The European Coalitions for Cultural Diversity (ECCD) and MEP Emma Rafowicz are organising the next European Forum on Discoverability / Who decides what Europe watches, listens to and reads? A conference made to explore how to make European works visible, accessible and actually made available to audiences, discoverability becoming a key isssue for cultural diversity.
The conference will take place on Wednesday December 9 at 18:00 in Spinelli Room 3G2 in the European Parliament in Brussels.
For decades, European cultural policy has focused on supporting the creation and dissemination of works. But in the age of platforms, algorithms and artificial intelligence, a new question is taking centre stage: what is a work worth if it cannot be found?
Discoverability is thus becoming a major issue for cultural diversity. It is no longer enough for European works simply to exist and be available: they must also be visible, accessible and actually made available to audiences.
The first panel will examine the role of discoverability in European cultural policy: can it become an objective in its own right, on a par with support for creation or the circulation of works?
The second panel will explore this question in the age of AI: who decides today what we discover? How can we ensure that algorithms and new AI tools contribute to cultural diversity rather than to its concentration or standardisation?
Through exchanges between creators, researchers, organisations and public decisionmakers, this event will provide an opportunity to share data, best practices, and visions in order to better understand and respond to the contemporary challenges of discoverability.
The cocktail will be followed by a cocktail reception.
If you wish to participate in the discussion, REGISTER HERE