Heritage Horizons: Europeana Project Week

Online, November 25th – 29th, 2024

Posted on: 13 October 2024

Heritage Horizons Europeana Project Week

The ‘Heritage Horizons Project Week: Shaping the common European data space for cultural heritage’ will take place from 25 – 29 November 2024.

This event – organised by the Europeana Initiative – will put the spotlight on the diverse and innovative projects encouraging reuse, innovating in technologies and enhancing sustainability which enrich and enhance the common European data space for cultural heritage.

Project Week will showcase their efforts while facilitating collaboration and connection, accelerating knowledge sharing and shaping new project opportunities. Sessions will highlight the role of digital technologies in preserving and engaging with cultural heritage, advancing social inclusion, encouraging reuse and promoting sustainability, as well as on leading technical developments in the data space.

Each day of project week will have a focus relevant to the data space and cultural heritage sector and spotlight the projects which focus on that particular topic.

On November 27, the EUreka3D and EUreka3D-XR projects will be showcased at 10am.

Join the project week and discover new innovations, collaborate with your peers and learn from experts about the latest developments in the data space and the efforts which underpin them.

Register now

Programme

Day 1: Monday, 25 November 2024
Empowering triple transformation (Part I): social, green, and digital transformation in the cultural sector.

09:45 – 10:20 Opening and welcome of the Project Week by Harry Verwayen
10:20 – 11:00 DG Keynote EC
11:00 – 12:00 European Heritage Hub – Project presentation by Sneška Quaedvlieg-Mihail
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 15:00 European Heritage Hub – Online Meet-up
15:00 – 15:15 Break
15:15 – 15:45 Ignite talks
15:45 Networking opportunities

Day 2: Tuesday, 26 November 2024
3D: discover the transformative potential of 3D technologies in the cultural sector, including their impact on digital heritage, accessibility, and immersive cultural experiences.

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome to day 2
10:00- 10:45 Panel session
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:30 3D Competence center presentation
11:30 – 12:15 3D & the data space for cultural heritage by EF representative
12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:15 3DBigDataSpace by Sander Muenster
14:15 – 14:45 Ignite talks
14:45 Networking opportunities

Day 3: Wednesday, 27 November 2024
Reuse: explore strategies to encourage the reuse of cultural heritage data, and foster collaborations between cultural heritage and education.

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome to day 3
10:00 – 11:15 EUreka3D/EUreka3D-XR (current & new project) by Antonella Fresa / Valentina Bachi
11:15 – 11:30 Break
11:30 – 12:45 5DCulture/XR Culture (current & new project) by Alex Stan / Marco Medici
12:45 – 13:45 Lunch break
13:45 – 14:45 Watching videos like a historian by Steven Stegers
14:45 – 15:30 DigiCher by Kristina Kovaite
15:30 Pub quiz by Adrian Murphy

Day 4: Thursday, 28 November 2024
AI: discuss artificial intelligence’s ethical implications and applications in digital heritage efforts, including the need to balance innovation with cultural sensitivity and ethical considerations.

09:45 – 10:00 Welcome to day 4
10:00 – 11:00 Panel session on AI topics
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 12:00 AI4Culture by Eirini Kaldeli
12:00 – 12:45 Lunch break
12:45 – 15:15 De-Bias project & Capacity Building workshop by Kerstin Herlt/Corinne Steinschneider
15:15 – 15:30 Break
15:30 – 16:00 Ignite talks
16:00 Networking opportunities

Day 5: Friday, 29 November 2024
Empowering triple transformation (Part II): social, green, and digital transformation in the cultural sector.