The EVA Berlin Conference addresses the transformations underway across the cultural heritage, creative industries, and memory institutions in the context of accelerating digitalisation. Building on a continuous history dating back to 1994 and following its successful relaunch in 2023, the conference reaches a significant milestone with its 30th edition.
The growing convergence of digital technologies and artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping numerous fields and exerting profound influence on contemporary society. Generative AI tools, intelligent agents and assistants, hybrid experiential spaces, immersive XR technologies, and participatory interaction ecologies are among the defining developments of this moment — each demanding both technical rigour and speculative inquiry, and raising critical questions around inclusivity, sustainability, and societal impact. Alongside these developments, renewed attention to materiality, craft, and the biography of artworks in digital environments is reshaping how cultural heritage is created, preserved, and transmitted.
Contributions reporting on ongoing projects, completed research, and emerging practice are welcomed for the forthcoming edition. As part of the international EVA conference network — with established events in London, Florence, and Paris — the Berlin edition serves as a platform for sustained international and European exchange.
Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut (HHI), and the Gesellschaft von Freunden des Heinrich-Hertz-Instituts e.V. invite submissions of contribution proposals as well as expressions of interest in cooperation, addressing but not limited to the above-mentioned topics.
Please submit abstracts and brief biographical notes (up to 300 words each) for paper presentations and/or exhibition contributions via EasyChair by 12 July 2026.
Abstract and CV submission: 12 July 2026
Notification of abstract acceptance: 3 August 2026
Full paper submission: 12 October 2026
Notification of paper acceptance: 9 November 2026
Conference: 21 – 23 April 2027
For further information:
http://www.eva-berlin-conference.de
lengyel@b-tu.de