ENCATC Congress 2026 23-25 September 2026, Nice, France

The schedule may be subject to change.

Day 1

23 Sept 2026

Day 2

24 Sept 2026

Day 3

25 Sept 2026
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Venue: Campus Carlone, 98 Bd Édouard Herriot, 06200 Nice, France

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Master of ceremony: 
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France

08:00 -

Registration all day

09:00 - 09:30

Welcome and opening speeches

GIANNALIA COGLIANDRO BEYENS, Secretary General, ENCATC
RANI DANG, Associate Professor in Management (HDR), Gredeg, Vice-President for Entrepreneurship, Université Côte d’Azur
Nicolas Pélissier, SIC.Lab, Université Côte d’Azur, France

09:30 - 09:45

Introduction to the Topic of the Congress

ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President, Vice Dean for Internationalization, Pegaso Digital University, Italy

09:45 - 10:30

Keynote speech

 “Researching Creative Work? Achievements and Challenges

PIERRE-MICHEL MENGER, Professor, Collège de France, Sociology of Creative Work Chair, France

10:30 - 11:30

Panel Session in response to the Keynote

moderated by ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President

ELLEN LOOTS, Associate professor, Department of Arts and Culture Studies, ERASMUS Rotterdam University, Nederland
FABRIZIO MONTANARI, Full Professor of Organization Studies, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
BARBARA STACHER, Senior Expert EU-Commission, EU cultural and creative sectors and industries’ policies, Cultural Compass Status of Artist Rapporteur, Austria/ Belgium
Rosada Zangri, Educational Coordinator, Program Manager and Creative Assistant of Yallah Danse!, FEDORA Prize / education, France


11:30 - 12:00

Q&A

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch

14:00 - 15:00

Project showcase sessions

7 Parallel sessions

15:15 - 16:45

Education & Research sessions | Part 1

7 Parallel sessions

17:00 - 18:30

Education & Research sessions | Part 2

7 Parallel sessions

18:30 -

End of the first day

Free evening

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Venue: Campus Carlone, 98 Bd Édouard Herriot, 06200 Nice, France 

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Master of ceremony: 
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France

08:00 -

Registration all day

09:00 - 09:35

ENCATC Research Award - Presentation of the finalists

Introduction to the session
ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President, Vice Dean for Internationalization, Pegaso Digital University, Italy

Presentation of the two finalists of the ENCATC Research Award
LETICIA LABARONNE, ENCATC Vice President, Head of the Center for Arts Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

10:00 - 11:30

Global Conversation on the status of the artists and creators

Chairs: 
ALAN SALZENSTEIN, Director of Performing Arts Management and Arts Leadership programmes, DePaul University, United States of America
ANNICK SCHRAMME, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy, Director, Master in Cultural Management, University of Antwerp, Belgium

In this session we have the voice of sister networks of ENCATC. Panelists are the President or representatives from recognized Management/policy networks in the different worlds regions (AAAE, TACPS, ANCER, La Red) 

Panelists
DANIEL GREEN, Senior Director, Arts & Entertainment, Distinguished Service Professor, Heinz College & College of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America, In representation of Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) 

AVRIL JOFFE, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy, Head of Department of Cultural Policy and Management, Wits School of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
JERRY C. Y. LIU, Professor and Dean, Graduate School of Arts Management and Cultural Policy, College of Humanities, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taipei, in representation of the Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Studies (TACPS)
VENKA PURUSHOTHAMAN, Professor and President of LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, and Founder of the Asia-Pacific Network for Culture, Education, and Research (ANCER)
URSULA RUCKERProfessor and Director of Cultural Management Bachelor, Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda UNDAV, Argentina, President of the Latin American Network for Cultural Management, La Red

11:30 - 12:00

Joint moments with members and stakeholders to prepare the future ENCATC Strategy

12:15 - 13:45

Lunch

16:30 - 17:45

Education & Research session | Part 3

7 Parallel sessions

16:00 - 17:30

Education & Research session | Part 4

7 Parallel sessions

19:30 - 20:30

ENCATC Research Award Ceremony

Master of ceremony: 
GIANNALIA COGLIANDRO BEYENS, Secretary General, ENCATC

19:30 - 19:45

Welcome words
Ulrika Byttner, Director of the Villa Arson

Opening Address
Elena Borin, ENCATC President, Vice Dean for Internationalization, Pegaso Digital University, Italy
Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand,  Professor of Economics, Gredeg and Vice-President for Europe, Université Côte d’Azur 

19:45 - 20:00

Presentation of the Awards 

ENCATC Research Award
recognising an exceptional recently defended doctoral thesis in cultural management and cultural policy, demonstrating scholarly excellence, robust research design, and the potential to influence policy and benefit practitioners. 
Leticia Labaronne, ENCATC Vice President, Head of the Center for Arts Management, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

ENCATC Congress Research Paper Award
recognising the research paper judged to make the strongest contribution among eligible full papers submitted through the Congress Education & Research Sessions
TBC

ENCATC Congress Teaching and Educational Practice Award 
recognising a significant, innovative and transferable contribution to teaching, learning or educational practice in cultural management and policy, presented through the Congress Education & Research 
TBC

ENCATC Young and Emerging Researchers Forum Award
TBC

ENCATC Best Student Paper Award
Claudine Batazzi, SIC.Lab, Université Côte d’Azur, France

20:00 - 20:20

Announcement of the Laureates 

20:30 -

Dinner and cultural program

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Venue: TBC

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Master of ceremony: 
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France

08:00 - 09:00

Registration

09:00 - 12:00

Young and Emerging Researchers Forum

09:00 - 10:15

Round Table: Europe's Cultural Horizon: New Policies for a Changing Continent

Introduction by 
Catherine Magnant, Head of Cultural Policy Department, European Commission

Chair of the panel
Carla Figueira, ENCATC Strategic Policy Adviser

Pannelists
TBC

10:30 - 12:00

French National Panel - Connecting the local with the international organised

organised by University Côte d'Azur 

12:15 - 13:30

Lunch

14:30 - 17:15

Study visits and Working Groups Sessions

Working Group Culture and Education
Venue: Bibliothèque Nucéra

Expert Group on Art Markets and Cultural Goods Integrity
Venue: TBA

Working Group of Cultural Observatories and Measurement
Venue: La Semeuse 

Study visit
Venue: Opera and National Theater

18:00 - 22:00

Get-together drink and closing remarks

Conversations with artists