud-Walter and Meynell Walter on the playwork approach, and Martyn Sorge, in conversation with Virág Bogyó, on the network of children's and youth facilities in Berlin and Germany.

Lunch is from 13:30 to 15:00. From 15:00 to 17:00 there is a round table on the possibilities for adventure playgrounds in Romania, with Adi Dohotaru, Alexander Khost, Alexandra Recășan, Cristina Balogh and Dóra Aczél.

On Saturday, from 9:00, the programme includes a warm-up game, two workshop sessions led by guest experts (9:30–10:30 and 11:00–12:00), the journey to Junk Playground Cluj at 12:00 and a question session there from 12:30. During the breaks, the Meynell Games bookshop, which specialises in books on play and playwork, will be open. Details: www.facebook.com/events/27715519858115920