Transforming technology and culture at EuropeanaTech 2015

On 12-13 February, Europe’s leading technical experts, developers and researchers in the field of digital cultural heritage will convene in Paris for the 2nd EuropeanaTech Conference at the National Library of France. Attendees and presenters will share knowledge and collaborate on the themes of data modelling, content re-use, discovery, multilingualism and open data. We’re calling it ‘Making the beautiful thing - Transforming technology and culture’. We’re delighted to be getting great minds from across Europe and the globe together to share progress, address problems, and further the technical aspects of Europeana. So why not join us?

The EuropeanaTech community is the research and development branch of the greater Europeana Network. Over the past few years, the significance of managing all the data and content now available through Europeana has grown tremendously, as has the importance of improving access and promoting re-use. EuropeanaTech 2015 will showcase the fantastic and groundbreaking work being done within the Europeana Network and plan how we can work cooperatively to continue our progress in the years to come.

Keynote Speakers

We are incredibly excited to welcome renowned international creative and cultural sector leaders as our keynote speakers. Having these individuals together at one conference is a real privilege, making EuropeanaTech 2015 a must-attend event:

Emma Mulqueeny, Founder and CEO of Rewired State & Young Rewired State, a renowned champion of empowering social change with technology will present ‘Transforming Technology and Culture’.

Andy Neale, Director of Digital NZ; Dan Cohen, the founding Executive Director of the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA); and Tim Sherratt, Manager of Australia’s Trove will discuss ‘Translating the Technology for Use’. They will also participate in a panel discussion. We look forward to hearing how each one of them innovatively presents their country’s cultural heritage to the world.

Chris Welty, of Google Research will present ‘Cloud and Culture: Technologies for culture heritage’. Welty is a semantic web mastermind who worked on on IBM’s Watson, GNU Emacs and developed OntoClean.

Seb Chan, Director of Digital and Emerging Technologies at Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum will be ‘Guessing the Future’ of museums. Few professionals are as qualified to make this guess as Seb Chan who spent most of 2014 'rebooting' Cooper-Hewitt. You can read all about it in this glowing review from the New Yorker.

Ignite Talks & Posters

With such a large community spread across the whole continent, it’s hard to stay up-to-date with everyone’s work. So this year we are offering ‘Ignite’ talk and poster slots: your chance to showcase the fantastic work you do. Ignite talks are short bursts of inspiration, presenting projects and developments in easy bitesize pieces.

If you have an inspiring project you’d like to present at EuropeanaTech 2015, submit your Ignite proposal now. The deadline is Friday 16 January so act fast!

Breakout Sessions

To create more discussion and dialogue at this year’s conference, we’re forgoing the standard presentation/Q&A conference format. Instead, we’re having parallel breakout sessions for each conference theme. You can join a conversation in your area of expertise or venture off into new territory and see what else is happening in the community. Each session will be led by experts in the relevant field who will present ideas and moderate discussion.

More info

View the conference programme.

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