Through workshops, conferences, webinars and public presentations, the project has shared its tools, pilot scenarios and expertise with a broad professional community, supporting skills development and knowledge exchange within the common European data space for cultural heritage. Discover some below.
27 February 2025 – EUreka3D-XR: XR Applications for Cultural Heritage
The project’s first public event took place as part of the kick-off meeting in Pisa, hosted at the Museo della Grafica by project coordinator Photoconsortium. This presentation workshop introduced the objectives of EUreka3D-XR and outlined its ambition to develop five digital tools to support the creation of extended reality applications for cultural heritage. The event also introduced the three showcase scenarios that would underpin the project’s pilots in different European heritage contexts, establishing the foundations for the work that followed.
29 May 2025 – Photography and archives: discovery, technology and innovation
Held in Florence and online as a hybrid conference, this event formed an important part of the project’s early capacity-building activities. Organised with the Historical Archives of the European Union, it brought together professionals from photographic institutions, research centres and image archives to discuss the changing landscape of photographic heritage.
Structured around three panels on heritage, technology and innovation, the conference examined how emerging technologies are affecting the preservation, management and interpretation of archival collections. It also fostered dialogue across institutional and disciplinary boundaries, reinforcing the project’s emphasis on collaboration and professional exchange.
2 - 6 June 2025 - EGI2025
The annual EGI conference saw international scientific communities, computing and service providers, European projects, security experts, community managers and policymakers gather to advance research and innovation in data-intensive processing and analytics. EUreka3D-XR consortium members presented the project and its technical infrastructure in detail at the conference.
11 - 12 June - Europeana 2025: Preserve, Protect, Reuse
Europeana 2025 featured talks by members of the EUreka3D-XR consortium, a video presentation of the project's intended outcomes and an opportunity to get your free copy of the project's 3D digitisation Guidelines.
8 - 13 September - Digital Heritage 2025
At Digital Heritage 2025 EUreka3D-XR contributed insights on 3D, AI and immersive technologies.
26 September 2025 – Reimagining cultural heritage in 3D and XR
This hybrid capacity-building event in Brussels focused on the transformation of 2D and 3D cultural content into extended reality experiences and included the first public demonstration of the beta versions of the project’s XR tools. Participants were introduced to the pilot scenarios being developed by project partners, as well as to the EUreka3D Data Hub and the broader framework of reusable guidelines and templates. The event also included a second, in-person session dedicated to XR experiences in Flanders, offering reflections on methodology, challenges and audience impact.
19 November – 3 December 2025 – Driving digital transformation in cultural heritage institutions
This three-part online training programme, organised in collaboration with the International Council on Archives (ICA) addressed heritage policies and digital transformation strategies, the wider impact of digital cultural heritage, and examples of good practice for creation, access and reuse. By combining keynote lectures with interactive working sessions, the programme offered both conceptual and practical support for professionals working in archives, museums and heritage institutions.
15 January 2026 – Public Domain Day in Europe 2026
At Public Domain Day in Brussels, project partners presented how openly accessible cultural heritage resources, particularly 3D objects, can be reused through the project’s open-source XR tools, situating EUreka3D-XR’s work within wider European discussions on openness and reuse.
21 – 23 January 2026 – 3D-4CH Winter School
The project contributed to specialist training at the 3D-4CH Winter School, where participants explored the EUreka3D Data Hub, digitisation guidelines and XR use cases from project pilots in France, Spain and Cyprus.
29 January 2026 – Demonstration event of EUreka3D-XR tools and pilots
Held in Girona in hybrid format, this event focused on the public demonstration of the EUreka3D-XR toolbox and the project’s pilot scenarios. The associated hands-on workshop, Archives in 3D: From Records to Objects, offered participants direct engagement with the tools in a realistic professional context, further underlining the project’s practical orientation.
23 March 2026 - AI for 3D Digital Twins in Cultural Heritage
This event was organised within the framework of the European Commission’s ApplyAI Strategy and the Online Competence Centre in 3D for Cultural Heritage. The programme featured presentations from a range of European projects and initiatives, including those funded at EU, national, and regional levels. Representing the EUreka3D-XR project, partner Swing:IT presented one of the project’s five open-access tools — the AI 3D Builder — through a presentation entitled 'AI 3D Builder: An Accessible Pipeline for 3D Reconstruction for Cultural Heritage Institutions.'
April 2026 – The lifecycle of 3D data in cultural heritage webinar series
This two-part webinar series brought together the outcomes of EUreka3D and EUreka3D-XR, offering a structured overview of the lifecycle of 3D cultural heritage data, from planning and digitisation to preservation and reuse in XR environments.
26 May 2026 – Digital Cultural Heritage in the Era of AI and Extended Reality
The project’s final conference in Limassol presents its key achievements and outcomes within the wider context of AI, 3D digitisation and XR for cultural heritage. As the concluding public event, it provides an opportunity to reflect on the project’s contribution to professional practice, digital innovation and the development of the common European data space for cultural heritage.
Find out more
For a full list of the project’s events explore the project website, and register now for the project’s final conference in Limassol!