Topic: intellectual property rights

International Workshop HERITAGEBOT 2017 – Call for papers open until 1 April 2017

The aim of the Conference is to bring together researchers, industry professionals and students from the broad ranges of disciplines referring to areas of activities for Cultural Heritage, in an intimate, collegial and stimulating environment. The Conference will be held … Continue reading


15th KUI Conference “Culture and Computer Science”

The 15th edition of the ”Culture and Computer Science“ conference series focuses on best practice examples, challenges and future trends of mixed reality as a strategy to bring the world of data and information and the world of objects and … Continue reading


FORWARD final conference: Digitisation of heritage and orphan works

The Orphan Works Directive, adopted in 2012, set out to foster digitisation and unlock Europe’s cultural heritage for education, research and other cultural purposes, but how does it work in practice? The conference « Digitisation of heritage and orphan works » was a joint … Continue reading


“Creative with Digital Heritage” – E-Space MOOC is accepting enrollments right now

How can you engage with and reuse the wealth of digital cultural heritage available online in many repositories such as Europeana? How can you become an active user of this content, using, remixing and reinventing it for your research, lessons, … Continue reading


Finding the Public Domain Toolkit: Identifying Items Not Subject to Copyright

13 June 2016 – The University of Michigan Library announces  the publication of Finding the Public Domain: Copyright Review Management System Toolkit, a resource dedicated to helping others understand the Copyright Review Management System (CRMS) and implement similar copyright review … Continue reading


AppHub PlugFest in Berlin

Looking for exploitation and dissemination opportunities for your project in virtual and cloud environments? The AppHub open source marketplace promotes your software, improves its portability and help you grow your community. The main objective of the AppHub Workshops is to assist European open source project to bring their software into the AppHub European Open Source Marketplace. Continue reading


Civic Epistemologies @ Riches Second Policy Seminar

“New Horizons for Cultural Heritage – Recalibrating relationships: bringing cultural heritage and people together in a changing Europe” was the Second Policy Seminar organised by the RICHES project to discuss how the project can provide insights to support evidence-based policymaking in Europe. Mauro Fazio, with the team from Promoter, was there to continue talking about the CIVIC EPISTEMOLOGIES project. Continue reading


New Horizons for Cultural Heritage

“New Horizons for Cultural Heritage – Recalibrating relationships: bringing cultural heritage and people together in a changing Europe” is the Second Policy Seminar organised by the RICHES project to discuss how the project can provide insights to support evidence-based policymaking in Europe. The seminar comprised political updates by representatives from the European Parliament and the European Commission, the presentation of policy recommendations from the RICHES project and Round Table / World cafè style discussions aimed at providing ‘joined-up’ policy recommendations to be used in the definition of the H2020 work programme for 2018-2020. Continue reading


OSS 2016 International Conference on Open Source Systems

The International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS) is a long-standing international forum for researchers, practitioners from business and industry, enthusiasts, and students to present and discuss the latest trends, experiences, and concerns in the field of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS). The 12th OSS Conference will take place in will take place in the city of Gothenburg, in 30 May – 02 June 2016. Continue reading


Video recordings of the Open Source Workshop now available

The video clips of all the presentations of the PREFORMA Open Source Workshop are now available on the event website. The workshop, hosted by the National Library of Sweden on April 7, 2016, featured keynote presentations by representatives from the PREFORMA project and the open source community. Continue reading