While I am sitting at my desk in February 2026 and are adding this new section, I wonder, if my manual labor is not maybe too slow for this fast world. Couldn´t AI or other automated systems much better find ways to list information, events & some selected news. Well yes, maybe it would be much faster, but it would not be the way of the curator…
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September 2026
“…The 2026 ENCATC Congress will take place from 23-25 September 2026 as an in-person event in Nice, France, in partnership with Université Côte d’Azur. This flagship international gathering, alongside other major activities, will also host the 2026 Education and Research Sessions, bringing together researchers, artists, cultural and creative professionals, policymakers, and educators to engage in critical dialogue on the future of cultural and creative work.
The theme of the 2026 Research Conference is: Artists and Cultural & Creative Professionals at the Centre: Rethinking Work, Policy, and Cultural Ecosystems. The Conference aims to explore how artistic and cultural work is performed, supported, valued, and sustained today…”
(ENCATC by the way originally stands for: European Network of Cultural Administration Training Centres … and the EU-supported organization calls itself nowadays “the European network on cultural management and policy.”)
March 2026
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February 2026
February 26: Live Announcement of Europe’s 7 Most Endangered Heritage Sites 2026. You can read more about the program here.
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