Digital Heritage Summit 2026
2026-05-26 - 2026-05-29 | Cyprus University of Technoloy, Limassol, Cyprus
Organised by the UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage at the Cyprus University of Technology, in partnership with Heritage Malta, the Digital Heritage Summit 2026 is this year’s special edition of EuroMed 2026—Europe’s leading forum for digital cultural heritage research, policy, and innovation.
The Summit is in cooperation with Europeana, the European Commission (DG CONNECT), the AI4LAM initiative, the EUreka3D Competence Center, the Digital-Europe project EUreka3D-XR, the Horizon Europe projects HERITALISE, STECCI, IMPULSE, the Time Machine Organisation and more.
The event will also host the Grand Final of the Twin it! Part II campaign. There will be a Policy Roundtable on 26 May 2026 and the Hackit!4EU hackathon from 27 to 29 May 2026.
Registrations are now open!

2026 IIIF Annual Conference & Showcase
2026-06-01 - 2026-06-04 | Scheltema, Marktsteeg 1, Leiden, 2312, Netherlands
This year’s IIIF Annual Conference & Showcase is, as usual, hosted by the IIIF consortium and takes place in different places around the Netherlands. The Showcase will be in Amsterdam, while the actual conference on June 2-3 will be in Leiden.
The Showcase at the beginning of the event is meant as an introduction for newcomers and those interested in current use cases in IIIF. The conference in general is therefore suitable for everyone seeking to get into IIIF for the first time as well as more advanced professionals looking for new ideas and networking possibilities.
The preliminary conference program can be viewed here.
Visit the IIIF website for more information!

Metis Sandbox – check your data for quality and preview it for inclusion in Europeana
2026-06-03 10:00 - 12:00 UTC | Online
This event is organised by Europeana Academy and takes place on 3 June 2026.
The Metis Sandbox is a test environment for your data. It consists of a set of tools with which you can simulate ingesting and running the Metis workflow on your data, see what your records would look like on Europeana.eu and get insight into the quality of your records.
During the training you’ll mostly be working with data that we have prepared specifically for the purpose of this training. But you will also have the possibility to run your own data and analyse the results. If you are interested, please prepare a collection of at most 50 records that satisfy EDM specifications. It is easiest if you have them ready as a zip file (one file per record).
Find more information here.

Europeana Writers’ Room – monthly creative writing workshops
2026-06-03 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
On the first Wednesday each month Europeana dedicates an hour to writing and creativity. This workshop will focus on getting inspiration out of illustrations and imagery from Europeana’s collections. The themes will change every month.
The topic this time will be ‘Creativity from uncertainty’.
Visit the website for more information or go directly to the registering form.

Introduction to collections, audiences and stories on Europeana.eu
2026-06-16 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 16 June 2026 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, go directly to the registering website.

How to tell great stories and write for Europeana.eu
2026-06-18 10:00 - 13:00 | Online
This training course is organized by the Europeana Academy and will take place online on 18 June 2026. 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 directly to the registering website.
