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Programme

Cultural Monitoring in a Global Context: Models, Challenges and Perspectives

The languages of the forum will be Basque, Spanish and English; all sessions in the programme will be available in all three languages.

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    Registration and Welcome

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    Opening Session

    Opening Session

    • Ibone Bengoetxea

      Ibone Bengoetxea

      First Vice-President and Minister for Culture and Language Policy, Basque Government

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    Keynote

    Caught Off Guard. An Unexpected Twist in the Global Agenda

    • Antonio Ariño

      Antonio Ariño

      Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Valencia. 2026 National Prize for Sociology and Political Science (CIS)

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    Keynote

    The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as an Institutional Paradigm: Measuring Impact and Public Value

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    Coffee break

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    Keynote

    From Observation to Governance: The Strategic Role of Cultural Observatories in Europe and Beyond

    • Luca Dal Pozzolo

      Luca Dal Pozzolo

      Co-funder and responsible for Research of Fitzcarraldo Foundation

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    Roundtable. Moderator: Cristina Ortega

    Observing Culture in Practice: Diverse Models, Shared Challenges

      • Luca Dal Pozzolo

        Luca Dal Pozzolo

        Co-funder and responsible for Research of Fitzcarraldo Foundation

      • Antonio Javier González Rueda

        Antonio Javier González Rueda

        Researcher in Cultural Studies (INDESS, University of Cádiz) and Principal Investigator of the Atalaya Cultural Observatory


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    Roundtable. Moderator: Xavier Fina

    The Cultural Observatory of the Future: New Questions, New Functions


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    Lunch break

AI and New Paradigms in Cultural Analysis

The languages of the forum will be Basque, Spanish and English; all sessions in the programme will be available in all three languages.

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    Roundtable. Moderator: Bea Narbaiza

    From Experience to the Future: 20 Years of the Basque Observatory on Culture

      • Juanjo Allur Dorronsoro

        Juanjo Allur Dorronsoro

        Researcher and Project Coordinator. Siadeco Ikerketa Elkartea

      • Mikel Etxeberria

        Mikel Etxeberria

        Head of the Basque Observatory of Culture. Department of Culture and Language Policy of the Basque Government


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    Keynote

    Thinking About AI Through Culture: Audiences, Data, and Decisions Guided by Institutional Judgment

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    Conversation

    Between Data and Values: The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Cultural Observatories

Cultural Value under Observation: Keys to the Future

The languages of the forum will be Basque, Spanish and English; all sessions in the programme will be available in all three languages.

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    Roundtable. Moderator: Mikel Etxeberria

    Cultural Laws and Rights

      • Ignacio Apezteguia

        Ignacio Apezteguia

        Director General of Culture - Príncipe de Viana Institution, Government of Navarre

      • Andoni Iturbe

        Andoni Iturbe

        Vice-Minister of Culture, Basque Government


    • Xavier Fina

      Xavier Fina

      General Director of Cultural Promotion and Libraries, Government of Catalonia

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    Keynote

    Engine, Loudspeaker, or Whisper? Culture Observatories and Their Role in a Critical Context for Cultural Rights

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    Keynote

    Second Nature: What Culture Does and How We Might See It

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    Dialogue. Moderator: Maitena Salinas

    Jorge Fernández León and Pierluigi Sacco in Dialogue

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    Coffee break

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    Keynote

    Measuring the Implementation of Cultural Rights: Ways Forward

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    Case Study

    Broadening the Perspective on Cultural and Creative Industries: Their Relationship with Well-being in the Basque Country

    • Ibone Eguia

      Ibone Eguia

      Predoctoral researcher at Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness

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    Keynote

    Renewing and Updating Cultural Observation Systems in the Face of Current Challenges: Reviewing the Monitoring Framework of the UNESCO Convention on the Diversity of Cultural Expressions

    • Jordi Baltà

      Jordi Baltà

      Principal Editor of the fourth edition of the Re|Shaping Policies for Creativity report

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    Conversation

    Making Cultural Rights Effective: From Recognition to Practice


    • Jesús Prieto de Pedro

      Jesús Prieto de Pedro

      Chairholder of the Andrés Bello Chair in Cultural Rights (Andrés Bello Agreement, UC3M, UNED)

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    Closing Session

    The Value of Culture for Community Development: The Basque Model