On Thursday, October 10, between 9.30 - 11.00, in the Senate Hall of the Rectorate of the Politehnica University of Timișoara, Arthur Le Gall (Director, KEA European Affairs), Silvia Fierăscu (Lecturer and Researcher, West University of Timișoara) and Carlo Ferretti (Director of Research and Innovation, Consorzio Materahub) will explore the answers to some of the key questions related to the theme of impact and legacy of the ECoC programmes.
Participation in the public events of the conference is open to all those interested, with free admission, upon prior registration. The number of places available in the conference rooms is limited. All presentations and discussions will be in English. The public may register for the event by completing the registration form, no later than October 9th, 16:00h. More details about the conference public events are available on the conference website.
Arthur Le Gall is director at KEA and co-founder of the b.creative network, a global community of more than 1500 creative entrepreneurs. Arthur has 10+ years of experience in evaluating and designing support programmes and policies for the cultural and creative sectors to nurture arts, culture and creativity across Europe and beyond. Arthur also delivers strategic advice to local authorities on the role of sport, culture and creative industries for local and regional development, and he is currently part of the team performing the mid-term evaluation of the European Capitals of Culture Action for 2020-2033.
Dr. Silvia Fierăscu is a Lecturer at the Department of Communication Sciences, the Founder and Director of FabLab – Social Fabrics Research Lab, and Researcher at the Big Data Science Laboratory, all at West University of Timișoara. She holds a PhD in Political Science with a specialisation in Network Science from Central European University in Budapest, and she is Head of OrgMapper Academy at Maven7 Network Research Inc. She works with the Center for Projects of the Municipality of Timișoara to map the network effects of the Timișoara ECoC Programme on the local organisation ecosystem, and to make recommendations for future public policies to support a positive legacy of the Programme.
Carlo Ferretti graduated in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship at the Erasmus University. He is a public value designer, dedicated to local development policies and strategies. He leads the department of Research and Innovation of Materahub, curating several European projects, from Horizon Europe, to COSME and Creative Europe. Carlo is a social impact evaluator, leveraging SROI and the VBA (Value Based Approach) methodologies to organisations such as Matera European Capital of Culture 2019 or the Nuto Revelli Foundation.