2024 ENCATC Congress

Welcome and Official Opening Session:

• Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President
• Adriana Poli Bortone, Mayor, City of Lecce, Italy 
• Vittorio Boscia, Director, Department Scienze dell'economia, University of Salento, Italy
• Annamaria Annicchiarico, Director, Tecnopolis PST, Italy

Opening Speeches:

• GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC
• Ernesto Renato Ottone Ramírez, Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO
• Chieh-Hsiang Wu, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor,  President, Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies (TACPS), and Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
• Daniel Green, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor, President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), and Director of Masters in Entertainment Industry Management Program, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Introduction to the Keynote:

Francesca Imperiale, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting, University of Salento, Italy

Keynote: "Embedding sustainability in culture: Bias, nudge, and the awareness of human and organisational ecological behaviour"

Salvatore Rizzello, Full Professor of Economics and Director, Scuola Superiore ISUFI, University of Salento, Italy

Panel Response

Moderator: Francesca Imperiale, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting, University of Salento, Italy

• Nina Luostarinen, Project Planner and Specialist in Innovations and Enthusiasm, Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Christiane Dätsch, Professor of Cultural Management, Hochschule Merseburg University, Germany
• Vânia Rodrigues, Principal Researcher and Investigator, Professor at the Post Graduate Programme in Arts Management and Sustainability, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

IN MEMORIAM FABIO DONATO

Opening Remarks: Brief introduction of the ceremony and welcome

Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President

Tribute Speeches

• Cristina Ortega Nuere, Director, 3 Walks, Spain
• Elena Borin, ENCATC Vice President, Full Professor in Business Administration, Pegaso Digital University, Italy

Sharing Memories and Contributions of the Departed Member

• Francesca Imperiale, Associate Professor of Business Administration and Accounting, University of Salento, Italy
• Lluís Bonet, Director of the Cultural Management Programme, University of Barcelona and Coordinator of CHARTER Project, Spain
• Isabel Verdet, Research Manager, ENCATC

Launch of the "Fund in Memoriam of Fabio" and Closing Remarks

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

Networking Lunch

Classical Music Concert by the Students of Tito Schipa Conservatorio di Lecce

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SESSION – PART 1.1

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SESSION – PART 1.2

Standing Dinner with Performance

Welcome and Introduction to the Day

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH SESSION – PART 2

Networking Lunch

INTEGRATING GREEN TRANSITION INTO EDUCATIONAL CURRICULA: THE STRATEGIC ROLE OF ENCATC MEMBERS IN EMPOWERING THE CULTURAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY COMMUNITY 

Introduction and Moderation: GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

Panellists:

• Pravali Vangeti, Policy and Communications Officer, ENCATC
• Vânia Rodrigues, Principal Researcher and Investigator, Professor at the Post Graduate Programme in Arts Management and Sustainability, Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
• Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course on International Cultural Cooperation and CHARTER Project Manager, University of Barcelona, Spain

FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: PROJECTS SHOWCASE - PARALLEL SESSIONS

PARALLEL SESSION 1:

Introduction and Moderation: João Oswaldo Leiva Filho, Doctor of Philosophy, Goldsmiths University of London, UK

Conclusions and Reporting: Dea Vidović, Director, Kultura Nova Foundation, Croatia

• Culture Goes Sustainable: Empowering cultural institutions for the sustainability transition. Leticia Labaronne, ENCATC Vice President; Head of Center for Arts Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
• GreenCCircle - Creative Climate Action: Bridging Creativity and Sustainability in CCIs. Roberta Capozucca, Communication Officer, Consorzio Materahub, Italy
• Museum Sustainability. New Shared Processes and Standards for Bookshops. Patrizia Braga, Head of Ecologic Innovation Department and Co-founder of Melting Pro, Italy & Roberto Ferrari, Executive Director, Galileo Museum of Florence, Italy
• RESIST - REgions for climate change reSilience through Innovation, Science and Technology. Davide de Nicolò, Chief Project Officer, Tecnopolis PST, Italy & Valerio Palasciano, Project Manager, Tecnopolis PST, Italy
• CreaSus - Sustainability Business Models for CCSIs. Roberto Bernad, Manager of European Funds, Fundación Banco Santander, Spain
• Creative Commissions for Climate Action. Rosanna Lewis, Senior Relationship Manager, British Council, The UK
• Coordinating the sustainable transition in a higher artistic education institution. Francesco Spina, Sustainability Officer, Conservatoire Royal de Liège, Belgium & Ashkhen Fixova, Office and Project Coordinator, The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
• SNFCC Sustainability Hub. Evelina Sarantidi, Corporate Marketing and Communications Manager, Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center, SNFCC, Greece
• AHEAD Accessible Heritage Experience for Audience Development. Antonia Silvaggi, Head of Cultural Skills Area, Melting Pro, Italy

