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

Asier Abaunza, Councillor for Urban Planning, Strategic Projects and Public Space

Andoni Iturbe, Vice Minister of Culture of the Basque Government

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

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

Asier Abaunza, Councillor for Urban Planning, Strategic Projects and Public Space

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

Cristina Ortega Neure, CEO, World Leisure Organisation

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

STUDY VISIT 1: Arriaga | Arriaga Plaza, 1, Ibaiondo, 48005 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

STUDY VISIT 2: 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

Cristina Ortega Neure, CEO, World Leisure Organisation

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, ENCATC Vice President, Head of Center for Arts Management at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences; Co- Lead Culture for the Planet Alliance

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

This roundtable highlights the importance of localizing the 2030 Agenda as a key driver of global transformation, emphasizing the role of culture in this process. It introduces the Local2030 Coalition, which supports the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the local level through multilevel governance, partnerships, and context-based solutions. The session also presents the Euskadi Local2030 Hub as a practical example of localization in action, showing how culture, linguistic diversity, and community participation can be integrated into sustainable policies. Overall, it underlines how local territories contribute to shaping global agendas through cultural identity, innovation, and social cohesion.

Arantza Acha, UN Etxea Director

Iñigo Arbio, UN Deputy Head Secretariat Local2030 Coalition

Moderator:

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, ENCATC, Secretary General

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

In this session participants will work in groups guided by: 

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

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

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

Cristina Ortega Neure, CEO, World Leisure Organisation

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

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

Marco Fiore, Policy and Project Manager, Michael Culture Association

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

Mira Höschler, NEMO Community and Project Manager

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

STUDY VISIT 5: LA PERRERA | Sabino Arana Etorbidea, 50, Basurtu-Zorrotza, 48012 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain