Digital meets Culture

9 September 2025 - 9 October 2025, Pisa

Organized by EstOvestEst-APS, the social promotion association in Pisa, the new modern digital art exhibition UN/FRAMED, curated by digital art expert Claudio Francesconi, will officially open at 7:00 PM on September 9, 2025, at the Bastione del Parlascio, in the heart of Pisa, and will run for one month.

An international summit forum on the ethics of artificial intelligence and digital art will also be held at the Museo della Grafica in Pisa, directed by Professor Alessandro Tosi, Professor of Art History at the University of Pisa.

Read more about UN/FRAMED at this link.

The project UNCODED, in the context of which the exhibition is being held, is actively preparing to relocate a future exhibition to China, to deepen cooperation between China and Italy in the fields of art and technology.

A comprehesive assessment Framework for Circular Tourism from the VERNE project

Beyond Visitors Numbers

The VERNE project that participates in the SECreTour Network of Common Interest,has published an interesting news about sustainability measurement methodologies across tourism certification schemes and academic research models.

Traditional tourism metrics prioritize visitor volume and economic output while overlooking environmental degradation and social impacts on local communities.

The VERNE project addresses this analytical gap through the development of a 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶-𝗱𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 that integrates environmental, social, and economic factors into a comprehensive evaluation systems.

This evidence-based framework represents a very interesting shift from linear measurement approaches to holistic assessment methodologies, designed for practical implementation by tourism businesses, destination management organizations, and public authorities.

The framework recognizes that sustainable tourism transformation requires balanced consideration of all the sustainability dimensions rather than isolated economic optimization. Supported by a comprehensive review, the VERNE project identifies strengths and limitations of current approaches, enabling integration of most effective elements into a unified assessment system.

The proposed tools will enable stakeholders to quantify transition investments and expected returns across different implementation timescales, providing evidence-based decision support for circular tourism adoption.

Follow SECreTour online also on the SECreTour project’s website.

EU webinar on 10/09/2025

“Better cross-border travel: Europe’s external borders and freedom of movement”

As global mobility rebounds and digital innovation reshapes travel, the EU is taking steps to modernize and streamline cross-border travel.

An exclusive webinar is taking place on 10/09/2025 exploring the future of travel in Europe — from digitalisation of Schengen visa procedures to smart travel documents and faster border processes.

Industry experts from aviation, rail, road and cruise sectors will share practical insights, while European Commission representatives will provide updates on the Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS). The session will also reflect on digital health certificates during the COVID-19 pandemic and their lasting impact on international mobility.

#EUTravel #SchengenVisa #DigitalMobility #ETIAS #EES #FutureOfTravel #seamlessTravel #CrossborderTravel

Follow SECreTour online also on the SECreTour project’s website.

6 August, 15:00-16:00 CEST

Food and Fairytale – creative writing workshop

Organized by Europeana, this creative writing workshop will use illustrations and imagery from the collections available on Europeana.eu to explore the relationship between fairy tales and food.

Anyone can participate, and no previous experience is required. After some warm up exercises you will able to write your story with no obligation to share it.

Regiter and find more information here.

EUreka3D paper published on FGCS Journal

Following Michał Orzechowski presentation of the Lambousa fishing boat case study in the context EUreka3D project at the 15th International Conference on Parallel Processing & Applied Mathematics, a paper on the case was written and submitted by part of EUreka3D team and colleagues, later accepted by FGCS Journal.

FGCS (Future Generation Computer System) Journal aims to lead the way in advances in distributed systems, collaborative environments, high performance and high performance computing, Big Data on such infrastructures as grids, clouds and the Internet of Things.

The paper, titled “Cultural Heritage 3D Object Management with Integrated Automation Workflows“, has now been published: find it at this link.

A new blogpost by EUreka3D on Europeana Pro

Where to find capacity building and other events from the EUreka3D-XR project

Discover the next appointments from EUreka3D projects: capacity building, conferences, formus and more are waiting for you!

Learn more here.

Workshop at Digital Heritage 2025, Siena, Italy - 8th September 2025 h. 15.30-18

3D Data in the Data Space for Cultural Heritage

EUreka3D-XR takes part in the Digital Heritage 2025, a widely recognized event dedicated to the advancement of theory and practice within digital cultural heritage. DH 4th edition brings together leading international scientific organisations, initiatives and events, all in one venue with a prestigious joint publication.

