ENCATC Congress 2024

Venue: Scuola Superiore ISUFI
Address: Campus Ecotekne - Lecce Monteroni

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

GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC
Ernesto Renato Ottone Ramírez, Assistant Director-General for Culture, UNESCO
Wu Chieh-Hsiang, ENCATC International Correspondent Advisor,  President, Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies (TACPS), and Professor, National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan
Dan 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

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

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

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

Nina Luostarinen, RDI Specialist, 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, University of Coimbra, Portugal

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

Please check the full programme here.

Please check the full programme here.

Standing dinner with music performance
Venue: Ex Monastero degli Olivetani. Address: Viale S. Nicola, 73100, Lecce (Google Maps)

Venue: Scuola Superiore ISUFI
Address: Campus Ecotekne - Lecce Monteroni

Sala Caffetteria
GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

Please check the full programme here.

Sala Conferenze

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

Room 152

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

Parallel Session 1:
Sala Conferenze 

Introduction and Moderation: João Leiva Filho, Doctor of Philosophy, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Conclusions and Reporting: Dea Vidović, President, Kultura Nova Foundation, Croatia

• 1. 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
  
• 2. GreenCCircle - Creative Climate Action: Bridging Creativity and Sustainability in CCIs. Roberta Capozucca, Communication Officer, Consorzio Materahub, Italy
• 3. 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.
• 4. 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
• 5. CreaSus - Sustainability Business Models for CCSIs. Roberto Bernad, Manager of European Funds, Fundación Banco Santander, Spain.
• 6. Creative Commissions for Climate Action. Rosanna Lewis, Senior Relationship Manager, British Council, UK
• 7. The sustainable transition in higher music education. Francesco Spina, Sustainability Officer, Conservatoire Royal de Liège, Belgium; Ashkhen Fixova, Office and Project Coordinator, The European Association of Conservatoires (AEC)
• 8. SNFCC Sustainability Hub. Evelina Sarantidi, Corporate Marketing & Communications Manager, SNFCC, Greece.
• 9.  AHEAD Accessible Heritage Experience for Audience Development. Antonia Silvaggi, Head of Skills for Culture; Melting Pro, Italy
  

Parallel session 2:
Room 154

Introduction and Moderation: Julia Glesner, Professor, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Conclusions and Reporting: Alan Salzenstein, ENCATC Board Advisor and Professor, Performing Arts Management and Arts Leadership, DePaul University, USA 

• 1. CommuniCity- Innovative Solutions Responding to the Needs of Cities & Communities. Aida Kalender, Researcher, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• 2. 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
• 3. Culture Moves Europe. Ekaterina Pelevina, Project Assistant for Culture Moves Europe, Goethe-Institut Brussels, Belgium
• 4. Avant Learn - Advanced Music XLR8R. Ludovico Esposito, President, Sud Sonico, Italy
• 5. Urban Travel Machines: European Planetariums and Immersive Poetry Performances. Philip Meersman, Project Manager, AP University College, Belgium
• 6. 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
• 7. Open House Brno / Open House Europe. Lucie Pešl Šilerová, Associate Professor and Supervisor of Music Production at Music Faculty, Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, Czech Republic
• 8. CreaDive - Building a multicultural working platform for creative sector. Pekka Vartiainen, Principal Lecturer, Humak University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• 9. Public Finance and Sustainable Measures for Italian Cultural Heritage. Paola C.D. De Pascalis, PhD Candidate, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Sala Caffetteria 

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

Sala Caffetteria

17:15-17:25 | Opening
Introduction by Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President. 
Presentation of the two finalists by Elena Borin, ENCATC Vice President; Full Professor in Business Administration, Pegaso Digital University, Italy , and Jaime Ruiz Gutiérrez, Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

17:25-17:35 | "Fifty years measuring cultural engagement: contributions, gaps and the future of survey" 
João Leiva Filho, Doctor of Philosophy, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

17:35-17:45 | "Cultural and Creative Industries and the Well-Being of Regions"
Jordi Sanjuán Belda, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Valencia, Spain

17:45-18:00 | Q&A - Conversation with the Jury
Moderated by Dan 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

Sala Caffetteria

Venue: Corte Licastro. Address: Via Albert Sabin, 8, Lecce (Google Maps).

