Nottingham (UK), 16-17 April 2016 The ART // GAMES // HACKATHON is an intensive weekend workshop, which will allow artists, coders and technologists to collaborate, team up and develop prototypes of game art projects. This exciting event will take place at Game City in Nottingh … | Continue reading
By Gillian Doyle Nowadays more content is accessible, in more formats, on more devices, for more people than ever before. But, as media companies make the journey from being single sector to digital multi-platform suppliers of content, this transition has entailed numerous manage … | Continue reading
The third concertation meeting for on-going PCP projects in DG Connect, organised by the European Commission in Brussels on 10 March 2015, gave the opportunity to the attendees to network and share experiences on common issues that they face while implementing PCPs. PREFORMA part … | Continue reading
Prof. Fred Truyen participated with a lecture about the actitvities of E-Space in the domain of the education, also announcing the upcoming MOOC. by Clarissa Colangelo, KU Leuven From the 7th till the 9th of March 2016, the 10th annual International Technology, Education and Deve … | Continue reading
Jasná (Slovakia), 14-16 March 2016 For the 19th time, the beautiful surroundings of Low Tatras will create a scenery for the ILIDE 2016 Conference where as usually the digital preservation, digital collections access and digital processing experts from around the world will gathe … | Continue reading
The museum is interested to test Blinkster app and share results with other partners in Lithuania Rokiškis regional museum is an institutional member of the Lithuanian Museums Association. The beginnings of Rokiškis Regional Museum date back to 1933, when enthusiasts assembled in … | Continue reading
University of Northumbria - deadline 18 March 2016 This interdisciplinary project will explore how local cultural institutions (museums, libraries, and archives) can better prepare themselves to embed and manage migrants’ cultural heritage in the digital age. Project objectives i … | Continue reading
Amsterdam, 9 March 2016 On 9 March 2016, the e-IRG workshop on the progress of the e-Infrastructure Commons will take place in Amsterdam. e-IRG is a strategic body to facilitate integration in the area of European e-infrastructures and connected services, within and between membe … | Continue reading
Venice (Italy), 17-18 March 2016 Another inspiring hackathon for Europeana Space: the one dedicated to Museums. We’re looking for innovative and advantageous designers, coders, museum experts and lovers, cultural managers, artists, creatives, IT and marketing experts to take up … | Continue reading
cooperation agreement signed between the two Europeana related projects A cooperation agreement was recently signed between E-Space and Europeana Sounds. The two BPN are joining forces under the common umbrella of Europeana to develop synergies and enhance the access, disseminati … | Continue reading
RMIT is one of Australia's original tertiary institutions and a global university of technology, design and enterprise. Its European hub now joins RICHES network of common interest. We are glad to announce that a Cooperation Agreement was recently signed between RICHES and RMIT E … | Continue reading
Nicosia (Cyprus) 18-20 March 2016 The British Council and the British High Commission in Nicosia, in collaboration with Snook, a Glasgow-based digital innovation agency, and in partnership with Google, are hosting a Culture Shift Hackathon programme on 18th – 20th March, at the C … | Continue reading
The latest version of veraPDF is now available. The latest version of veraPDF is now available for download in the PREFORMA Open Source Portal. veraPDF is building the definitive, file-format validator for all parts and conformance levels of ISO 19005 (PDF/A). This version contai … | Continue reading
European Commission, 25 Avenue de Beaulieu Brussels, 7 March 2016 This workshop offers an opportunity to learn of progress in the standardization of Cloud contracts and SLAs by ISO-liaison body SLALOM and cloud procurement by PICSE, two EC-backed initiatives. Delegates can contri … | Continue reading
Two events organised by AppHub in Brussels to promote open source innovation The AppHub team is glad to welcome you and your partners involved in open source innovation in Brussels, at two upcoming events, with interactive support for your project and AppHub Store demontrations: … | Continue reading
Europeana hopes to promote the adoption of the IIIF technology by demonstrating its value. As part of the Europeana Cloud project, a document proposing data modelling solutions for representing digital objects (such as images) and full-text with a particular focus on Newspapers r … | Continue reading
Madrid, 22-24 June 2016 This conference seeks to anticipate the future of education, offering a critical inside look into the current trends and resources being used in teaching and learning environments. The 2016 e-learning strategies and trends will be explored through the pres … | Continue reading
In this hackathon in particular, we focus on concepts and business models rather than the development itself. by Fred Truyen, KU Leuven. The Photography hackathon “Hack your Photo Heritage” is taking place this weekend, hosted at the FabLab of KU Leuven in Heverlee (Belgium). Pe … | Continue reading
Bern, 3-6 October 2016 iPRES is the premier international conference on the preservation and long term management of digital materials. The 13th International Conference on Digital Preservation will be held on October 3-6, 2016 in Bern, Switzerland. PREFORMA submitted a proposal … | Continue reading
Girona, 17-18 November 2016 The 14th edition of the Image and Research Conference, organized by the Centre for Image Research and Diffusion (CRDI) of the Girona City Council with the collaboration of the Association of Archivists of Catalonia, will be held in Girona on 17-18 Nove … | Continue reading
How the York Museums Trust started opening up its collection by Lieke Plodger, Open Knowledge Foundation. OpenGLAM has just released a case study on the open data release last year of the York Museums Trust. The study was written as part of the Open Knowledge Foundation involveme … | Continue reading
Athens, Greece, 19-21 May 2016 Building on the success of the previews conferences, the 3rd International Conference of the International Association of Cultural and Digital Tourism (IACuDiT) is to be held in Athens, Greece, on May 19-21, 2016, with the theme “Tourism, Culture a … | Continue reading
Apply now, deadline 30 April 2016 UNESCO Chair in ICT to develop and promote sustainable in World Heritage Sites with collaboration International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT) invites you to take part in Summer School 2016 devoted to Information and Communication … | Continue reading