More information about the programme will be coming soon.
The schedule may be subject to change.
Day 1
23 Sept 2026Day 2
24 Sept 2026Day 3
25 June 2026Venue: Campus Carlone, 98 Bd Édouard Herriot, 06200 Nice, France
Registration all day
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
JEAN FRANÇOIS TRUBERT, Professor in Musicology, CTELA, delegate for Cultural and Creative Industries, Université Côte d’Azur
Introduction to the Topic of the Congress
ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President
Keynote speech
“Researching Creative Work? Achievements and Challenges”
PIERRE-MICHEL MENGER, Professor, Collège de France, Sociology of Creative Work Chair, France
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 European Commission DG EAC, Cultural Compass Status of Artist Rapporteur, Austria/ Belgium
Rosada Zangri, Educational Coordinator, Program Manager and Creative Assistant of Yallah Danse!, FEDORA Prize / education, France
Q&A
Lunch
Project showcase sessions
7 Parallel sessions
Education & Research sessions | Part 1
7 Parallel sessions
Education & Research sessions | Part 2
7 Parallel sessions
End of the first day
Free evening
Venue: Campus Carlone, 98 Bd Édouard Herriot, 06200 Nice, France
Registration all day
ENCATC Research Award - Presentation of the finalists
Introduction to the session
ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President
Presentation of the two finalists of the ENCATC Research Award
LETICIA LABARONNE, ENCATC Vice President
Global Conversation on the status of the artists and creators
Chairs:
ALAN SALZENSTEIN, Performing Arts Management Chair, De Paul University, USA
ANNICK SCHRAMME, Professor University of Antwerp, Belgium, UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy
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, TAPS, La Red, TBC)
Panelists
DANIEL GREEN, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
AVRIL JOFFE, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
JERRY C. Y. LIU, National Taiwan University of Arts, Taiwan Association of Cultural Policy Study (TACPS)
VENKA PURUSHOTHAMAN, Professor, President LASALLE College of the Arts, University of the Arts Singapore, Founder of the Asia-Pacific Network for Culture, Education, and Research (ANCER)
URSULA RUCKER, Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda UNDAV, Argentina, President La Red
Joint moments with members and stakeholders to prepare the future ENCATC Strategy
Lunch
Education & Research session | Part 3
7 Parallel sessions
Education & Research session | Part 4
7 Parallel sessions
ENCATC Research Award Ceremony
Welcome words
Ulrika Byttner, Director of the Villa Arson
Opening Address
Elena Borin, ENCATC President
Muriel Dal-Pont Legrand, Professor of Economics, Gredeg and Vice-President for Europe, Université Côte d’Azur
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, Member of the Research Award Jury
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
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
Announcement of the Laureates
Dinner and cultural program
Venue: Centre Universitaire Méditerranéen, 65 Prom. des Anglais, 06000 Nice, France
Registration
Young and Emerging Researchers Forum
Co-Creating Europe's Cultural Future
French National Panel - Connecting the local with the international organised
by University Côte d'Azur
Lunch
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
Get-together drink and closing remarks
Conversations with artists