21.04.2021 Events, Others

Webinar ‘Cultural Heritage in Digital Age’

Polish Science Contact Agency ‘PolSCA’ of Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Institute Brussels 

are delighted to invite you to 

the webinar Cultural Heritage in Digital Age to be held on 21 of April 2021  

The main purpose of the webinar is to get unique insights from decision makers and various practitioners representing European networks, Cultural Heritage Institutions, research institutes and research centres about the value of collaboration to provide efficient digital solutions to the real needs of accessing, protecting and preserving cultural heritage.

This event represents also an opportunity to highlight European funded research projects or other relevant initiatives on the digitisation of Europe’s cultural heritage, and to debate on actions that could be undertaken in the future. Please find the agenda of the event attached below or by clicking here .

The webinar will be held in English and is opened to everyone interested in the process of digitisation of European cultural heritage, so do not hesitate to distribute this invitation further. We look forward to seeing you online soon! 

When: Wednesday, 21st April 2021, 9:15 AM – 11:15 AM 

How: WEBEX 

Registration link: https://forms.gle/BDU8APTqTVzhMUMR8 


PROGRAM

9.15 – 9.25 Welcoming words
Tomasz Poprawka, Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels
Agnieszka Bolecka, Polish Institute in Brussels

9.25 – 9.30 Preserving traces of heritage: a brief reflection on European literature
Dorota Walczak-Delanois, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

9.30 – 10.00 Opportunities and challenges for digitisation of cultural heritage

Moderator: Mariusz Dzięglewski, InLAB Research and Innovation Centre, Pedagogical University of Cracow
Marita Kayamanidou, European Commission, Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, RTD E.4 Fair Societies and Cultural Heritage
Maciej Hofman, European Commission, Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture, EAC D.1 Culture Policy
Tomasz Parkoła, Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities (DARIAH), Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center

10.00 – 10.15 Q&A

10.15 – 10.45 Digitisation of culture in practice

Moderator: Justyna Kramarczyk, Polish Science Contact Agency in Brussels
Maciej Eder, Institute of Polish Language of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Sonia Wronkowska, National Library of Poland
Mike Kestemont, Antwerp Centre for Digital Humanities and Literary Criticism

10.45 – 11.05 Q&A

11.05 – 11.15 Closing remarks

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