
During the brainstorming meeting…
A brainstorming meeting about the
European initiatives for the development and value improvement of
Cultural Heritage was recently held in the Tuscan town of Peccioli, near
to Pisa. The two-days event (Saturday 26th and Sunday 27th October 2013) was organized as an initiative by Promoter S.r.l., leader company in the field of information technologies, research and communication, managed by Dr. Antonella Fresa, coordinator of many European projects.

In particular, Prof. Sarah Whatley, Prof. Neil Forbes and Dr. Marion Doyen, representatives of Coventry University (UK) took
part in the event, as coordinators of two ever-new research-projects
aimed at investigating the methods for the transmission and value
improvement of cultural heritage, the socio-economic impact which
cultural heritage should and must have on the civil society, best
practices for public-private partnerships and the relation between
cultural institutions and creative industries.
Another very important challenge
discussed during the meeting was the long-term preservation of digital
archives. About this topic, particularly interesting was the report
presented by Borje Justrell, Director at the Swedish National Archives
and coordinator of a project devoted to the management of a
pre-commercial procurement, for a global amount of over 2.800.000 Euro
in the next 4 years.

from
left, Pietro Masi (CEO at Promoter), Sarah Whatley (Professor of Dance
and Director of C-DARE, Coventry University), Borje Justrell (Director
at the Swedish National Archives), Monika Hagedorn-Saupe (Professor at
the Prussian Culture Foundation of Berlin), Marion Doyen (Business
Development Manager, Coventry University), Neil Forbes (Professor and
Director of Research, Coventry University), Antonella Fresa (Director
and Project Manager at Promoter), Fred Truyen (Professor at the Faculty
of Arts, KU Leuven).
Prof. Monika Hagedorn-Saupe of Prussian Culture Foundation of Berlin and Prof. Fred Truyen of KU Leuven (Belgium)
brought their testimony about the role played by cultural institutions
in the era of the transformations generated by the advent of digital
technologies.
Main aim of the meeting was to compare
experiences and ideas, to promote synergies and collaborations among the
projects led by the attendees and to identify research spaces in the
light of the upcoming new EU programme Horizon 2020.
This event was also an occasion for the delegates to closely “meet” the important traces of Etruscan Culture preserved at the Guarnacci Museum in Volterra, and also the artworks of the Tuscan Renaissance painting school displayed at the Civic Gallery.
In Peccioli the experts, as guests of the Municipality, had then the occasion to visit the local museums of the Polo Museale, welcomed by the Councilor for Culture Andrea Petresi, President of the Foundation PeccioliPer.

The experts visited the ancient town of Volterra.
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