ECHOES and their partners from the University of Antwerp would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to each of the attendees for making the journey to Antwerp for our recent workshop, ‘Value Chain and Cost-Benefit Analysis of digital services for cultural heritage‘.

ECHOES CH Value Chain Workshop Nov 25-26 2025 Antwerp - group photo

The Workshop attendees

 We look back with great pleasure on two days filled with a vibrant exchange of ideas and stimulating discussions. The active participation and shared insights from all attendees were what made this event a true success.

The presentations and summary notes are now available for viewing in a  Google shared drive where the following documents are available along with a selection of photos taken by our photographer, Giuseppe Zoppo.

Day One: Thursday, 25 September 2025
  • Keynote 1: Trilce Navarrete (Erasmus University) The Economy of the Digital Sector for Heritage
  • Keynote 2: Antonino Rotolo (Bologna University) Legal challenges of digital heritage cloud sustainability at European and international scale
  • Keynote 3: Emanuel Demetrescu (ISPC-CNR) A Vision on the Heritage Cloud
  • Presentation: Lluís Bonet (University of Barcelona) The Survey results on the Cultural Heritage Value Chain
  • Case studies Round Table 1: From Specific to Cross Ecosystem Value Chains in Digital Heritage – 1) Sam Minelli (Gruppo Meta), 2) Julian Richards (Archeological Data Services)
  • A Word document listing four key topics and a presentation summarising the discussion about these.
ECHOES CH Value Chain Workshop Nov 25-26 2025 Antwerp - Rotolo

Keynote 2 speaker: Antonino Rotolo

Day Two: Friday, 26 September 2025
  • Summary of Day 1 Break out session (University of Antwerp).
  • Presentation: Montserrat Pareja-Eastaway (University of Barcelona) The Survey results on the Cost-Benefit analysis
  • Case studies Round Table 2: Cost-Benefit Analysis of Heritage Data 1) Harry Verwayen (Europeana) and 2) Marc Hernàndez (La Tempesta)
  • Round Table 3: Between Open Access and Monetization – Towards Sustainable Services  1) Harry Verwayen (Europeana) and 2) Pierre-Jean Benghozi (Ecole Politechnique, Paris).

The complete Programme from the event.

ECHOES CH Value Chain Workshop Nov 25-26 2025 Antwerp - panel discussion

A round table discussion