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PLUGGY at the II Meeting on European Associations of Industrial Heritage

PLUGGY at the II Meeting on European Associations of Industrial Heritage

Oct 31 2017

PLUGGY was presented at the II Meeting on European Associations of Industrial Heritage, celebrated in Malaga, 27 – 29 October, 2017.
he meeting brought together public institutions and the civil society, represented by associations and even individuals who work hard and with small resources to support the fragile and less well known European industrial heritage Read More

PLUGGY in Smart Innovation Festival 2017

PLUGGY in Smart Innovation Festival 2017

Oct 21 2017

PLUGGY was introduced by its dedicated Italian partner, the XTEAM Software Solutions srls, to several different stakeholders who attended the Festival Smart Innovation 2017 that took place in Silea, Italy on 15 – 17 September 2017. Read More

PLUGGY in INNOVATHENS 6th Business Accelerator, for the support of young entrepreneurs in the Creative & Cultural Industries

PLUGGY in INNOVATHENS 6th Business Accelerator, for the support of young entrepreneurs in the Creative & Cultural Industries

Oct 21 2017

PLUGGY was presented during the inauguration event for the 6th cycle of INNOVATHENS Business Accelerator, held in Athens, Greece on October 9th 2017 and focusing for the second subsequent year on Creative and Cultural Industries. Read More

ViMM: An Action for Visual Museums

ViMM: An Action for Visual Museums

Oct 16 2017

Virtual Multimodal Museum (ViMM) is a high-visibility and participative Coordination and Support Action (CSA), funded under the EU Horizon 2020 programme (CULT-COOP-8-2016).… Read More

EMOTIVE: Storytelling for Cultural Heritage

EMOTIVE: Storytelling for Cultural Heritage

Oct 16 2017

EMOTIVE is an EU-funded heritage project that aims to use emotional storytelling to dramatically change how we experience heritage sites. For heritage… Read More

PLUGGY celebrates European Researchers’ Night 2017

PLUGGY celebrates European Researchers’ Night 2017

Oct 03 2017

PLUGGY joined European Researchers’ Night, held in the premises of the National Technical University in Athens, and came closer to several young attendants and student communities in a night that stimulated interest in and curiosity for science and research through many “edutainment” activities and challenges. Read More

How new technologies are completely revolutionizing the consumption of art

How new technologies are completely revolutionizing the consumption of art

Sep 25 2017

“The best use of digital is to not make you aware of the technology, but to make you aware of the art,” said Jane Alexander, chief information officer at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museums are looking at the best attendance they’ve ever had, thanks to the way technology is revolutionizing the consumption of art. Read More

European Union bringing communities in Kosovo together in support of cultural heritage protection

European Union bringing communities in Kosovo together in support of cultural heritage protection

Sep 16 2017

The European Union adopted a programme worth €2 million to support confidence building among the ethnic communities in Kosovo through cultural heritage protection. The European Commission adopted this week a programme – under the Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) – worth €2 million to support cultural heritage protection in Kosovo. Read More

Why are culture and creativity so important for cities and which European city is the “ideal” cultural and creative city?

Why are culture and creativity so important for cities and which European city is the “ideal” cultural and creative city?

Jul 15 2017

The European Commission released the first ever edition of the ‘Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor’, a brand new tool that provides comparable data on how European cities perform across nine dimensions Read More

Workshop on Advances in Digital Cultural Heritage

Workshop on Advances in Digital Cultural Heritage

Jul 11 2017

PLUGGY co – organized the Workshop on Advances in Digital Cultural Heritage as part of the 23rd ICE/IEEE International Technology Management Conference that took place on the 27th, 28th and 29th June 2017, in Madeira Island – Portugal. The workshop provided an opportunity for PLUGGY to liaise with other leading projects and initiatives in the field, such as COST Action TD1406, ViMM, DARIAH-CY, INCEPTION, Europeana, SHCity and ITN-DCH. Read More

We are happy to announce that PLUGGY’s Final Event is approaching and will be held on 20th November 2019 in Athens, Greece!

Registration is free, but availability is limited. Grab your seat here.
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