PARALLEL SESSION 2:

Introduction and Moderation: Constance DeVereaux, Director and Associate Professor Arts Management Program, University at Buffalo, USA

Conclusions and Reporting: Alan Salzenstein, ENCATC Board Advisor and Professor, Performing Arts Management and Arts Leadership, DePaul University, USA

• CommuniCity- Innovative Solutions Responding to the Needs of Cities and Communities. Aida Kalender, Researcher, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• Climate Change and Financial Markets: Assessing the Impact on Lending Interest Rates and the Role of International Agreements. Carmine Moccia, PhD in Digital Transformation and Sustainability, University of Salento, Department of Economics, Italy
• Culture Moves Europe. Ekaterina Pelevina, Project Assistant, Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut Brussels, Belgium
• Avant Learn - Advanced Music XLR8R. Ludovico Esposito, President, Sud Sonico, Italy
• Urban Travel Machines: European Planetariums and Immersive Poetry Performances. Philip Meersman, Project Manager, AP University College, Belgium
• Tracks4Crafts - Transforming crafts knowledge for a sustainable, inclusive and economically viable heritage in Europe. Annick Schramme, Academic Director of the Master in Cultural Management at University of Antwerp and of the International Master in Fashion Management at Antwerp Management School, Belgium & Cristina Ortega Nuere, Director, 3 Walks, Spain
• Open House Brno/ Open House Europe. Lucie Pešl Šilerová, Associate Professor and Supervisor of Music Production at Music Faculty, Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU), Czech Republic
• CreaDive - Building a multicultural working platform for creative sector. Pekka Vartiainen, Principal Lecturer, Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Public Finance and Sustainable Measures for Italian Cultural Heritage. Paola C.D. De Pascalis, PhD Candidate, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

NETWORK OF IDEAS ON INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH ON CLIMATE CHANGE

• The Role of Future Generations and Posterity in the Italian Constitution: The Way to a Multi-dimensional Balancing. Agnese Valente and Andrea Pessotto, CSB, Bologna, Italy
• Mechanical Energy Storage: tackling renewable sources intermittency. Alessandro Blanco, SSAS, Roma, Italy
• Mind the Climate Navigating Mental and Brain Health in Warming World. Daniele Calogero, SSAS, Roma, Italy
• Collapse and Resilience: Climate Change in Late Bronze Age Anatolia. Christian Allasino, SSST, Torino, Italy

REPORTING BACK FROM THE PROJECT SHOWCASE SESSIONS AND MAIN CONCLUSIONS

• Dea Vidović, Director, Kultura Nova Foundation, Croatia
• Alan Salzenstein, ENCATC Board Advisor and Professor, Performing Arts Management and Arts Leadership, DePaul University, USA

ENCATC RESEARCH AWARD

Introduction to the session: Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President

Presentation of the two finalists of the ENCATC Research Award:

• Elena Borin, ENCATC Vice President; Full Professor in Business Administration, Pegaso Digital University, Italy
• Jaime Ruiz Gutierrez, Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Fifty years measuring cultural engagement: contributions, gaps and the future of survey

• João Oswaldo Leiva Filho, Doctor of Philosophy, Goldsmiths University of London, The UK

Cultural and Creative Industries and the Well-Being of Regions

• Jordi Sanjuán Belda, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Valencia, Spain

Q&A – Conversation with jury

Moderation: Daniel Green, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor, President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), Director of Masters in Entertainment Industry Management program, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Contemporary Musical Medley by the Students of University of Salento

DINNER WITH AWARD CEREMONY

Presentation of the Assessment by the Jury

Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President

Announcement of the Winner

Alessandro Delli Noci, Puglia Region Councillor for Economic Development, Competitiveness, Economic Activities and Consumers, International Policies and Foreign Trade, Energy, Networks and Material Infrastructures for Development, Industrial Research and Innovation, Youth Policies, Italy

Announcement of the Best Research Paper Winner

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

YOUNG AND EMERGING RESEARCHERS FORUM: PART 1

POLICY DEBATE: POLICIES FOR THE RIGHT TRANSITION: PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE CENTRE THROUGH ART AND CULTURE

Introductions and conclusion: Davide de Nicolò, Chief Project Officer, Tecnopolis PST, Italy

Moderation: Douglas DeNatale, ENCATC Board Member and Associate Professor of the Practice, Program Director, Boston University, USA

Pannelists:

