EUscreen Symposium 2026
During the “Reframing Openness: Empowering Authenticity and Reuse in Audiovisual Heritage” symposium we will discuss how, in a rapidly evolving social and technological landscape, film and audiovisual heritage institutions face urgent questions about how to preserve the authenticity of the archive and its collection while embracing openness, innovation, and reuse. This symposium will bring together professionals, scholars, rights experts, technologists, and community practitioners to explore critical intersections between archival integrity, public access, and participatory practices.
The symposium will address the shifting definition of “openness” in the context of copyright constraints, AI-generated content, and co-creation, and examine how reuse strategies need to be reimagined to balance legal, ethical, and cultural responsibilities. Special attention will be given to the transformative potential — and risks — of artificial intelligence in archival description, access, and interpretation, as well as to the role of inclusive, community-driven approaches that promote plural narratives and empower users as co-stewards of AV heritage, archival integrity that relies on trust and quality and necessary competences in the sector to allowing it to face the new realm.
Registration
Practical information
Time: Wednesday 8 April 13:00 – 17:00h & Thursday 9 April 10:30 – 14:30h
Place: Filmoteka Narodowa Instytut Audiowizualny, Warszawa, ul. Wałbrzyska 3/5, Ziemia Obiecana hall, Poland
The symposium is entirely free of charge and open to anyone interested in data policy, digital public spaces, archiving, audiovisual heritage, cultural heritage and media. Are you a full member of the EUscreen network? Then your travel and lodging expenses are co-financed by the network for up to two people from your organisation!
The programme and other practical information will be available closer to the symposium. Should you have any questions about the symposium, programme, tickets or any other (practical) information. Reach out to info@euscreen.eu and we will be in touch!
Please note that the symposium is only available to attend in-person and will not be livestreamed.
