Topic: websites

D8.1R2 Competitive Evaluation Strategy

This second release of D8.1 “Competitive Evaluation Strategy” [Agosti et al., 2014] has a twofold goal: In December 2016 there will be the final tender of the PREFORMA project which is aimed at selecting the suppliers which will participate in … Continue reading


D3.7.1 Initial version of Sustainability and Exploitation Plan

This deliverable describes the initial version of the sustainability and exploitation plan of PREFORMA, including a preliminary impact assessment conducted through an analysis of the level of activity generated in the community, of the test cases carried out so far … Continue reading


D3.5 Experience Workshop

The Experience Workshop took place Berlin on 23 November 2016, in connection with the second Prototype Demonstration. The PREFORMA partners shared their experiences of working with suppliers under R&D service agreements with other memory institutions. The morning session focused on … Continue reading


D3.4 – Open Source Workshop

Deliverable D3.4 reports on the Open Source Workshop that was based on the availability of the first prototype on the Open Source Portal and the results of the first demonstration organised by the suppliers. The workshop was organised by the … Continue reading


Results of the PREFORMA Innovation Workshop

Hosted at the Botanical Garden in Padua, the PREFORMA Innovation Workshop brought together more than 100 attendees interested in digital preservation and cultural heritage to present the open source conformance checkers developed in the project and discuss about the business models that can be built around them. The presentations delivered at the workshop are now available to download on the PREFORMA website. Continue reading


veraPDF 1.2 released

The latest version of veraPDF is now available to download on the PREFORMA Open Source Portal. This release is the first of the PREFORMA testing phase and it is focused on bug fixing and improvements of the test infrastructure, conformance checker and policy checker and on the improvement of the user documentation. Testing and user feedback is key to improving the software. Please download and test the latest release. If you encounter problems, or wish to suggest improvements, please add them to the project’s GitHub issue tracker. Continue reading


Cultural and Creative Industries in Europe: Maximising the Contribution of Culture towards Social and Economic Development

Culture represents an extensive economic asset and a valuable source of creativity and innovation. According to the European Parliament’s report on EU policy for cultural and creative industries (June 2016), Cultural and Creative Industries (CCIs) have become high-capacity engines for … Continue reading


Communicating the Museum – CTM17 Paris

Communicating the Museum (CTM) was launched in Paris in 2000 and since then over 5’000 professionals from the cultural sector have attended this conference. During 4 days of the 2017 edition, the participants of the conference will analyse trends, share best practices … Continue reading


Smartwatches in Museums

The innovative project personal.curator, in collaboration with FluxGuide and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, researches impact and possibilities of wearables in museums. Now, the first real world test has been carried out! At the exhibition handWERK. Tradiertes Können in der … Continue reading


The Museum of the Future – SPROUT workshop / applications open until 15 April

Leading brands in the global market are those which constantly innovate their products and services, their communication and marketing strategies. This is true for cultural brands as well. To ensure their success, they need to anticipate the future changes and … Continue reading