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ІV міжнародна конференція з геральдики та вексилології
IV Heraldry and Vexillology International Conference
Кутаїсі, Грузія
Тема: "From Antique Symbols to Modern Heraldry".
23-25 жовтня 2026 року (Kutaisi State Historical Museum)

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Programme

Day I - 23 October, 2026
10:00 - 10:30 Participant Registration (Coffee, tea), I Floor
10:30 - 11:00 Opening of the Conference, II Floor
- Mamuka Gongadze, Chairman of the LEPL Department of State Symbols and Heraldry of Georgia
- Davit Eremeishvili, Mayor of Kutaisi City Municipality
- Zaza Lominadze, Member of the Parliament of Georgia, Kutaisi Delegate to the Parliament, Chair of the Healthcare and Social Issues Committee
- Nona Kartsidze, Acting Director of the Kutaisi State Historical Museum
Session I
Moderator: Mamuka Tsurtsumia, Heraldry Collegium, Chairman
11:00 - 11:30 Elizabeth Roads, International Academy of Heraldry, President
Flying Heraldry - Scottish heraldic flags
11:30 - 12:00 Tornike Asatiani, Heraldry Collegium, Member
Symbolic Representation of Greek Mythology in Georgian Heraldry
12:00 - 12:30 Luc Duerloo, Flemish Heraldic Council, President
Antiquity Revisited, Again and Again: The Appropriation of Heritage from the Ancient World in the Heraldry of the Low Countries
12:30 - 13:00 Mamuka Gongadze, LEPL Department of State Symbols and Heraldry of Georgia, Chairman
Golden Fleece and Georgian Heraldry - History and Modernity
13:00 -13:30 Free time
13:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break, I Floor
Session II
15:00 - 15:30 Stoyan Antonov, Bulgarian Heraldry and Vexillology Society, Founder
On an approach to creating modern coats of arms of Bulgarian historical provinces
15:30 - 16:00 Teimuraz Jojua, Heraldry Collegium, Member
The Tradition of Donating the Flags of Defeated Enemies, Military Equipment, Jewelry, and Various Symbolic Objects to Churches and Monasteries in Medieval Georgia
16:00 - 16:30 Andriy Grechylo, Ukrainian Heraldry society, President
Antique symbols in the Modern Ukrainian Municipal and Territorial Heraldry
16:30 - 17:00 Zurab Gaiparashvili, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Library, Head
Seals and Ex Libris of the Tbilisi State University Library: Symbols, Iconography, and Cultural Memory
17:00 - 17:30 Signing of a Memorandum of Agreement between the LEPL Department of State Symbols and Heraldry of Georgia and the Niko Berdzenishvili Kutaisi State Historical Museum
18:00 - 18:20 Short Concert Programme - Featuring Folk and Ethno Music
18:30 - 19:30 Welcome Reception Hosted by the Heraldry Collegium, (David Kakabadze Art Gallery, 8 Shota Rustaveli Avenue)

Day II - 24 October, 2026
10:00 - 11:00 Guided Tour of the Kutaisi State Historical Museum
Session III
Moderator: Teimuraz Jojua, Heraldry Collegium, Member
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee, tea, I Floor
11:30 - 12:00 Mamuka Kapianidze, Heraldry Collegium, Member
Heraldic Symbols on the Mail Armour of King Alexander III of Imereti (1639–1660)
12:00 - 12:30 Bruce Berry, Southern African Vexillological Association, Secretary/Treasurer
Zimbabwe’s Soapstone Birds – the modern use of an ancient symbol
12:30 - 13:00 Zachary Kiknadze, Heraldry Collegium, Member
Oldest depiction of territorial Coat of arms of Georgia
13:00 - 13:30 Attila Istvan Szekeres, Transylvanian Heraldic and Vexillological Association, President
The Image of Saint George the Knight in Transylvanian Administrative Coats of Arms
13:30 - 14:00 Free time
14:00 - 15:00 Lunch Break, I Floor
Session IV
15:00 - 15:30 Nikolai Javakhishvili, Heraldry Collegium, Member
Why was the Libra depicted on the coins minted at the royal mint in Tbilisi in 1765-1766?
15:30 - 16:00 Jiri Brnovjak & Vitezslav Vilimek, University of Ostrava
Between the Middle Ages and the Post-Industrial Era: The Evolution of Heraldry in the Ostrava Industrial Agglomeration from the 15th to the 21st Century
16:00 - 16:30 Gerard Mari Brull, Barcelona University
Graphic Design versus Heraldic Principles in Catalan Civic Heraldry: Renewal or New Decadence?
16:30 - 17:00 Adilkhair Erzhanovich Myrzakhanov, Republican State Institution “Heraldic Research Center” of the Committee for Archives, Documentation and Book Industry of the Ministry of Culture and Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Director
The Historical Evolution of Heraldry in the Kazakh Lands (19th–21st Centuries)
17:00 - 17:30 Conference Closing, Certificate Award Ceremony
17:30 - 19:00 Free time
19:00 - 22:00 Gala Dinner, Kutaisis Sakhlshi (7 Nikitin Str.)

Day III - 25 October 2026
11:00 Departure from Kutaisi
13:00 - 15:00 Guided Tour of the Vani Archaeological Museum