• Alessandro Delli Noci, Puglia Region Councillor for Economic Development, Competitiveness, Economic Activities and Consumers, International Policies and Foreign Trade, Energy, Networks and Material Infrastructures for Development, Industrial Research and Innovation, Youth Policies, Italy
• Paolo Ponzio, Professor, Head of Research and Humanistic Innovation Department, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
• Annamaria Candela, Director of Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage, Puglia, Italy
• Carmen Croitoru, General Manager, NIRCT - National Institute for Cultural Research and Training, Romania
• Claire Giraud-Labalte, ENCATC Ambassador, Art and Cultural Heritage Historian, France

YOUNG AND EMERGING RESEARCHERS FORUM: PART 2

ENCATC MEMBERS TALKS 1: FUTURE SCENARIOS FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE: SKILLS AND CURRICULA FOR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Introduction and Moderation: Lluís Bonet, Director of the Cultural Management Programme, University of Barcelona and Coordinator of CHARTER Project, Spain

Panellists:

• Herman Bashiron Mendolicchio, Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course on International Cultural Cooperation and CHARTER Project Manager, University of Barcelona, Spain
• Marzia Piccininno, Cultural Policy Expert, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, Italy
• Martina De Luca, Head of Training, Fondazione Scuola dei beni e delle attività culturali, Italy

ENCATC MEMBERS TALKS 2: CULTURAL GOVERNANCE: CURRENT AND FUTURE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVES

Introduction and Moderation: Jerry Liu, Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, College of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan

Panellists:

• Geert Drion, Independent Researcher and Doctoral Candidate, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands
• Sarah Montero, Associate Professor in Social geography, Université Bordeaux Montaigne, France
• Annukka Jyrämä, Professor, Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre (EAMT), Estonia
• Julia Glesner, Professor, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany

ENCATC MEMBERS TALKS 3: RICS N° 1: CULTURAL ACTORS FOR SUSTAINABLE CHANGE IN TOURISM 

Introduction and Moderation: Mara Cerquetti, Associate Professor in Management, University of Macerata, Italy 

Panellists:

• Davide de Nicolò, Chief Project Officer, Tecnopolis PST, Italy
• Ana Zuvela, ENCATC Board Member and Research Associate, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Croatia
• Toni-Matti Karjalainen, ENCATC Board Member and Professor, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
• Paolo Montemurro, Director,  Project Area Manager, Consorzio Materahub, Italy

ENCATC MEMBERS TALKS 4: RICS N°2: DECOLONISING THE CULTURAL POLICY AND MANAGEMENT CURRICULUM

Introduction and Moderation: Milena Deleva, Executive Director, Association of Arts Administration Education, USA

Panellists:

• Milena Dragićević Šešić, Prof. Emerita, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy and Management, University of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
• Maria de Fátima Lambert, Coordinating Professor, School of Education, Polytechnic University of Porto, Portugal
• Javier Hernández Acosta, Associate Professor and Dean of the School of Arts, Design and Creative Industries, Universidad del Sagrado Corazón, Puerto Rico

ENCATC MEMBERS TALKS 5: CULTURE, HERITAGE AND CITIZENSHIP

Introduction and Moderation: Cristina Loglio, Vice President, Europa Nostra 

Pannelists:

• Nicolae Stanciu, Vice Rector International Business Development, Netherlands Business Academy, The Netherlands
• Claire Giraud-Labalte, ENCATC Ambassador, Art and Cultural Heritage Historian, France
• Liliana Turoiu, ENCATC Ambassador; Director of the Master Program in Business Administration of the Creative & Cultural Industries, ASE University, Romania
• Antonia Silvaggi, Head of Skills for Culture, Melting Pro, Italy

Networking Lunch

GLOBAL CONVERSATIONS: CONNECTING CULTURES IN THE DIGITAL WORLD

Introduction and Moderation: Alan Salzenstein, ENCATC Board Advisor and Professor, Performing Arts Management and Arts Leadership, DePaul University, USA

Panellists:

• Daniel Green, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor, President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), and Director of Masters in Entertainment Industry Management program, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
• Gaia Danese, International Cultural Relations and Public Diplomacy Coordinator, European External Action Service
• Wu Chieh-Hsiang, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor, President, Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies (TACPS), and Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
• Liliana Turoiu, ENCATC Ambassador; Director of the Master Program in Business Administration of the Creative & Cultural Industries, ASE University, Romania

ROUND UP OF THE CONGRESS

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

Original Musical Performance by the students of ISUFI

Cultural Study Visits

• Cultural Study Visit 1: Koreja Theatre
• Cultural Study Visit 2: Archives of Carmelo Bene and Eugenio Barba
• Cultural Study Visit 3: Carlo V Castle
• Cultural Study Visit 4: MUST - Historical Museum of the City of Lecce