Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana
2025-01-16 00:00 UTC
This training course – run as part of Europeana Academy – will run in February 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana.
Applying the IIIF (International Image Interoperability Framework) standard allows viewing your image collection online in the best possible quality with a user-friendly zoom function and sharing your collection widely. This course will help you to prepare your images for IIIF.
Register now!

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana
2025-02-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This training course runs as part of the Europeana Academy on February 5th 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana.
The application of IIIF and its APIs allows viewing your image collection online in the best possible quality with user-friendly zoom function and sharing you collection widely.
If you are interested in learning how to prepare your collections correctly, register now!

Introduction to Europeana APIs
2025-02-19 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This course is part of the Europeana Academy and runs on February 19th 2025. It provides in-depth information about the Europeana APIs, the differences between them and how you can use them for your needs.
If you want to learn more about this course, visit the event’s website. If you are interested in completing the course, go right to the registration form.

Creative Online Residency 2025 - Information Session
2025-02-26 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
The Online Creative Residency is a key part of the Digital Storytelling Festival and brings students and new professionals who want to gain storytelling skills in a professional setting together with experts.
This event focuses on last year’s Residency and launches the application process for this year.
Everyone can register for the event, but there will also be a recording for this session. If you want to learn more about it, view the event on Europeana’s website.

EUreka3D-XR kick-off meeting and public workshop
2025-02-27 11:00 - 12:30 | Pisa, Italy
Eureka3D-XR is the follow-up project of Eureka3D, funded by the Digital Europe Programme of the European Union. The features, services and tools developed in the previous project shall be expanded in innovative re-use scenarios that enable the creation of extended reality (XR).
The 2-day event will take place in Pisa on 26-27 February 2025, whereas the first day is fully dedicated to project partners and the HaDEA officers, to review the workplan and set the next milestones. The second day features a public workshop in hybrid format presenting the project and the connected use cases.
If you want to read more about this interesting event. visit the website or go directly to the registering form.

ARCHE Conference "Innovation through Heritage: Resilience in Times of Climate Change"
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-05 | Museum of Applied Art, Vienna, Austria
This hybrid event brings together national and European funding frameworks to focus on resilient cultural heritage. Through the recent developments of technological advances and environmental challenges the need arises to reshape society towards “preserving and leveraging cultural heritage as a resource for research, societal benefit, and economic growth”.
The conference is organized by the Alliance for Research on Cultural Heritage in Europe (ARCHE) and hosted by the Time Machine Organisation (TMO).
If you are interested in participating, visit the event’s website or go directly to the registering platform. For on-site participation, secure your spot until February 23, 2025. You can also join online.

*** You can watch the recordings of this event until 4 April 2025. ***

Introduction to collections, audiences and stories on Europeana.eu
2025-03-11 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-09 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
This training course is part of the Europeana Academy and focuses on telling stories with collections on Europeana.eu. It takes place on 11 March 2025 online.
If you want to learn about how to tell stories with Europeana’s contents, find and use different collections, this course may be right for you. It is aimed at a broad audience, from cultural heritage professionals or academics who want to present their data to educators using the content in learning scenarios.
If you want to read more about this event, visit its website or go directly to the registering form.

Heritage Dialogues webinar - Cultural heritage for an innovative Europe: mobilising knowledge and research
2025-03-11 14:00 - 18:00 | Online
This webinar, organised by ICLEI Europe in collaboration with Europa Nostra and the Hub consortium, is the third in a series of six and will focus on cultural heritage for an innovative Europe: mobilising knowledge and research.
The aim is to highlight cultural heritage as a driving force for innovation, economic growth, and social development. How can cultural heritage inspire, develop and transform?
The webinar is free-of-charge and contains a panel discussion with following interactive breakout sessions. Registration is compulsory. Find more information at European Heritage Hub.

How to tell great stories and write for Europeana.eu
2025-03-14 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-09-12 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
This training course is organized by the Europeana Academy and will take place online on 14 March 2025. It focuses on creating editorial for Europeana.eu and with cultural heritage collections.
In this course you will learn about the Europeana approach to editorials like blogs in terms of structure, tone of voice and editorial guidelines. The goal is to develop you own blog idea using Europeana’s tips and guidelines.
If you want to learn more about this event, go to the website or directly to the registering form.

IIIF Online Training (5-Day Course)
2025-03-31 18:00 - 2025-04-04 19:00 | Online
This limited-seat 5 day course starts Mar 31 and is conducted online with video tutorials and extensive tutoring and support opportunities.
The course will be held completely online and covers the first steps in IIIF. Some topics will be:

Image API & Presentation API
Creating Manifests
Set up annotation environment + Annotation of resources

If you want to get started with IIIF but don’t quite know how, this training may be suitable for you. If you want to learn more about it, go directly to the registering page.
Important Information: The training will be held every day for one week at 6 p.m. (CEST).

