The Conference

Digitisation of cultural assets is an increasingly important topic for all cultural institutions. For this reason, digitisation has been placed on Europe's cultural agenda. Online access to objects from Europe's cultures and language areas facilitates the appreciation of culture, promoting European integration.

In the context of each EU presidency, since 2001, each member state sponsors a conference on specific aspects of digitisation of culture. These conferences enable international experts to exchange information on new developments and techniques, as well as to establish frameworks for future cooperation.

This conference in Berlin during Germany's EU presidency examines concerns central to digitisation projects. Placing objects and collections in new digital contexts is creating new forms of scholarly and scientific inquiry. Accessibility and usability emerge as important considerations. This conference will address these and other issues through exploration of innovative online portals and networks. In particular, we will address the need for common standards in collecting and presenting Europe's diverse cultural heritage. The conference will raise at last the diversity of European cultural heritage as an issue.

February 23 the National Representatives Group (NRG) will meet.

To learn more about the conference programme, click here.

Target Audience

Our target audience is international cultural and educational experts, foundations and associations, scholars and scientists, the National Representatives Group (NRG) and policymakers in the fields of culture, politics and scholarship.

Conference Languages

All presentations will be simultaneously translated into English, French and German.

Registration

We would be pleased to welcome you to Berlin. To attend, we require your formal registration. Click here to learn more.

Attendance at the conference and the supplementary programme is free of charge. Travel and accommodation are the responsibility of each attendee.

Supplementary Programme

Participants of the conference are cordially invited to join tours of Berlin's most prestigious museums (such as the Museumsinsel complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz, site of important permanent and temporary exhibitions). To learn more and to register for these special events, click here.