Webinar on digitalisation of heritage

On 18 October, the Policy Learning Platform organised a webinar, as part of the Cultural Routes series, on the topic of digitalisation of heritage.

Concept creation and moderation by Astrid Severin and Magda Michaliková, Thematic Experts of Resource and environment efficiency.

Navigate the webinar by topic in the agenda below:
00:01:04 Introduction to the topic by Astrid Severin

00:10:23 Keynote speech by Manos Vougioukas on Digital preservation of cultural heritage

00:38:07 Q&A: It sounds like a big task to digitalise the big sites in Europe, how can this be managed?

00:26:26 Presentation by Catherine Leonard on Creating an online curiosity cabinet: The digitisation of historic

00:34:53 Q&A: How does the initiative become economically feasible? Do you need a plan on how to finance everything before you start?

00:36:49 Q&A: What is the difference between digitisation and digitalisation?

00:41:11 Presentation by Agathoniki Tsilipakou on the Museum of Byzantine Culture Innovation and Digitalisation

00:51:22 Q&A: You mentioned it would be important to have the offer free of charge, could you explain why?

00:53:04 Q&A: What is the favourite activity of people?

00:56:28 Q&A: How was the development of the visitor app financed? And was it part of the CHRISTA project?

00:58:53 Q&A: After the pandemic, we don't want to just reach the same target group. You mentioned the digitalisation helped to reach groups such as disabled people. Do you have data on new target groups being reached?

01:03:14 Presentation by Dennis Dekker on the Cycling Route 1629

01:12:53 Q&A: Do you have new products that have come up?

01:13:33 Q&A​​​​​​​: How well is the app being used? Is it well appreciated? How is the app being promoted? And how much did it cost?

01:16:40 Q&A​​​​​​​: How do you keep the entrepreneurs and ambassadors of your app enthausiastic?

01:19:52 Wrap-up question: Where did you start? What would you recommend for aspiring digitalisation projects to avoid?