08-09, 15:30–16:55 (Poland), Dilijan (3) (interpretation)
Language: English
The session, co-chaired by Creative Commons and Centrum Cyfrowe will introduce the TAROCH initiative, invite experts to discuss the value of open heritage and invite the participants gathered in the room to share their stories that might support the cause of TAROCH.
TAROCH aims to support the international community in developing a positive, affirmative, and influential international normative instrument (possibly a UNESCO “recommendation”) enshrining the values, objectives, and mechanisms for open culture, notably open heritage, to flourish. Such an instrument would recognize the importance of global open sharing of cultural heritage as a means to activate and support wider cultural and information policy ambitions. Concretely, it would help remove undue barriers and promote equitable access to cultural heritage, especially in the digital environment, for a more inclusive and connected world.
Program
1. Introduction to TAROCH
2. Expert panel disucssion
- Fiona Romeo - Senior Manager, Culture and Heritage, Wikimedia Foundation
- Brigitte Vezina - Director of Policy and Open Culture, Creative Commons
- Joanna Sanetra - Szeliga, Deputy Head of Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, adjunct profesor at the UNESCO Chair for Heritage and Urban Studies at the Krakow University of Economics
- Maria Darbczyk - Board Chair and Head of Policy and Advocacy, Centrum Cyfrowe
- Ivan Martinez - Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales (R3D)
- Connor Benedict - Open Culture Coordinator, Creative Commons
3. Case studies brainstorming
Session recording: https://youtu.be/IKtMkTIRTVk?t=21868
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Chair of the board and head of policy and advocacy at the Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation, sociologist, researcher, project manager interested in the impact of technology and copyright on culture, education and access to knowledge.
I am Connor Benedict, the Open Culture Coordinator at Creative Commons. The Open Culture Program focuses on developing policy, at a national, international, and multinational level as well as for institutions, capacity building activities such as the Creative Commons Certificate for Open Culture, open infrastructure, such as the CC Copyright Licenses and Public Domain Tools, and community engagement such as participating in and hosting events related to open culture, copyright, and the open movement.
Joanna Sanetra-Szeliga is a Deputy Head of Europa Nostra Heritage Hub in Kraków, Poland. Holding a PhD in economy, she is also an assistant professor at the Cracow University of Economics (UNESCO Chair in Heritage and Urban Studies) and a consultant in the Centre for Cultural Statistics of the Statistical Office in Kraków. She has experience working for the public administration (Department of Culture Strategy and European Affairs in the Ministry of Culture),the cultural sector (Research Institute for European Heritage at the International Cultural Centre in Kraków) and the non-governmental sector (as the Polish coordinator of the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue Between Cultures). She is a researcher, a lecturer and an author and an editor of publications on the links between culture and socio-economic development, urban development, cultural policy (incl. the European Capitals of Culture).
Brigitte is the director of policy and open culture at Creative Commons. Before joining CC, she worked for a decade as a legal officer at WIPO and then ran her own consultancy, advising Europeana, SPARC Europe and others on copyright matters.
Brigitte is a fellow at the Canadian think tank Centre for International Governance Innovation. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Université de Montréal and a master’s in law from Georgetown University. She has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2003.
Ivan Martinez is a Mexican human rights defender with a focus on Fair Access to Knowledge. He works at the organisation Red en Defensa de los Derechos Digitales where he is Education and Community Coordinator. He is part of the Wikimedia Mexico Board since 2024.
