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Wednesday 23 October
Opening Session
Welcoming Address: The Value of Heritage and the Role of Social and Economic Sciences
11 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:00 UTC / 17:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Emma Galli, Director of the Department of Economics and Sociology Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy
Keynote Address: The Evolution of Innovating Heritage
11:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:30 UTC / 17:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Elliat Graney-Saucke, University of Washington, USA
Caterina Benincasa, Polyhedra, SciArts EU Commission, Italy
Performance: Being There: Imaging Narratives of Absence
12 p.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 16:30 UTC / 18:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Denise M. Ferris, The Australia National University, Australia
Thursday 24 October
First Session: Heritage as the Cauldron of Moving Identities: Transition, Migration, Fertilisation
Keynote Address: From Ivory Towers to the Urban Fabric: Rhetoric, Value, Toolbox
3 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 7:00 UTC / 9:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Michele Trimarchi, Magna Graecia Università di Catanzaro, Italy
Performance: The Heritage of Sub-Cultures. The case of Urban Exploration in Berlin
3:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 7:30 UTC / 9:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Pablo Arboleda, Universitat Carlos III, Madrid
Emil Bakev, independent musician, Macedonia
Presentations: The Mediterranean as Creative Cauldron: Visions, Signs, Artworks
4:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:10 UTC / 10:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Paola Galuffo, independent cultural manager, Mazara del Vallo, Italy
Maggie Yan, Australia’s First Woman Ski Champion: a Tale of Early Twentieth Century Cultural Diversity
4:40 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:40 UTC / 10:40 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Denise Ferris, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Workshop: Looking for the Tiger: the Futurity of Heritage
5:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:10 UTC / 11:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Klaus-Christian Zehbe, Universität Leipzig, Germany
Second Session: Institutional Kintsugi: How to Mend a Broken Urban and Social Fabric
Keynote Address: On the Boiling Ferments of Society and its Cultural Processes
9 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 13:00 UTC / 15:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Lia Fassari, Sapienza Università di Roma
Performance: Syrian Museum: Stories
9:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 13:30 UTC / 15:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Tammam Azzam, independent artist, Syria/Germany
Presentations: The Invisible Creatives: a Map of the Arts in an Unpolarised Urban Fabric
10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Valeria Morea, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
The Springsteen as History Project. Music Diplomacy and Cultural Heritage in the Cold War Era
10:45 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 14:45 UTC / 16:45 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Marilisa Merolla, Sapienza Università di Roma
Radical Urbanites in Times of Crisis. Lessons from the Past, Strategies for the Future
11:10 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:10 UTC / 17:10 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Lidia Errante, Mediterranea Università di Reggio Calabria, Italy
Curatorial Colour Curtain: Who Curates Post-Colonial Contemporary African Art?
11:40 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 15:40 UTC / 17:40 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Mudi Yahaya Mallam, independent artist and scholar, Nigeria
Friday 25th October
Third Session: Innovation and Creativity, in the Framework of the Analogical-digital Dilemma
Keynote Address: Magical Thinking: from Ancient Archetypes to Visionary Creativity
4:00 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:00 UTC / 10:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Mariagrazia Pontorno, independent artist, Rome, Italy
Presentations: Cultural and Creative Industries in the Face of Disruptive Technologies: the Case of Generative Artificial Intelligence
4:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 8:30 UTC / 10:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Maria Giusti, LUISS Università di Roma, Italy
Between Art, Creativity and Artificial Intelligence: What Is the Matter?
5:00 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:00 UTC / 11:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Maria Giovanna Musso, Sapienza Università di Roma
Oxymoric Heritage: Technology Suggests New Business Models
5:30 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 9:30 UTC / 11:30 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)
Federica Antonucci, IUAV Università di Venezia, Italy
Closing Discussion
6 a.m. EDT (New York, UTC -4) / 10:00 UTC / 12:00 CEST (Rome, UTC +2)