The ECHOES two half-day event recently held in Brussels on the 12th-13th December was fully attended with 80 people in person and 600 participants joining online. Day 1 consisted of setting the context for the Cultural Heritage Cloud with presentations from a variety of organisations involved in the sector, from funding and administration of research, technology development and services to the everyday activities of a GLAMS organisation such as KIK-IRPA. The Keynote presentation Bart Fransen provided a fascinating insight into the restoration of the Ghent Altarpiece and other works by Jan Van Eyck in the Verona Project. The afternoon concluded with a round table discussion. Day 2 was concerned with how to involve as many Cultural Heritage communities as possible in ECHOES and to encourage their take-up and participation in the Cultural Heritage Cloud. The discussion at the end demonstrated a high level of interest from a variety of people involved in the sector.
Videos and presentations of each of the sessions are now available as follows.
Day 1: High-Level Policy Event
Welcome
Video on Canal U: Welcome session [50:53]
00:00 Vania Virgili, Technical Research Director CNR and Interim Director General, E-RIHS – general welcome and session introduction [Moderator].
02:58 Hilde de Clercq, General Director of KIK-IRPA, Brussels – overview of KIK-IRPA and its activities.
11:50 Marc Lemaître, DG RTD – background to the Cultural Heritage Cloud
16:23 Vania Virgili explains that Christian Ehler, MEP, Member of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), is unwell so unable to attend and acknowledges his role in establishing the Cultural Heritage Cloud
18:28 Chris De Loof, Innovation Manager, BELSPO/BELNET – strategic aspects of digitisation and Open Science, BELNET’s contribution.
31:30 Lionel Maurel, Scientific Deputy Director of CNRS Sciences Humaines & Sociales – importance of cooperation, EOSC, ECHOES and CNRS.
38:20 Costanza Miliani, Director of ISPC, CNR – Heritage Science community, the Italian CH Cloud and other projects.
Introduction session
Video on Canal U: The role faced by ECHOES in setting up the Cultural Heritage Cloud presented by Xavier Rodier, CNRS, ECHOES coordinator. [19:14]
Presentation slides [PDF]
‘Video on Canal U: Studying Jan van Eyck on a laptop. Results from the VERONA project (Van Eyck Research in OpeN Access)’ . Keynote speaker Bart FRANSEN, Head, Centre for the Study of Flemish Primitives, KIK-IRPA. [31:56]
Round table
Round-table discussion: Establishing a multi-level governance for the Cultural Heritage Cloud moderated by Phillipe Vendrix, CNRS with Pascal Liévaux, Chair of JPI Cultural Heritage, French Ministry of Culture, Sophie Cummings UKRI, Eva Stensköld, Swedish National Data Service and Rickard Bucksch, DG RTD.
Day 2 – Onboarding Communities into the Cultural Heritage Cloud
Welcome
Video: Introducing ECHOES by Emanuel DEMETRESCU, Chairperson of the Executive Board in the ECHOES, CNR [14:04]
Presentation slides [PDF]
Session 1
Round-table discussion: Working on Cultural Heritage in a Digital Age moderated by Adeline JOFFRES, CNRS
Session 2
Tools for onboarding the communities moderated by Isabelle PALLOT-FROSSARD
Video: Presentation of the ECHOES Consultation by Rémi Petitcol, FSP [21:48]
Presentation slides [PDF]
Video: Presentation of the Cascading Grants and ECCCH calls by Sally Chambers, DARIAH [07:01]
Presentation slides [PDF]
Questions and answers
Interactive session: how to get involved?
