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VENUE:

Online

TIME:

11am – 1pm CET

DESCRIPTION:

The European Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Policy Platform (ekip) invites you to this online Policy Corner webinar exploring how cultural and creative industries (CCIs) can shape the future of digital commons, treating creativity as a form of civic infrastructure rather than only a source of content.

AGENDA:

11:00 – 11:30 – Trend forecasting presentation
The first part of the webinar will present ekip’s social media listening and trend forecasting results related to digital commons and CCIs. An overview of findings will be provided, followed by the presentation of one trend derived from this analysis.

11:30 – 12:00 – Scenarios presentation
In the second part of the webinar, we will present an overview of the topic and the interpretation ekip is giving to it.

12:00 – 13:00 – Collective Discussion (Policy Corner)
In the third part, an interactive discussion with webinar participants will be facilitated, focusing on four scenarios for the future of digital commons in the cultural and creative sectors to be collectively discussed.

TARGET-AUDIENCE:

  • CCI professionals (artists, designers, creative technologists, producers, cultural organisations) interested in open culture, digital rights and community-led innovation
  • Researchers and practitioners working on open infrastructure, digital sovereignty, data governance and digital public goods
  • Intermediaries supporting open access, digital preservation and cross-sector collaboration (archives, libraries, museums, labs, hubs, cultural infrastructures)
  • Policymakers and public innovation actors shaping R&I, digital, and cultural policies
  • Education and skills stakeholders developing capabilities for participatory governance and digital commons

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:

Digital commons are the open, shared and community-maintained resources that underpin much of cultural and creative life: open access archives, public domain works, Creative Commons licensing, open data and the platforms that hold collective memory. As these resources are increasingly drawn into AI systems and centralized platforms, a key question is emerging across the cultural and creative sectors: how can open resources remain democratic, cared for and protected from extraction?

This webinar explores how cultural and creative practitioners can move the conversation from open access to shared stewardship. By treating creativity as civic infrastructure, CCIs can help build the governance models, participatory practices and public digital spaces that make shared knowledge not only available, but maintained, fairly governed and genuinely inclusive.

ABOUT EKIP

ekip is an EU-funded flagship project that follows the principles of open innovation to establish a policy recommendation engine driven by partners and the active involvement of 40+ CCI networks. This engine will continuously promote the development and adoption of policy recommendations for CCIs, resulting in support and guidance that enhances the ability of CCI actors to participate in and contribute to complex innovation processes. 

HOW TO TAKE PART

The webinar will take place on July 2nd, 2026 11:00 am – 1:00 pm CET.

Registration 100% online, email mandatory to register.

REGISTRATION:

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ORGANISED BY:

ekip

Technopolis Group

University of Edinburgh

Next Atlas

Politecnico di Milano