ECHOES will be holding its Second Annual Event in Poznań, Poland from the 16th March-20th March 2026. The meeting will bring together ECHOES partners and ECCCH sister projects along with the European Commission for progress reporting, presentation of results to date and activity planning for the future months.
Agenda for the Public Event
Wednesday 18th March
A public event will take place on the afternoon of Wednesday, 18th March 2026, at the National Museum, for local stakeholders to learn more about the Cultural Heritage Cloud.
Starting at 14:00 CET, the event will involve local and regional stakeholders with representatives from the European Commission and will feature Keynote speakers and a Round Table with an update on the progress of ECHOES to date.
Participation is possible both in person and online.
Venue: National Museum Aleje Karola Marcinkowskiego 9, 61-745, Poznań, Poland
View the Event online (Wednesday 14:00).
You can following our event progress on the daily social media posts!
Programme
Monday 16th March
Morning Session
Attendees: Steering Committee members
Room: 0.31
10:00-13:00 Steering Committee meeting
11:30-11:45 Coffee break in CBPIO Hall
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break in the CBPIO Hall
Afternoon Session
Attendees: Only ECHOES members
Room: 026A-026C
14:30-15:00 ECHOES Opening Session
Welcome speech by Aleksandra NOWAK (PCSS) and Xavier RODIER (CNRS)
15:00-16:00 ECHOES Session
Preparation for the Reporting Period
Description: Presentation session on requirements and reporting obligations in preparation for the end of RP1 (May 2026), for beneficiary partners and affiliated entities.
16:00-16:30 Coffee break in the CBPIO Hall
16:30-18:30 General Assembly
Attendees: Coordination team + General Assembly members.
Room: 026A-026C
Description: General Assembly of beneficiary partners and affiliated entities : strategic updates and key decisions.
Tuesday 17th March
This is the occasion for collaborative work between WP. Each session is addressed to all ECHOES members, without distinction between pillars or Work Packages.
Morning Session
Internal Working Session
Attendees: Only ECHOES members
Room: 026A-026C
09:00-10:30 Vertical Applications and the Infrastructure – A User Perspective
Chaired by: Matej DURCO (DARIAH) and Paolo CIGNONI (CNR)
Description:Define the following steps for an effective demonstration of the Cultural Heritage Cloud in the upcoming months
10:30-11:00 Coffee break in the CBPIO Hall
11:00-12:15 Knowledge base and multilingualism
Chaired by:Maria Theodoridou (FORTH), Rémi PETITCOL (FSP) and Iulianna van der Lek (CLARIN)
Description: Updates on the Knowledge Base and project glossary, and to develop effective collaboration strategies for findability, accessibility, integration and future expansion. Key outcomes include agreeing on a workflow for glossary releases, publishing an inventory of semantic artefacts, and establishing a timeline for next steps.
12:15-13:30 Evaluation of ECCCH software and data resources
Chaired by: Chaired by: Carlos ANDUJAR (UPC), Imanol PANDIELLA (UPC) and Areti DAMALA (CNRS)
Description: Discussion about key aspects of the Cloud Assessment Framework (WP9) that are sufficiently relevant to require shared understanding and consensus.
13:30-14:30 Lunch break in the CBPIO Hall/ Guided tour of PCSS labs
Afternoon Session
Internal Working Session
Attendees: Only ECHOES members
Room: 026A-026C
14:30-16:00 Towards a joint ECHOES Impact Model: Introduction & Workshop
Chaired by: Ad POLLE (Europeana) and Sebastiaan ter Burg (Europeana)
Description: An introduction to the Impact Model for the capacity building activities. Participants will be able to kickstart their impact assessment capacities during this workshop.
16:00-16:30 Coffee break in the CBPIO Hall
16:30-18:00 ECCCH Looking ahead
Chaired by: Vania VIRGILI (E-RIHS), Philippe VENDRIX (CNRS) and Emanuel DEMETRESCU (CNR)
Description:Building on this background, participants will collaboratively update the Mission, Vision, and Value Proposition of the initiative. They will draw on the ex-ante assessment, the GA, and the standard presentation of ECHOES to produce draft statements for community discussion and validation, to be used broadly within the project and as a basis for the upcoming SRIA.
Evening
19:30-22:00 Dinner at Brovaria for ECHOES members.
Location on Google Maps
Wednesday 18th March
Morning session
09:00-13:00 ECHOES Open Session
Attendees: Coordination team + Independent board members + Sister-projects + European Commission + ECHOES members.
Room: Museum Hall
Broadcast: ECHOES members.
