Venue: Town Hall, Arab room | Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza, 1, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Venue: Town Hall, Arab room | Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza, 1, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC, Belgium

Venue: Town Hall, Arab room | Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza, 1, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

This session brings together representatives from Bilbao, Euskadi, and EU bodies to explore the city’s cultural and green policies, discussing challenges, opportunities, and how local initiatives connect with broader regional and European Union strategies.

Open discussion

Venue: Town Hall, Arab room | Ernesto Erkoreka Plaza, 1, 48007 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC, Belgium 

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

This lecture will include methodologies and examples for embedding sustainability in the management and organisational policies of cultural institutions.

Iphigenia Taxopoulou, Founding Member and General Secretary, Mitos21, Greece

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Participants will work in groups to develop cultural projects considering environmental impact.

Iphigenia Taxopoulou, Founding Member and General Secretary, Mitos21, Greece

Arriaga | Arriaga Plaza, 1, Ibaiondo, 48005 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Harrobia | Langaran Kalea, 3, Otxarkoaga - Txurdinaga, 48004 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC, Belgium 

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

This session provides an overview of current debates on sustainability in the arts and culture sector and presents preliminary findings from Culture for the Planet Alliance, a strategic spin-off of the Swiss National Science Foundation–funded project Culture Goes Sustainable. It introduces the Alliance’s collaborative work on developing sustainability indicators, transition frameworks, and emerging standards. The session further examines how cultural organizations conceptualize, operationalize, and measure governance practices, social sustainability, and ecological responsibility.

Leticia Labaronne, Head of Center for Arts Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences; Co- Lead Culture for the Planet Alliance, Switzerland

Laura J. Noll, Center for Arts Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences; Executive Education Lead Culture for the Planet Alliance, Switzerland

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Participants will work on group to learn about sustainability reporting, SDGs, and ESG models.

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Local2030 Coalition Secretariat in Bilbao

Guggenheim Museum | Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC, Belgium

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

What do CHIs need to know to embark on a digital transformation process? How can they assess their digital maturity?

Marco Fiore, Policy and Project Manager, Michael Culture Association, France

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Marco Fiore, Policy and Project Manager, Michael Culture Association, France

Venue: Historical Archive | María Díaz de Haro,3, 48013, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Cyberattacks, such as those against the British Library, the Natural History Museum in Berlin, and the Internet Archive, have highlighted an increased risk to digital cultural heritage. These attacks reveal the cultural world's substantial unpreparedness to address these threats. Cyber Humanities represents an emerging discipline that, through a transdisciplinary approach, can address the issue of protecting cultural heritage, including digital heritage, with theoretical and technological tools.

Emanuele Bellini, Associate Professor in Information Processing Systems and Director of the 2nd Level Master in Cyber Humanities for Heritage Security at the Department of Humanities Studies at University of Roma Tre, Italy. Chair of the IEEE SMC TC on Cyber Humanities and co-chair of IEEE SMC TC on Homeland Security, Italy

Azkuna Zentroa | Arriquíbar Plaza, 4, Abando, 48010 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

LA PERRERA | Sabino Arana Etorbidea, 50, Basurtu-Zorrotza, 48012 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain