The document announces the NET-HERITAGE Final Event and launch of the Heritage Portal to be held on September 23rd, 2011 in Rome. The event will include speeches from project partners and representatives of European institutions on the results of the NET-HERITAGE cultural heritage project and plans for future cooperation. It will conclude with a panel discussion on developing a Joint Programming Initiative on Cultural Heritage and Global Change in Europe.

1. Friday, 23rd September 2011
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali
Complesso Monumentale di San Michele a Ripa
Via di San Michele 22, Rome
Room: “Sala dello Stenditoio”
NET-HERITAGE Final event
and
Launch of the Heritage Portal
10.00 Arrival & distribution of promotional material
10.00 - 10.30 Breakfast & networking
10.30 – 10.45 Introduction:
Antonia P. Recchia
NET-HERITAGE Coordinator,
Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities (MiBAC)
Mario Alì
Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)
10.45 - 11.15 Address of welcome:
MIBAC representative
Astrid Brandt-Grau, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
MIUR representative
11.15 – 12.00 Speeches:
Rick Rylance (CEO AHRC)
Philip Campbell (Editor-in-Chief, Nature)
Angelo Pellegrino (Superintendency for Archaelogical Heritage of Rome)
Simon Keay (“Portus Poject”)
Antonia P. Recchia
(switch on screen displaying Heritage Portal and introduces following
session)
12.00 – 12.15 NET-HERITAGE project: overview and results
MIBAC (ITALY), Antonia P. Recchia, Coordinator

2. 12.15 – 12.30 The results of Information exchange activities
MES (Bulgaria), Guenoveva Jecheva
12.30 – 12.45 The NET-HERITAGE Heritage Portal: a tool for cultural heritage
AHRC (UK), Professor Rick Rylance
12.45 – 13.00 Strategic research priorities on cultural heritage research
MIUR (IT), Maria Uccellatore
13.00 – 13.15 Future Common programmes on tangible cultural heritage
DBU (Germany), Nina Schwab
13.15 – 13.30 An European training model for cultural heritage
MKDN (Poland), Lukasz Bratasz
13,30 – 14,30 Panel discussion - “Towards the Joint Programming Initiative on
Cultural Heritage and Global Change: a new challenge for Europe”
Chairman: C. Sabbioni (National Research Council, Italy)
Participants:
- Astrid Brandt-Grau, European Commission, DG Research and Innovation
- Christophe Dessaux, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France
- Ian Doyle, The Heritage Council, Ireland
- Selda Ulutas, The Scientific and Technological Research Council, Turkey
- Amb. Lucio Alberto Savoia, General Secretary of the Italian National Commission, UNESCO
- Joseph King, Unit Director, Sites Unit, ICCROM
14.30 Lunch