9:00 – 09:15 Welcome speech Xavier RODIER (CNRS), Rickard BUCKSCH (European Commission, DG-RTD) and Katarzyna WALETKO (Polish Ministry of Culture)
9: 15 – 10:00 Mapping and building an ECCCH community
Chaired by: Rémi Petitcol (FSP) and Claudio Prandoni (ARIADNE)
Description: Presentation of the ECHOES Consultation results and next steps for community-building.
10:00 – 11:00 ECCCH ecosystem
Chaired by: Laure BARBOT (DARIAH) and Areti DAMALA (CNRS)
Description:Presentation of what this ecosystem represents and how the ECHOES Integration Framework can help structuring it
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee break on the Museum Patio
11:30 – 12:15 Advancement of the Technical Development
Chaired by: Joanna KOWALSKA (PCSS) and Dimitris KOTZINOS (CNRS)
Description:Elements of the technical advancements of the Cloud based on the recently published of the interoperability and integration guidelines and in view of the upcoming Cloud Architecture.
12:15 – 13:00 Multilevel governance and Sustainability
Chaired by: Philippe VENDRIX (CNRS) and Vania VIRGILI (E-RIHS)
Description: Presentation of the outcomes from WP10 and Antwerp workshop for WP11 dedicated to cost-benefit analysis and value-chain.
13:00-14:00 Lunch break on the Museum Patio/ Guided visit of the National Museum
Afternoon session [Hybrid]
Public Event in the Museum Hall
Location: The National Museum, Aleje Karola Marcinkowskiego 9 61 745 Poznań (see map)
14:00-14:30 Welcome speech
– Agnieszka PURGAT (Vice-director of National Museum in Poznań)
– Robert PEKAL (Director of PCSS)
– Rickard BUCKSCH (European Commission, DG-RTD),
– Katerina MOUTOGIANNI (European Commission, DG Connect)
– Xavier RODIER (CNRS/ECHOES)
– Patricio ORTIZ-DE-LA-TORRE (Research Executive Agency)
– Katarzyna Waletko (Polish Ministry of Culture)
14:30-15:00 Keynote speaker: Tomasz PARKOŁA (PCSS) – PIAST AI Factory and its offer for cultural heritage sector
15:00-15:45 ECHOES in action: building the Cultural Heritage Cloud
– ECHOES and the emerging Cultural Heritage Cloud ecosystem
Presented by Xavier RODIER (CNRS) (5′)
– Mapping the Cultural Heritage community: insights from the ECHOES consultation
Presented by Charlotte GALLINI (FSP) (10′)
– Implementing the Cultural Heritage Cloud through real use cases
Presented by Dimitrios KOTZINOS (CNRS-CYU) and Joanna Kowalska (PCSS) (20′)
– Multilevel governance and sustainability
Presented by Lena CZECH (CNRS) (10′)
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break on the Museum Patio
16:15-17:15 Cultural Heritage Cloud ecosystem: Discussion with sister-projects
Chaired by Mailane SAMPAIO (CNRS)
17:15-18:00 Joint statement between the Cultural Heritage Cloud and Data Space for Cultural Heritage
Chaired by Xavier RODIER (CNRS) and Harry VERWAYEN (Europeana Foundation)
18:00-18:30 Keynote speaker: Katharina FREISE (EHRI) – An introduction to the European Holocaust Research Infrastructure and opportunities for cooperation with the Cultural Heritage Cloud
Evening
18:30-21:00 Social Event
Thursday 19th March
Morning Session
09:00-13:00 Session 1
Coordinators Day organized by REA (European Research Executive Agency)
Attendees: Only Sister-projects
Room: 0.31
Broadcast: Only Sister-projects
09:00-13:00 Session 2
Site visits for ECHOES members
Walking tour with guide (Ostrów Tumski, Cathedral, Old Town and Square Market)
11:00-13:00 Session 3
Free slots for meetings for ECHOES members
Attendees: Meetings organised by ECHOES members
09:00-10:30 Session 4
Independent Boards meeting organised by ECHOES
Attendees: Coordination team + Pillar coordinators + EB Chair + Three Independent Boards (Policy Advisory Board, Scientific Committee and Technical Assessment Committee)
Room: 026.A
Broadcast: Independent Boards.
