WEBINAR: Driving Digital Transformation in Cultural Heritage Institutions Part 1

Heritage Policies and strategies for the digital transformation of practices

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 Speaker: Antonella Fresa (Photoconsortium)

Digital transformation implies several complementary actions that the cultural heritage institutions are demanded to cope with. Digitisation of cultural heritage is just the beginning of a longer process that is expected to land the cultural heritage sector in a new dimension made of shared data, adoption of new standards, understanding of the technological challenges, awareness of the the social implications, engagement of human resources, financial investments and much more.  In this endeavour, the knowledge of the landscape of European policies and strategic visions is very relevant to orientate the efforts of the public and private sectors.

The main programmes, recommendations, reports and action plans published by the institutions of the European Union will be illustrated in the keynote speech delivered in the webinar. The topics of Horizon Europe and Digital Europe programmes will be presented with a focus on cultural contents, namely the pillar 2 of Horizon Europe, the development of the collaborative cultural cloud for cultural heritage (ECCCH) and the common European data space for cultural heritage. The Recommendation of the European Commission to the Member States of November 2021 will also be considered with regard to the whole dimension of the production and management of 3D cultural contents. Also the research infrastructures for cultural heritage, specifically DARIAH and ERHIS, will be considered as part of the whole scenario of policies and strategies for the digital transformation of cultural heritage.

Interactive working session: discussion on policies, methodology for impact assessment, strategies of participating cultural institutions, participation in European and international programmes. 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 1 Heritage Policies and strategies for the digital transformation of practices
• Where: Online
• When: 19 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)