As proud partner of the DE-BIAS project, we invite you to an ENCATC member talk co-organised with us on November 8, from 14:00 to 16:00 CET, online.

🌍 The DE-BIAS project partners, alongside experts from CHARTER – European Cultural Heritage Skills Alliance, will delve into diversity and representation in the cultural heritage sector. This event will address crucial questions surrounding language and bias in cultural heritage collections.

🗓️ Date: 8 November 2024

🕒 Time: 14:00 – 16:00 CET

💡 Online

🔗 Register here

Topics We’ll Cover  

🔭 How communities are represented in cultural heritage collections

📚 Educational frameworks and strategies for inclusivity

📌 Practical approaches to mitigate bias in metadata

Speakers Include  

• Cristina Da Milano – Director of the European Center for Cultural Organization and Management
• Lluís Bonet – Director of the Cultural Management Graduate program at the University of Barcelona
• Marzia Piccininno – Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, Michael Culture Association
• Marco Fiore – Michael Culture Association
• Ana Schoebel – CHARTER Expert Advisory Board Member; Former coordinator of the Strategy 21 MOOC (CoE)
• Sofie Taes – Innovation Manager for the Research Valorisation, Project DigitGLAM, KU Leuven University
• Dr. Frederik Truyen – KU Leuven University
• Julia Welter – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum

Programme Highlights

Our experts will guide a roundtable discussion on inclusion and diversity in cultural metadata, followed by a presentation of an introduction of our Digital & AI survey report and an interactive session on representing diversity in heritage.

Join us to gain insights into inclusive practices and take part in shaping a more equitable future for cultural collections.