Copyright Office Hours: Reconciling openness with data protection and privacy
2025-04-01 15:00 - 18:00 | Online
This online session is organised by the Europeana Copyright Community and hosts a presentation of data protection guidelines for libraries, archives and museums developed in Finland. The session will naturally include the possibility to share solutions and concerns in an open discussion.
You can visit the event’s website on Europeana Pro or go directly to the registering form.

European Heritage Hub Forum - EU enlargement: cultural heritage as a key resource for cities & civil society
2025-04-03 09:00 - 2025-04-04 12:00 | Budva, Montenegro
This is the third project forum of the European Heritage Hub and it will focus on EU enlargement: cultural heritage as a key resource for cities & civil society. It will take place from 3-4 April 2025 in Budva, Montenegro and online.
The central question is: How can social transformation be fueled by cultural heritage. The two-day event is organised by ICLEI Europe and invites cities, civil society organisations, heritage experts and policymakers to explore the power of heritage.
Registration is now open!

Cultural heritage and digital citizenship education
2025-04-03 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
This event is part of the All Digital Weeks campaign, organised by the Europeana Foundation. It focuses on the intersection of cultural heritage and digital citizenship education. That means highlighting how th GLAM sector can contribute the improvement of the citizens’s digital literacy and equip young people with the right skills to engage with the digital world critically and responsibly.
The webinar will take place online on 3 April 2025. Visit the website for more information or go directly to the registering platform.

Datasheets for digital cultural heritage
2025-04-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Online
In this webinar, the EuropeanaTech and Europeana Research Community share the results of the updated version of their datasheet template. The group has worked for two years on the problem of creating documentation for datasets. With “Datasheets” they offer one possibility to meet those needs of the cultural heritage sector.
The webinar will be held online. You can register here.

Metis Sandbox - check your data for quality
2025-04-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This training course is run as part of the Europeana Academy and takes place on 14 April 2025. It aims to showcase the usage of the Metis Sandbox to check your data for quality and preview it for inclusion in Europeana.
During the training you will use prepared data, but can also run your own data to analyse the quality of your data. If you are interested, register here. You can get more information to this event on the website.

Accessible Digitization with the Digirati Manifest Editor
2025-05-06 18:00 - 20:00 | Online
Participants will first learn best practices for accessible digitization using IIIF Manifests, guided by community guidelines, W3C standards, and NISO recommendations. A demonstration will walk attendees through a practical, no-code workflow, illustrating how easy it is to create and publish accessible IIIF manifests using user-friendly web applications. The approach ensures that all participants, regardless of their familiarity with IIIF or technical skills, can learn how to use this powerful technology. First, we will create the manifest and add recommended accessibility features to it through the Digirati Manifest Editor. We will then view the manifest in a digital viewer and test our manifest’s accessibility with keyboard navigation and screen readers. Finally, we will show participants how we can share our manifests for both collaborative and display purposes. A comprehensive step-by-step guide will also be provided for participants to further explore these concepts independently. An interactive Padlet board will be attached to the guide to help facilitate discussion, encouraging participants to share feedback on the tools and ideas for promoting accessibility through IIIF.

C.R.E.A. Cultura Festival
2025-05-07 - 2025-05-09 | Foligno, Italy
The C.R.E.A. Cultura Festival takes place in Folgino, Italy from 7-9 May 2025 and is organized by CRHack Lab Foligno 4D. The festival aims to support young people to develop their innovative and conscious thinking about digital practical culture.
C.R.E.A. Cultura is a community of educators doing their best to create educational resources by carrying out projects in the cultural, civic or social sphere, taking advantage of new technoogies.
Participation is completely free and includes entry, setting up a stand for your own institution and taking part in several workshops.
You can find more information about the festival on their website, or secure your place for the conference right now!

Digital Storytelling Festival
2025-05-13 - 2025-05-14 | Online
The Digital Storytelling Festival encourages cultural heritage professionals, educators, creatives, and students from Europe and beyond to boost their storytelling skills and tell stories exploring culture. It is run by the Europeana Initiative. The event brings together experts with students and new professionals that want to gain knowledge about different storytelling skills like writing, digital animation, stop motion animation, social media, video , collage art, and 3D.
The central topic this year is “food”!
The multi-day event is perfect for people who want to improve their storytelling skills in combination with cultural heritage. The only prerequisites are a committment to attending the sessions reliably and working in collaboration with others.
This year’s festival will take place from 13-14 May 2025. If you want to learn more about its outlines, visit the website or go directly to the registering platform.

IIIF Online Training (5-Day Course)
2025-05-19 15:00 - 2025-05-23 16:00 | Online
This limited-seat 5 day course starts Mar 31 and is conducted online with video tutorials and extensive tutoring and support opportunities.
The course will be held completely online and covers the first steps in IIIF. Some topics will be:

Image API & Presentation API
Creating Manifests
Set up annotation environment + Annotation of resources

If you want to get started with IIIF but don’t quite know how, this training may be suitable for you. If you want to learn more about it, go directly to the registering page.
Important Information: The training will be held every day for one week at 3 p.m. (CEST).

