This event synthesizes the findings from 22 transnational research projects to explore the societal impact of cultural heritage research through five interconnected thematic axes. The first axis examines methodological innovations in digital heritage, analyzing the transformative potential of technologies such as AI, virtual modeling, and advanced data analytics in research and protection. The second investigates participatory and co-creative frameworks for community engagement, assessing their role in sustaining heritage, reinforcing identity, and fostering social cohesion for sustainable development.

Presentation

The Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change (JPI CH) is pleased to propose this dissemination event, organised in collaboration with the Palace of Versailles,gathering 22 researchers to discuss the results of their transnational research projects fundedby the JPI CH.

Moderated and animated by experts from the JPI CH Scientific and AdvisoryBoard, the five sessions will explore the impact of these research projects and showcase therole of cultural heritage research in addressing global challenges and shaping future cultural,social, economic, and environmental policies. They will be structured under the followingthematics :

1. Digital Innovations and New Methodologies in Heritage Research and Protection
2. Heritage Under Pressure : Environmental Change, Risk, and Material Resilience
3. Co-creating Heritage : Community Engagement, Identity, and Sustainable Futures
4. Reinterpreting Pasts, Shaping Futures : Narratives, Ethics, and Social Justice in Heritage
5. Heritage in Context : Landscapes, Integrated Management, and Socio-EconomicDimensions

Programme

DAY 1 - 26 November

08:30 Welcome Coffee & Registration

09:00 Introduction

• Laurent Salomé, Director of the Musée national des châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon 
• Monica Brinzei, Project Officer for Social Sciences and Humanities, French Ministry of Research
• Pascal Liévaux, Chair of the JPI CH and Head of Department for Research, Valorisation and Intangible Heritage, French Ministry of Culture

09:30 The Achievements of the JPI CH

10:00 Session 1 - Co-creating Heritage: Community Engagement, Identity, and Sustainable Futures

This session focuses on the pivotal role of communities in defining, interpreting, and sustaining their heritage. Discussions will explore participatory and co-creative methodologies, the connections between heritage and individual/collective identity, and how heritage can foster social cohesion and contribute to sustainable local and regional development.

Roundtable - Moderated by Sophie Elpers, Meertens Institute & University of Antwerp

• Julie Deramond, University of Avignon, Olive Heritage for Sustainable Development: Raising Community Awareness of Living Heritage (OLIVE4ALL)
• Rosalind Bryce, University of the Highlands and Islands, Co-creating cultural narratives for sustainable rural development (CULTIVATE)
• Laura Hodsdon, Falmouth University, Re-voicing cultural landscapes: narratives, perspectives, and performances of marginalised intangible cultural heritage (RCL: ICH)

Dialogue

• Anna Maria Stagno, University of Genoa, Inspiring rural heritage : sustainable practices to protect and conserve upland landscapes and memories (IRIS)
• Maia Ghattas, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, Cultural Heritage in the Metropolitan Peripheries (CUMET)

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Session 2 - Digital Innovations & New Methodologies in Heritage Research and Protection

This session explores how cutting-edge digital technologies (AI, virtual/augmented reality, advanced imaging, data analytics) and novel research methodologies are transforming the documentation, analysis, interpretation, protection, and experience of cultural heritage.

Roundtable – Moderated by Mario E. Santana Quintero, Carleton University

• Dante Abate, Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence, Safeguard Heritage in Endangered Looted Districts (SHIELD)
• Brian FG Katz, CNRS, & Damian Murphy, University of York, The Past Has Ears (PHE)
• Viola Lorella, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Polyvocal Interpretation of Contested Colonial Heritage (PICCH)
• Carlos Andújar Gran, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Enhancement of Heritage Experiences : the Middle Ages. Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time (EHEM)

12:45 Lunch Break

14:30 Session 3 - Reinterpreting Pasts, Shaping Futures: Narratives, Ethics, and Social Justice in Heritage

This session confronts the complexities of heritage interpretation, particularly concerning marginalized, contested, or difficult histories. It explores decolonizing approaches, ethical considerations in curation and representation, the politics of narrative construction, and the potential of heritage to contribute to social justice and more inclusive societal understanding.

Keynote

• Glyn Davis, University of St Andrews, Perverse Collections : Building Europe’s Queer and Trans Archives (PERCOL)

Roundtable – Moderated Marija Drėmaitė, Vilnius University

• Anthony Scott, Science Museum, Museums and Industry : Long Histories of Collaboration (MaILHOC)
• Joséphine Simonnot, CNRS, Decolonizing South East Asian Sound Archives (DeCoSEAS)
• Ivan Murin, Matej Bel University, Heritage in Depopulated European Areas (HerInDep)

15:30 Closing Remarks

• Pierre-Emmanuel Lecerf, General Administrator of the Château de Versailles

15:45 Cultural Visits

18:00 Cocktail Reception

DAY 2 - 27 November

08:30 Welcome Coffee & Registration

09:00 Session 4 - Heritage Under Pressure: Environmental Change, Risk, and Material Resilience

This session addresses the multifaceted pressures on cultural heritage, including climate change, environmental degradation, conflict, and decay. This roundtable will examine innovative approaches to risk assessment, material science, conservation, and strategic interventions to enhance the resilience and safeguarding of heritage assets. 

Keynote

• Eglė Rindzevičiūtė, Kingston University, Nuclear Spaces : Communities, Materialities and Locations of Nuclear Cultural Heritage (NuSPACES)

Roundtable – Moderated by Johanna Leissner, Fraunhofer

Discussant: Annelie Sjölander Lindqvist, University of Gothenburg

• Josephine M. Rasmussen, Arkivet Peace and Human Rights Center, Destructive Exploitation and Care of Cultural Objects (DECOPE)
• Manuela Romagnoli, University of Tuscia, Archaeological Wooden Pile-Dwelling in Mediterranean European lakes (WOODPDLAKE)
• Élodie Guilminot, Laboratoire Arc’Antique, PROtection and Conservation of Heritage AirCRAFT (PROCRAFT)
• Noushine Shahidzadeh, University of Amsterdam, CRYstallization damage at the INterfaces of ARTworks (CRYSTINART)
• Gilles Chaumat, CEA, Development of Storage and Assessment methods suited for organic Archaeological artefacts (StAr)   

10:30 Session 5 - Heritage in Context: Landscapes, Integrated Management, and Socio-Economic Dimensions

This session examines how tangible and intangible heritage is embedded within, and interacts with, broader urban and rural landscapes. This roundtable will discuss strategies for integrating heritage into planning and development, holistic management approaches, and the socio-economic dimensions of heritage, including its role in tourism, local economies, and cultural policy.

Roundtable – Moderated by Håkon Glørstad, Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo

• Stefano Bertocci, University of Florence, Franciscan Landscapes : the Observance between Italy, Portugal and Spain (F-ATLAS)
• Torgrim Sneve Guttormsen, Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research, Curating Sustainable URBAn Transformations through HERItage (CURBATHERI)
• tbd, Arctic Heritage : Commodification, Identity, and Revitalisation in the Anthropocene (ArcHeritage)

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Interactive plenary on impact

Animated by Alison Heritage, ICCROM

12:10 Conclusion - Future opportunities through the European Partnership for Resilient Cultural Heritage