Agenda:
- Presentation of latest updates about the ECHOES by Pillar,
- Presentation of internal procedures for the board
- 15’ Open discussion
10:30-11:00 Coffee Break in the CBPIO Hall
11:00-13:00 Session 5
a) Independent boards working session (Policy Advisory Board, Scientific Committee, Technical Assessment Committee)
Parallel meetings for each Independent Board
Attendees: Independent board members only
Rooms: PAB – 026C, TAC – 026B, SciC – 1.25
Broadcast: Independent Boards.
b) ECHOES and Data Space for Cultural Heritage meeting
Attendees: ECHOES Coordination team + EITF + Data Space for Cultural Heritage team
Rooms: 026A
13:00-14:30 Lunch Break in the CBPIO Hall
Afternoon Session
14:00-15:00 Stakeholders Council
Attendees: Coordination team + Stakeholders Council members + Pillar coordinators
Room: 0.31
14:00-15:00 Visit to PCSS Laboratories
Attendees: ECHOES members + Sister-projects members + Independent boards
15:00 – 18:00 ECHOES Integration Task Force
Attendees: Stakeholders council + EITF + ECHOES coordination + ECHOES Steering Committee + ECHOES members working on Integration topics
Room: 26A-26C
Broadcast: ECHOES, sister-projects and Independent board members.
Agenda [15:00-16:00]:
Introduction – What is the ECHOES Integration Framework? – Presented by Sally Chambers (DARIAH)
Presentation of three key dimensions for integration with ECHOES – Presented by Dimitris Kotzinos (CNRS -CYU)
a) Knowledge Base
b) Heritage Digital Twin Ontology (HDTO) – Presented by Maria Theodoridou (FORTH)
c) ECHOES Authentication and Authorization Infrastructure (AAI) – Presented by Fernando Gonzalez Perez (EGI)
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break in the CBPIO Hall
Agenda [16:30-18:00 ]:
Hands-on – 3 parallel sessions
a) Identifying integration units – Chaired by Dimitris Kotzinos (CNRS-CYU) / Laure Barbot (DARIAH)
b) Mapping to HDTO – Chaired by Maria Theodoridou (FORTH) /Matej Ďurčo (DARIAH)
c) Integrating with the ECHOES AAI – Chaired by Konstantinos Georgilakis (GRNET/EGI) /Sally Chambers (DARIAH)
Reporting back
Conclusion and next steps.
Friday 20th March
Morning Session
Internal Working Session [Hybrid: This session will be broadcast for ECHOES members.]
Attendees: Only ECHOES members
Room: 26A-26C
09:00-10:00 WP10 – WP11 meeting Chaired by Philippe VENDRIX (CNRS) and Vania VIRGILI (E-RIHS)
- Joint actions to be carried out between March 2026 and January 2027
- Provisional timetable
- Working arrangements
10:00-11:30 WP6 Workshop Chaired by Joanna KOWALSKA (PCSS) and Konrad Pawlikowski (PCSS)
- WP6 Overview and Planned Roadmap
- Update on the Cloud Architecture and supporting service
- Discussion on Open Technical Questions
11:30-11:45 Coffee break in the CBPIO Hall
11:45-13:15 Technical WP leaders meeting Chaired by Dimitris KOTZINOS (CNRS-CYU)
- Agenda tbc
Afternoon Session
Departure
Important information for event attendees
How to travel to Poznań
National Museum Aleje Karola Marcinkowskiego 9, 61-745, Poznań, Poland
Poznań is the capital of the Greater Poland region, about 3 hours from Berlin by car. If there are no direct flights or trains to Poznań, travel via Berlin, Warsaw, or Wrocław, which all offer direct connections.
- Main Railway & Bus Station in the city centre of Poznań,
- Ławica Airport on the outskirts of the city.
Public Transport
From the railway/bus station:
Tram no. 6 (MIŁOSTOWO direction) – stop Baraniaka (7th stop), then walk along Jana Pawła II St. to the building.
Timetable MPK
From Ławica Airport:
Bus no. 159 – Main Station – Tram no. 6 (MIŁOSTOWO) – Baraniaka stop
Timetable MPK
Access and parking
From Berdychowo St., pass the Poznań University of Technology buildings along J. Rychlewskiego St., reach the roundabout near CBPIO, then proceed to the marked guest parking or reserved spaces along the internal street.
Taxi
Use only registered taxi services:
(61) 8222 222, (61) 8519 519, (61) 8222 333.
Apps: iTaxi and Uber.
Useful links
Google Maps: CBPIO location
Map of Poznań: Poznań POI
Website: psnc.pl
Hotels: Recommended hotels
Closest hotel (walking distance)
Ibis Poznań Stare Miasto Hotel
23 Kazimierza Wielkiego St., 61-863 Poznań
