The
European Heritage Hub will hold its second in-person forum titled “
Championing a responsible digital transition for and with cultural heritage” on 7 October 2024 in Bucharest, Romania, and online and the 5Dculture partners will have the opportunity to showcase the project's results at this event!
Background:
The European Heritage Hub is an EU funded pilot project bringing together heritage stakeholders and initiatives across Europe to support the transition towards a more sustainable, digital and inclusive society. The project will run for an initial two-year period from May 2023 to April 2025.
Building on the outcomes of the
first European Heritage Hub Forum held in 2023 in Venice, which explored the role and impact of cultural heritage in Europe’s green transformation, this second Forum will delve into the challenges and opportunities presented by digital transition. It will explore how the cultural heritage sector can and is already embracing a socially and environmentally responsible digital transition and how it can support and inspire Europe’s digital future. Its outcomes will inspire and set the stage for the third Hub Forum in 2025, which will focus on the social dimension of the sector’s triple transformation.
Programme:
Discussions will address the urgent need for human-centred and value-based uses of Artificial Intelligence with regard to cultural heritage. The Forum will also highlight the vital interaction between the digital dimension of heritage preservation and the positive role of heritage for the social and environmental transformation of our society and economy. It will gather leading cultural heritage actors, policy-makers at European, national and regional levels, as well as experts and innovators. It will serve as a platform for the European Heritage Hub community to discuss timely and forward-looking topics concerning the digital transformation of the heritage sector. It will consist of two interlinked components.
- Policy conversations will bring together policy-makers at all levels, experts, and professionals to assess the digital transformation of the cultural heritage sector, with a specific focus on its social and environmental impacts. These discussions will pinpoint key challenges and opportunities, showcase best practices and explore forward-looking themes related to heritage digitisation in Europe. The outcome will be a Call to Action or Manifesto stressing the significance of a socially and environmentally responsible digital transformation in the heritage sector and its role in shaping Europe’s (digital) future.
- An interactive exploration and fair will showcase a diverse array of projects, initiatives, and best practices that harness digital technologies to enhance sustainability, inclusion, and diversity in the heritage sector. This component will stimulate the networking, cooperation and knowledge-sharing of the European Heritage Community of Practice, Community of Interest, Hub partners and all Forum participants in an inspiring and interactive setting.
Access the programme
here.
The event takes place on Monday 7 October, from 10.30 – 16.00 EEST. Please note that the starting and ending times are in local time (EEST). If you are joining online from a different time zone, please make sure to adjust accordingly.
