WEBINAR: Driving Digital Transformation in Cultural Heritage Institutions Part 2
The impact and transformative power of Digital Cultural Heritage
After two series of webinars co-organised in 2023-2024 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, and will obtain a certificate of participation, based on their commitment to attend all three complete sessions, which include both the keynote lecture and the interactive working session.
About this session
Keynote Speakers: Fred Truyen (KU Leuven) and David Iglésias (CRDI – Ajuntament de Girona)
In this keynote, we will address how digitisation efforts, metadata enrichment and AI solutions have a transformative impact on the mission, organisation and working of heritage institutions such as Libraries, Archives and Museums. Looking back at a long series of digital projects, we will develop a foresight attempt in what lies ahead and how institutions can prepare for this profound digital turn, without losing sight on their core mission and societal role and taking into account the importance of civic engagement.
The presentation will be based on case studies focused on innovation in the heritage sector. The analysis of these pilots will, on the one hand, provide concrete results related to the application of technology and, on the other, allow us to understand the evolution of the heritage sector and anticipate professional trends in the coming years.
Interactive working session: open discussion on learners’ experiences and challenges, calculation of economic impact, demonstrations on the transformative power of culture. The interactive working sessions will be led by Prof. Dr. Peter Fornaro, Head of Research Projects at the Digital Humanities Lab, University of Basel.
Participation
To participate in the full training programme, applicants must complete the participation form by October 5. A total of 30 learners will be selected by the organisers, and will have the exclusive opportunity to discuss with highly renowned experts, exchange knowledge and experiences, and acquire practical tools and methodologies to improve their skills in the digital transformation in the field of cultural heritage. 10 learners’ places out of 30 are reserved to ICA members, and 20 are open to the rest of the audience. For further details and to apply, please check the full call for participation and fill in your application.
In addition, it is possible to attend the keynote speeches independently, via YouTube streaming. These are designed for a broad audience, including cultural heritage professionals, archivists, records managers, students, and educators in related fields. These streamed open-access lectures provide insights into the opportunities, challenges, and practical applications of emerging technologies in the cultural heritage sector.
Essential Information
- What: Eureka3D 2025 Training Programme: Driving Digital Transformation in Cultural Heritage Institutions Part 2 The impact and transformative power of Digital Cultural Heritage
- Where: Online
- When: 26 November 2025, 15:00-17:00 CET
- How: Open registration online HERE, ICA member registration HERE.
Further information and updates can be found on the Eureka3D 2025 Training Programme webpage HERE
Key Dates
Call for participation to the full training programme: open until 5 October 2025
Confirmation to selected learners for the full training programme: 17 October 2025
Part 1: 19 November 2025 Heritage Policies and strategies for the digital transformation of practices (streaming on YouTube)
Part 2: 26 November 2025 The impact and transformative power of Digital Cultural Heritage (streaming on YouTube)
Part 3: 3 December 2025 Good practices and experiences for creation, access and re-use (streaming on YouTube)