18 September 2026, 14.30 – 18.45
The lectures are open to the public – please join us in the foyer on the first floor of the ICC.
From 15 to 19 September 2026, the ICC is hosting the fourth edition of the Academy of Heritage for Ukraine – a training project aimed at people working in the cultural sector in Ukraine. This year’s edition is dedicated to new media and technologies in cultural institutions, with a particular focus on gamification, game design and the use of artificial intelligence. Participants in the 4th edition of the programme will visit, amongst other places, the EduVRGameLab at the AGH University of Science and Technology and the Collegium Maius Museum of the Jagiellonian University. As part of the event, they will also deliver lectures on Ukrainian heritage, its preservation, digitisation and new formats for its presentation and safeguarding.
Schedule of presentations:
Part One – 14.30–16.30:
14.30–15.00 – Natalia Voytseshchuk “The Vanguard of Civilisation: Ukraine’s Cultural Heritage in Times of War”
15.00–15.45 – Yurii Prepodobnyi (Skeiron) “The digitisation of cultural heritage in Ukraine during the war: from ad hoc measures to a centralised future for 3D data”
15.45–16.30 – Ihor Korost and Oleksii Korotia (Bilsk Historical and Cultural Reserve) “Modern non-invasive methods for examining archaeological monuments: the experience of the Bilsk Historical and Cultural Reserve”
Part Two – 16.45–18.45:
16.45–17.10 – Natalia Voytseshchuk and Mariana Hoi (Municipal Department for the Administration of the “Ancient Dvingorod” Historical and Cultural Reserve) “Virtual reality as a means of presenting archaeological heritage: the case of Dvingorod”
17.10–17.35 – Olha Pyskun and Olena Troshchynska (the State Historical and Cultural Reserve “Chyhyryn”) “The Bohdan Khmelnytsky Museum: digital solutions for promoting history”
17.35–18.00 – Iryna Mygovych and Olena Luhova (the State Historical and Architectural Reserve in Brzeżany) “Heritage that can be seen, heard and experienced”
18.00–18.25 – Vasyl Kovbasa and Iryna Sus ( the Kremenets-Pochaiv State Historical and Architectural Reserve, Local History Museum in Zaloztsi) “Digitisation of collections: from cataloguing and research to the promotion of cultural heritage”
18.25–18.45 – Yuliia Ivaniuk and Nataliia Trokhliuk (the Berezne Local History Museum, Rivne Oblast) „Changes in the museum: new formats for the preservation and presentation of local heritage”.
The Academy of Heritage for Ukraine was launched in 2023 on the initiative of the ICC in dialogue with representatives of the Ukrainian cultural sector. From the outset, its aim has been to provide practical support to specialists working in Ukrainian cultural institutions – both in the field of heritage conservation and in modern management, communication and education. The project is being implemented in collaboration with Ukrainian partners and addresses the needs of the cultural sector, which, in the context of war, must simultaneously protect its collections and monuments, document losses, prepare for reconstruction and seek new ways of reaching audiences.
