Since 1994 the conference targets professionals and researchers from museology, art and media studies, computer science, curatorial practice, cultural management, archival science, and digital humanities, as well as practitioners from museums, galleries, the creative industries, and healthcare interested in AI, innovation, and societal transformation. In addition, exhibitors are invited to present thematically relevant products, technologies, and services that foster exchange and networking among all participants and contribute to the conference discourse. The conference will be organised by BTU University and hosted by Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institut HHI in Berlin from 18 to 20 March 2026.
Generative AI and artistic practice
Digital collection strategies and accessibility
Interaction and participatory systems
Technology, ethics, and societal Impact
Digital art forms and preservation
Innovation and emerging technologies
Art education and mediation
Political and aesthetic discourse
The 29th EVA Berlin Conference addresses the ongoing changes in culture and digitality. The increasing convergence of digital technologies and artificial intelligence is shaping the development of hybrid experiential spaces, where AI-based mediation formats, immersive XR technologies, and participatory interaction ecologies play central roles. Innovative concepts such as Intelligence Space, Audience Segmentation, and Deep Learning Curation enable data-driven, multi-perspective approaches and hyper-personalized visitor engagement. Standardization and digital archiving are essential for sustainable metadata management, interoperability, and regulatory compliance. Social prescribing is establishing museums as health-promoting environments where cultural participation contributes to psychosocial stabilization. Adaptive work panels, inclusion interfaces, and empathy swarms foster accessibility and collective experiences, while data poetics advances artistic reflection on data-driven processes. In this way, museums are evolving into transdisciplinary hubs of social innovation and integration.
The Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) and the Fraunhofer Heinrich-Hertz-Institute (HHI) invite you to submit proposals with a brief CV (each up to 300 words) for lectures, posters, workshops and exhibitions until 14 July 2025 on the non-exclusive topics mentioned above via the following link:
The conference programme will be soon available here. Please feel free to contact us for further information.
Anja Ballis, Prof. Dr., Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Andreas Bienert, Dr., formerly Staatliche Museen zu Berlin – Prussian Cultural Heritage
Eva Emenlauer-Blömers, formerly Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion, Berlin
Francesca Fatta, Prof. Dr., Mediterranea University of Reggio Calabria
Marinos Ioannides, Prof. Dr., Cyprus University of Technology
Dominik Lengyel, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing., Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus–Senftenberg
Oliver Schreer, Dr.-Ing., Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (Fraunhofer HHI)
Ralf Schäfer, Prof. Dr.-Ing., Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute (Fraunhofer HHI)
Accepted speakers and exhibitors will be asked for a contribution for the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be published online at Artbooks (part of arthistoricum.net) including the allocation of a persistent Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for each individual contribution.
Since 1994 the Berlin EVA Conference has provided a panel for documentation and visualisation in cultural heritage.
All conference proceedings since 1994 are freely available on Arthistoricum.net