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PLUGGY & Vakalo College Exhibition

A very interesting art exhibition took place on 18-20 December 2018 along with PLUGGY’s plenary meeting in Athens, Greece. Graduate students from Vakalo Art & Design College got inspired by PLUGGY and created an exhibition with videos and AR posters. The visitors of the exhibition had also the chance to use and experience PLUGGY social platform. Read More

PLUGGY 6th Plenary meeting

The 6th PLUGGY plenary meeting was held on 18-20 December 2018 in Athens, Greece. PLUGGY’s partners gathered to discuss the project’s progress and discuss their future steps.
During the 1st day, the presentations and discussions focused on the progress made during the last months as well as on the actual hands-on experience of the apps. Read More

PLUGGY Social Platform is out!

We are proud to announce that our social platform is out and ready to receive your stories related to culture! Share the stories that inspire you with the whole Europe! Be part of the European cultural heritage! Visit PLUGGY now! Read More

PLUGGY is inviting you all!

PLUGGY’s 6thPlenary Meeting will be held on 18th-20th December 2018 in Athens, Greece. On this occasion, an exhibition with videos and AR posters, which are inspired by PLUGGY, created by VakaloArt & Design College will be held at “The box”. The exhibition will be open for everyone to visit! PLUGGY’s partners will be also there to inform you about PLUGGY and help you use its tools. Don’t miss the chance to live the PLUGGY experience by using its innovative tools and share your own story related to cultural heritage! Read More

Slovakian Cultural Institutions met PLUGGY

On 10thDecember 2018 PLUGGY’s partner East Slovakian Museum (ESM) presented the project to about 20 representatives from museums, galleries and cultural institutionsin East Slovakia in a dedicated workshop. The presentation entitled “Let’s meet PLUGGY” was very interesting and the participants got informed about PLUGGY Read More

PLUGGY @ Fair of Innovators in Cultural Heritage 2018

PLUGGY participated at the Fair of Innovators in Cultural Heritage which was held on 15th -16th November 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The event was a wonderful occasion to see how the EU is promoting research & innovation in cultural heritage, fostering creativity and new connections across countries. Researchers, innovation providers, policy makers, representatives from cultural institutions, start-ups and incubators, business companies, creatives, pioneers from technology and economics, European institutions representatives were some of the people who took part in the event. Read More

PLUGGY @ La Scienza sotto la Rocca (Science under the Rock)

PLUGGY’s partner Stefano Tamascelli from Xteam Software Solution presented PLUGGY during the conference entitled “Culture beyond the horizon-cultural perspectives beyond 2020, including digital, virtual and artificial intelligence” on the occasion of the event Science under the Rock. The event was held on 16th of November 2018 at the Council Hall of the city of Monselice, Italy and was attended by more than 40 people. Read More

PLUGGY @ ICT & Cultural Heritage Workshop 2018

The event was organized by the EC in Brussels, Belgium on 14th of November 2018 and its focus was to explore possible future digital based research and innovation activities on European Cultural Heritage in the framework of the next work programme. The workshop managed to gather about 50 renowned experts from different stakeholders engaged in the field of the interaction of Cultural Heritage with digital technologies.
Nikos Frangakis, PLUGGY’s Project manager from ICCS, presented both the project and the success story of the collaboration between PLUGGY and the Vakalo College of Arts & Design. Read More

PLUGGY @ Euromed 2018

PLUGGY, along with other 16 EU projects related to cultural heritage, participated in the Cultural Informatics workshop on the 3rd of November 2018. The workshop took place during the International Conference on Digital Heritage Euromed 2018  that was held in Cyprus on 29th October-3rd November 2018.The aim of this workshop was to bring together projects, research groups, stakeholders, independent researchers and practitioners who are active in the broader area of cultural informatics in order to present the current state of affairs, discuss open challenges faced by each one and explore possible collaborations. Read More

Sign Now: Berlin Call to Action “Cultural Heritage for Future of Europe”

All those who care for Europe’s past, present and future are invited to sign, support and widely share the Berlin Call to… 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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