The schedule may be subject to change.
Day 1
23 Sept 2026Day 2
24 Sept 2026Day 3
25 Sept 2026Venue: Campus Carlone, 98 Bd Édouard Herriot, 06200 Nice, France
Master of ceremony:
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, 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
Nicolas Pélissier, SIC.Lab, Université Côte d’Azur, France
Introduction to the Topic of the Congress
ELENA BORIN, ENCATC President, Vice Dean for Internationalization, Pegaso Digital University, Italy
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 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
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
Master of ceremony:
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France
Registration all day
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
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 RUCKER, Professor and Director of Cultural Management Bachelor, Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda UNDAV, Argentina, President of the Latin American Network for Cultural Management, 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
Master of ceremony:
GIANNALIA COGLIANDRO BEYENS, Secretary General, ENCATC
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
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
Announcement of the Laureates
Dinner and cultural program
Venue: TBC
Master of ceremony:
Matina Magkou, ENCATC Board Member, Researcher, Université Côte d’Azur, France
Registration
Young and Emerging Researchers Forum
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
French National Panel - Connecting the local with the international organised
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