ICOMOS/ ISPRS CIPA Summer School 2025 - 3D Digitisation of built heritage at risk
2025-05-20 - 2025-05-25 | Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria, Austria
From 20-25 May 2025 the baroque castle Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn in Lower Austria will be the scene of th 14th installment of the CIPA Summer School.
This 6-day event is lead by the Department for the History of Architecture and Building Archeology of the University of Technology Vienna, in close cooperation with ICOMOS, ISPRS, CHNT ICOMOS Austria and supported by Time Machine Organisation. It is targeted at scholars, emerging professionals and everyone wishing to broaden their horizons.
The central question is: How can digital technologies help safeguard historic sites that are at risk? Under the surveillance of leading professionals in that field, participants will learn how to face challenges in digital conservation of heritage sites.
If you are interested and want to learn more about the summer school, visit its website. Early bird registration is open until 15 March 2025.

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana
2025-05-21 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This training course runs as part of the Europeana Academy on May 21st 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana.
The application of IIIF and its APIs allows viewing your image collection online in the best possible quality with user-friendly zoom function and sharing you collection widely.
If you are interested in learning how to prepare your collections correctly for IIIF, this course is perfect for you! Additional information to the course will follow soon, the application will run on the Europeana Academy portal. You can register for the Europeana Academy newsletter to get the latest news about courses and trainings.

Generative AI: Confusion of facts or understanding of content?
2025-05-21 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
This event is organised by EUScreen and focuses on the responsible use of and open questions on Generative AI connected with audiovisual materials. How do we approach the sensible use of Generative AI and how can we detect AI generated media?
This event aims to provide practical guidelines and critical reflections on that topic as well as potential tools for AI detection.
If you are interested in joining this event, please visit its website or go directly to the registering form.

Photography and archives: discovery, technology and innovation
2025-05-29 09:45 - 13:30 | Florence, Italy
This hybrid conference will take place on May 29 in Florence, Italy and online. It is coordinated by the Eureka3D-XR project, Photoconsortium and the Historical Archives of the European Union.
The event is part of Eureka’s capacity building programme and aims to highlight the evolving landscape of photographic archives through presentations of different use cases at institutions, research centres, and private image banks.
The preservation, management, and valorisation of photographic collections, especially in the light of new technologies will make a great part of the conference.
If you are interested in joining, please visit the event’s website or go directly to the registration form.

2025 IIIF Annual Conference
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-05 | Leeds, United Kingdom
The 2025 IIIF Annual Conference will be held in Leeds, UK, June 2-5. It will be jointly hosted by the University of Leeds and the IIIF Consortium.
It is intended for a wide range of participants and also adds a Showcase after the Conference days to introduce newcomers to IIIF. Topics will include IIIF implementations around the world.
The call for proposals is now closed. Register here for participation.

Europeana 2025 - Preserve, Protect, Reuse
2025-06-11 - 2025-06-12 | Polin Museum in Warsaw, Poland
The Europeana Conference 2025 is coming closer and the tickets are now available. You can attend the event onsite in Warsaw as well as online. The focus will be on the slogan “Preserve, Protect, Reuse” of cultural heritage and corresponding data.
The conference will be held on 11-12 June 2025 during the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU. This hybrid conference is organised in collaboration and partnership with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the National Institute of Cultural Heritage of Poland and the POLIN Museum in Warsaw, who will host the conference.
Discover the full programme for the Europeana Conference 2025!

Museum Digital Summit
2025-07-22 - 2025-07-23 | Online
The virtual conference “Museum Digital Summit” is organized by MuseumNext and takes place online from 22-23 July 2025.
The event focuses on the digital work in museums and takes the rapidly changing digital environment into account. The conference is suited for everybody that works in a museum and wants to learn how to efficiently do digital work in museums and to apply the latest technologies.
The presentations will also be available to watch on-demand for 12 months. If you are interested in this event, learn more about it on its website or go directly to the registering form.

Preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana
2025-09-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This training course runs as part of the Europeana Academy on September 3rd 2025 and focuses on preparing image collections in the IIIF standard for Europeana.
The application of IIIF and its APIs allows viewing your image collection online in the best possible quality with user-friendly zoom function and sharing you collection widely.
If you are interested in learning how to prepare your collections correctly for IIIF, this course is perfect for you! Additional information to the course will follow soon, the application will run on the Europeana Academy portal. You can register for the Europeana Academy newsletter to get the latest news about courses and trainings.

Digital Heritage 2025
2025-09-08 - 2025-09-13 | San Niccolò Palace, Siena, Italy
The foundation of “Digital Heritage” as a conference dates back to 1998 and was formalized in 2013 as a critical platform for the intersection of digital technologies and cultural heritage. As a leading global event in that field, “Digital Heritage” features workshops, panels and tutorials as well as lectures and exhibitions. Professionals from all over the world and across domains will come together to debate the potentials and challenges of digital technology for cultural heritage.
After the first three editions (2013, 2015 and 2018) this year the conference will take place in Siena, Italy from 8-13 September 2025. The call for paper is open, you can find the specifications here.
Registration will be open on May 15, 2025. In addition, the draft programme for the conference is already online.
