National Conference about use and safety of cultural heritage

Tuesday 29 October 2024 from 9:00 to 17:00.
Ancona, Mole Vanvitelliana, Sala Boxe.
In presence and online. Free participation. Registration required.

The Museo Tattile Statale Omero of the Ministry of Culture and the National Research Council - Department of Human and Social Sciences and Cultural Heritage, are organizing a National Conference entitled "Use and safety of cultural heritage. Towards an interdisciplinary and integrated approach to physical, intellectual and emotional access".

The event involves the Italian Episcopal Conference, Rai - Italian Radio and Television, Rai Public Utilities and the Municipality of Ancona.

The National Conference will take place on Tuesday 29 October from 9:00 to 17:00 in the Sala Boxe of the Mole Vanvitelliana in Ancona. It will be broadcast live on the Museo Omero’s YouTube channel and will also be recorded, with subtitling and translation service into Italian Sign Language (LIS), edited by Accessibility Days APS.

The event was created to take stock of the use and safety of cultural heritage and also present some experiences in the field of technological innovation.

Aimed at everyone who works in museums and places of culture, in the social field, in architecture as well as tourist guides and teachers, the conference offers a high-level training opportunity.

Programme

• 9:00-9:45 Accreditation of participants.
• 9.45-9.55 Prof. Aldo Grassini, President of the Museo Tattile Statale Omero.

Institutional greetings

• 9.55-10.05 Welcoming address by the Minister for Disability, Hon. Alessandra Locatelli.
• 10.05-10.15 Dr. Luigi Gallo, Director of the Ducal Palace of Urbino and of the Regional Directorate of National Museums in the Marche.
• 10.15-10.25 Dr. Giorgia Muratori, Regional Secretary of the Museums of Tuscany, Ministry of Culture.
• 10.25-10.35 Arch. Massimo Crusi, President of the National Council of Architects, Planners, Landscape Architects and Conservators.
• 10.35-10.45 Eng. Alberto Romagnoli, Councillor of the National Council of Engineers
• 10.45-10.55 Prof. Pietro Piscitelli, President of the "Regina Margherita" Italian Library for the Blind in Monza.
• 10.55-11.05 Dr. Patrizia Ceccarani, Technical-Scientific Director of the Lega del Filo d'Oro.
• 11.05-11.15 Avv. Daniele Silvetti, Mayor of the Municipality of Ancona.

Morning session

Moderated by Dr. Lucilla Niccolini, journalist from the Corriere Adriatico of Ancona.

Speakers:

• 11.30-12.00 Dr. Gabriella Cetorelli (Ministry of Culture - UNESCO Office), Eng. Luca Papi (National Research Council - Department of Human and Social Sciences, Cultural Heritage)
  Towards a "life project". Strategies and policies for the universal right to beauty and cultural identity.
• 12.00-12.15 Dr. Monica Bernacchia, Dr. Annalisa Trasatti, Museo Tattile Statale Omero
  Accessibility is relating, attention, words.
• 12.15-12.30 Sister Veronica Donatello, Head of the Service for Pastoral Care of People with Disabilities, Italian Episcopal Conference
  Accessibility routes to cultural-religious sites in the Jubilee year of 2025.
• 12.30-12.45 Dr. Maria Chiara Andriello, Head of Rai Accessibility - Public Utilities Directorate
  360-degree communication accessibility: the Rai experience.
• 12.45-13.00 Dr. Elena Martinelli, University of Florence, President of the Alfredo Catarsini 1899 Foundation
  Accessibility to places of culture: the reinterpretation of the image in the "Places of Catarsini" Way.
• 1.00pm-2.00pm Lunch break.
• 2.00pm-3.00pm Guided tour of the Museo Omero by the staff.

Afternoon Session

• 3.00pm-3.15pm Arch. Stefano Zanut, C.E.R.P.A. Italia ONLUS - European Centre for Research and Promotion of Accessibility
  Security and Accessibility: an inclusive approach.
• 3.15pm-3.30pm Dr. Mauro Rossini, RAI Research Centre for Technological Innovation and Experimentation
  Innovate to include.
• 3.30pm-3.45pm Arch. Dino Angelaccio, National Coordinator of Jubilee for All and co-adjutor of the "Universal Accessibility" group of the National Observatory on Disability of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers
  Ravenna Mosaics for all project.
• 3.45pm-4.00pm Dr. Carlo Giacomini, Director of the Ancona State Archives
  Shared memory: barrier-free enjoyment of archival heritage (PNRR Project)
• 4.00pm-4.15pm Dr. Massimiliano Stravato, Director of the State Library of Macerata
  Improving accessibility in the State Library of Macerata: the PEBA and "Reading beyond the limit" projects created with PNRR funding.
• 4.15pm-4.30pm Prof. Elena Di Giovanni, University of Macerata
  Entertainment and inclusion: experience and perspectives.
• 4.30-4.45pm Dr. Sauro Cesaretti, Co-founder and President of Accessibility Days APS
  Digital innovation and cultural inclusion: an interdisciplinary approach for the use of heritage.

Summing up by Dr. Vincenzo Varagona, journalist, president of the Italian Catholic Press Union.

Organizing committee

Monica Bernacchia, Gabriella Cetorelli, Gaia Di Stasio, Francesca Giuliodori, Aldo Grassini, Luca Papi, Annalisa Trasatti, Alessia Varricchio.

Information and booking

Participation is free, but booking is obligatory.
Telephone and WhatsApp 342 5060364, e-mail: segreteria@museoomero.it