On the first day, Monday 8 September 2025, the project participates in the workshop 3D Data in the Data Space for Cultural Heritage, co-chaired by Sander Münster, Marco Medici, Antonella Fresa, and Alex Stan.

The workshop is dedicated to provide an insight in the Data Space for Cultural Heritage and the supporting projects carried out particularly to deal with 3D assets, to discuss the impact of those endeavours with regards to overarching challenges as data, standards, capacities and XR application, and to provide a hands-on experience with innovative tools.

DRAFT TIMETABLE OF THE WORKSHOP

8 September 2025 h. 15.30-18.00, Room 4

Introduction by the workshop chairs

Opening: What is the Data Space for Cultural Heritage

Session 1: Preliminary work (20 min each with Q&A)

Europeana 3D working group
EUreka3D
5D Culture

Break (30 min.)

Session 2: Ongoing work (20 min each with Q&A)

XRCulture
3DBigDataSpace
EUreka3D-XR

Session 3: Capacity building (20 min with Q&A)

3D-4CH Competence Center

Round table with all participants – Joint endeavours and challenges

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DIGITAL HERITAGE 2025 Overall Programme: https://digitalheritage2025.unisi.it/program-overview/

EUreka3D-XR project is co-financed by the Digital Europe Programme of the European Union.

A new blogpost by EUreka3D on Europeana Pro

XR in cultural heritage: AR, MR and VR explained

Delve into the world Extended Reality through the new blogpost published on Europeana Pro by Agathe Le Riche-Maugis, in the context of EUreka3D-XR project.

Learn the differences between AR, MR and VR in a “hands on” way, discover the five tools EUreka3D-XR project is currently working on and learn why Extended Reality is a real game changer in the cultural heritage world.

Find the blogpost at this link.

an online training programme by EUreka3D-XR in collaboration with ICA International Council on Archives

Driving digital transformation in Cultural Heritage Institutions

Wednesdays: 19 November, 26 November, 03 December 2025 at 3-5pm CET

EUreka3D-XR is focused on transforming cultural contents such 2D or 3D into extended reality scenarios, and provides capacity building to cultural professionals and managers. After two series of open access webinars in 2023 and in 2024 co-organized by EUreka3D consortium, Photoconsortium and ICA, the 2025 edition goes a step forward and offers an online training programme that provides knowledge and practical experiences to cultural heritage professionals.

The programme includes 3 online sessions of 2 hours each. Each session is organised in two parts: a keynote speech from different domain experts, open to a wide group of participants, and an interactive working session offered to a selected group of learners who will have the opportunity to discuss, engage and share experiences, moderated by a facilitator.

Wednesday 19 November 2025
Heritage Policies and strategies for the digital transformation of practices
Keynote speech by dr. Antonella Fresa (Photoconsortium)

Wednesday 26 November 2025
The impact and transformative power of Digital Cultural Heritage
Keynote speech by prof. Fred Truyen (KU Leuven) and dr. David Iglésias (CRDI – Ajuntament de Girona)

Wednesday 3 December 2025
Good practices and experiences for creation, access and re-use
Keynote speech by prof. Frederik Temmermans (VUB – imec)

The three interactive working sessions will be facilitated by Prof. Dr. Peter Fornaro (Head Research Projects at the Digital Humanities Lab – University of Basel). The selected participants will receive a certificate of participation.

Places for the interactive sessions are limited – application form available from https://eureka3d.eu/online_training_programme2025/.

For more information, please contact info@eureka3d.eu.

EUreka3D-XR project is co-financed by the Digital Europe Programme of the European Union.

30 July 2025, 14:00 CEST

Reframing culture: creative reuse of cultural heritage

Reframing culture: creative reuse of cultural heritage is an event organised by Europeana Foundation, the first of a webinar series exploring how creatives and cultural heritage institutions collaborate to bring audiovisual heritage into new media works.

This event highlights how creatives working on Europeana’s Online Creative Residency and Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (NISV) projects, have transformed archival and heritage material into new cultural stories, blending aesthetics, memory and critique. Participating creators and colleagues will share:

What makes heritage material usable for creative production
Challenges in access, attribution and media literacy
Lessons cultural institutions can apply to support high-impact reuse

This event is for media content creators, cultural heritage professionals, creatives, rights and access coordinators, educators, and anyone interested in the intersection of heritage and digital storytelling.