Artificial Intelligence is transforming industries worldwide, and the cultural heritage sector is no exception. But how can we harness AI to preserve, enrich, and share our cultural treasures while navigating the challenges it presents?

Join us at the AI4Culture Final Conference, where experts, researchers, and professionals will showcase real-world applications of AI in cultural heritage. From metadata enrichment and automatic subtitling to content analysis and automatic annotation, this event will highlight both the immense potential and the critical challenges that lie ahead.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore cutting-edge innovations and be part of the conversation shaping the future of AI in culture.

Programme

09:30 - 10:00 Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:00 - 10:10 Opening Remarks
10:10 - 11:00 Keynote Speech: Victor de Boer - Knowledge Graphs for Polyvocal Cultural AI

11:00 - 12:20 AI4Culture Session. Presentations on AI tools and applications developed in the AI4Culture project
Eirini Kaldeli (NTUA) – AI4Culture: An AI Platform for the Data Space for Cultural Heritage
Alexandros Chortaras (Datoptron) – The SAGE Tool for the Semantic Linking of Textual Data
Francesco Fedele (Translated) – Producing Supersonic Subtitles
Tom Vanallemeersch & Marthe Lamote (CrossLang) – Tools for Multilingual Text Recognition and Validation
M. Ángeles García & Manuel Herranz (Pangeanic) – AI4CPECAT: Features, Applications, and Advances in MT and Post-Editing
Henk Vanstappen (Datable) – Tools for Image Analysis

12:20 - 13:20 Lunch Break

13:20 - 14:20 Applications of AI Technologies in the Cultural Heritage Sector - Part 1
David Frost Cruz (KU Leuven) – Using AI to Understand and Connect People: A Course for Human and Social Sciences Professionals
Marco Rendina (EFHA) – DE-BIAS: Automatically Detecting Harmful Language in Cultural Heritage Collections
Sara Veldhoen – Innovative AI-Technologies in the CLARIAH Media Suite
Eirini Kaldeli (NTUA) – Enriching the Metadata of Collections by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens

14:20 - 14:30 Short Break

14:30 - 15:10 Applications of AI Technologies in the Cultural Heritage Sector - Part 2
Christopher Kermorvant – Open Source AI for Processing Heritage and Cultural Documents
Freyja van den Boom – Raising McLuhan
Erwin Verbruggen – Art Explorer (Provisory)

15:10 - 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 - 16:30 Roundtable Discussion: The Future of AI in Cultural Heritage
A moderated discussion with the conference’s speakers on AI adoption, challenges, and future prospects in the sector.
Moderator: Antoine Isaac (Europeana Foundation)

16:30 - 16:50 | AI4Culture Hackathon Award & Presentation
Roberta Pireddu – Empowering Cultural Heritage with AI: The AI4Culture Hackathon
Hackathon Team Presentation:
The A.B.C. Project: Automating Blender Code for 3D Reconstruction
Zita Baronnet, Francesco Gavioli & Lara Peeters

16:50 Closing Remarks & Networking Drinks