20:30-20:35 | Presentation of the assessment by the Jury
Gerald Lidstone, ENCATC President.

20:35-20:40 | Announcement of the Research Award 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

20:40-20:45 | Announcement of the Best Research Paper winner
GiannaLia Cogliandro Beyens, Secretary General, ENCATC

Venue: Scuola Superiore ISUFI
Address: Campus Ecotekne - Lecce Monteroni

1. Young and Emerging Researchers Forum: Part 1
Room 147

10:00-10:05 | Introduction to the YERF
Leticia Labaronne, ENCATC Vice President; Head of Center for Arts Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Richard Maloney, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Performing Arts Administration programme, New York University, USA
10:05-10:50 | Panel "Arts management research: Between relevance and rigor"
Leticia Labaronne, ENCATC Vice President; Head of Center for Arts Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Richard Maloney, Clinical Associate Professor and Director, Performing Arts Administration programme, New York University, USA
Caitlin McKinnon, PhD Candidate, Queen Margaret University and the University of Stirling, The UK 
10:50-11:15 | Q&A session

2. Policy Debate | Policies for the right transition: Putting people at the centre through art and culture
Sala Conferenze

Introduction and conclusion: Davide de Nicolò, Chief Project Officer, Tecnopolis PST, Italy 
Moderator: Douglas DeNatale,  Associate Professor of the Practice / Program Director,  Boston University, USA
Speakers:
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
Anna Maria Candela, Director of Protection and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage, Regione 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 and Senior Lecturer, France

1. Young and Emerging Researchers Forum: Part 2
Room 147

11:30-12:15 | Session I. Presentation by Marlene Behrmann
Response by senior scholars:
Caitlin McKinnon, PhD Candidate, Queen Margaret University and the University of Stirling, The UK 
Virdzinija Djekovic Miketic, PhD Candidate at Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade and  International Relations Officer at Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade, Serbia
12:15-13:00 | Session II. Presentation by Lauren Bouvier
Response by senior scholars:
Virdzinija Djekovic Miketic, PhD Candidate at Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade and International Relations Officer at Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade, Serbia 
Francesca Greppi, PhD Candidate, University of Bologna, Italy
Concluding remarks

2. Shaping the Future Session

Members Talks 1 | Future scenarios for cultural heritage: skills and curricula for professional development
Sala Conferenze

Lluís Bonet, Director of the Cultural Management Programme, University of Barcelona; Coordinator of CHARTER Project, Spain
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  

Members Talks 2 | Cultural Governance: Current and Future European Perspectives
Room 164

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

Member Talks 3 | RICS N° 1: Cultural actors for sustainable change in tourism
Room 152

Moderator: Mara Cerquetti, Associate Professor in Management, University of Macerata, Italy
Davide de Nicolò, Chief Project Officer, Tecnopolis PST, Italy
Ana Zuvela, Research Associate, Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) in Zagreb, Croatia
Toni-Matti Karjalainen, Professor, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
Paolo Montemurro, Director, Consorzio Materahub, Italy

Member Talks 4 | RICS N°2: Decolonising the cultural policy and management curriculum
Room 153

Moderator: Milena Deleva, Executive Director, Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), USA
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

Members Talk 5 | Culture, Heritage and Citizenship
Room 154

Introduction and Moderation: Cristina Loglio, Vice President, Europa Nostra
Nicolae Stanciu, Vice Rector International Business Development, Netherlands Business Academy, The Netherlands
Claire Giraud-Labalte, ENCATC Ambassador, Art and cultural heritage historian and senior lecturer, 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

Sala Caffetteria

Chair: Alan Salzenstein, Professor/Director, Performing Arts Management/Arts Leadership, DePaul University, USA

Panellists:

Dan Green, President of the Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE), 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, Belgium
Wu Chieh-Hsiang, President of the Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies (TACPS) and Professor at the 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

Sala Caffetteria

Sala Caffetteria

Original Musical Performance by ISUFI students: Edoardo Presicce, piano and vocals; Antonio Bellucci, violin

• Koreja Theatre
• Archives of Carmelo Bene and Eugenio Barba
• Carlo V Castle
• MUST - Historical Museum of the City of Lecce

More information here.