The ECHOES project is set to begin the new academic year with its highly anticipated Launch Event on September 9, 2024, at the historic Château of Chambord in France. Following the project’s official start in June, this event will gather partners, stakeholders, and prominent local, national and European figures in the Renaissance Château de Chambord, a symbol of the rich cultural heritage of the Val de Loire.

The Launch Event will be an opportunity to present the ECHOES project to the public and feature keynote speakers who will discuss the importance of preserving both tangible and intangible cultural heritage across Europe. The public event will conclude with a dinner in the Château de Chambord, offering attendees a chance to network and celebrate in a setting steeped in history.

The public part of the event will be streamed online from 16:00 to 18:00 CEST/UTC+2, with the following agenda:

• Introduction by Rickard BUCKSCH, Policy Officer, EU-DR Research and Innovation
• Presentation of ECHOES by Xavier RODIER, CNRS. Scientific coordinator, ECHOES
• Presentation of the ECHOES main Pillars: Community Pillar: Isabelle PALLOT-FROSSARD; ECHOES Pillar Coordinator. President, FSP; Knowledge Pillar: Dimitris KOTZINOS; ECHOES Pillar Coordinator. CY Cergy Paris University, ETIS Lab, Innovation Pillar: Paolo CIGNONI; ECHOES Pillar Coordinator. Research Director, CNR-ISTI; Sustainability pillar: Vania VIRGILI ECHOES WP Leader, Long-term Sustainabilty. Director of Technological Research, CNR
• Keynote speaker Sally CHAMBERS Director, DARIAH-EU: “Interconnecting knowledge: cultural heritage data from a Digital Humanities perspective”
• Keynote speaker Livio DE LUCA Researcher, CNRS/Project ‘Notre-Dame Numérique’: “Notre-Dame de Paris: a cathedral of digital data and multidisciplinary knowledge for heritage science”
• Q&A session

For more information, please visit the website.