II Global Congress on Digital Innovation in the Visual and Performing Arts
26-27-28 November, 2025
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia
Sala della Fortuna (Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9) ROMA
Day 1: November 26, 2025
MORNING SESSION
09:00 AM – 09:30 AM: On spot registrations and distribution of congress material
09:30 AM – 10:30 AM: Opening Remarks
Luana Toniolo Director – ETRU National Etruscan Museum, Rome
Nathan Ghiron Levaldi Rector – Tor Vergata University of Rome
Lorenzo Perilli Director – Dept. of Literature, Philosophy and art History – Tor Vergata University of Rome
Chiara Veninata Director – ICAR (Italian Central Institute for Archives) – Rome
Sabrina Tomassini Coordinator Network Department – Consortium GARR, Rome
Donatella Gavrilovich PI “Hyperstage” PRIN – Tor Vergata University of Rome Promo video to introduce Hyperstage: First Italian Theatre Productions Platform
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM: Coffee Break
I SESSION
10:45 AM – 01:00 PM: Opening Congress
The Launch of the Hyperstage Platform
Chair: Emanuele Bellini University of Rome 3 – Logos-RI, Florence (Italy)
Giovanni Bergamin Logos-RI, Florence (Italy)
Valeria Paraninfi Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
The Hyperstage ontology: design, implementation, and insights
Manuel Onorati –Valeria Paraninfi Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
How the Hyperstage works
Donatella Gavrilovich Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Hyperstage to the future. The Italian Theatre Archives Network and Automated Data
Q&A Session
ROUND TABLE
Partner and Other institutions in dialogue on the Hyperstage project
Chair: Donatella Gavrilovich Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
David Aprea, Romaeuropa Foundation of Rome; Maria Elisa Avagnina, Olympic Academy of Vicenza; Anna Peyron, Teatro Stabile of Turin; Luciana Ruggeri and Andrea Vitalini, Teatro alla Scala of Milan; Elena Servito, INDA Foundation of Syracuse; Sabrina Tomassini, Consortium GARR, Rome; Chiara Veninata, Italian Central Institute for Archives (ICAR), Rome.
01:00 PM – 02:30 PM: Lunch Break
02:30 PM – 03:00 PM
Presentation: from book to Hyperstage
Fra archivio e scena. Saggi sullo spettacolo italiano del secondo Novecento
Elena Cervellati – Elena Randi University of Bologna (Italy)
Paola Degli Esposti University of Padua (Italy)
AFTERNOON SESSION
03:00 PM – 06:00 PM
03:00 PM – 03:45 PM
Keynote speaker
Cécile Chantraine Braillon La Rochelle Université (France)
What digital technology can do for the editorialization of the performing arts
Q&A Session
03:45 AM – 04:00 AM: Coffee Break
II SESSION
04:00 PM – 06:15 PM
Strategies for Metadata Management and Data Model in Performing Arts Archives
Chair: Sara Di Giorgio Consortium GARR, Rome (Italy)
Nina Marie Evensen Center for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo (Norway)
Behind the Scenes: Metadata Management via the IbsenStage Admin Platform
Elisabeth Borud Leinslie, Performing Arts Hub (Norway)
Methods for collecting performing arts data automatically
Alejandra Medellín De La Piedra Centro Nacional de Investigación de Danza
“José Limón”, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura, Mexico City (México)
Activating Dance Heritage: Cenidi Danza’s Data Model & Inclusive Tech Framework
Florinda Nardi – Silvia Manciati Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Edipo Tiranno at the Teatro Olimpico of Vicenza: a case of data processing in Hyperstage
Q&A Session
Closing Remarks for Day 1
Day 2: November 27, 2025
MORNING SESSION
9:00 – 09:30 AM: On spot registrations and Opening Remarks
09:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Keynote speaker
Jenny Fewster, HASS and Indigenous RDC | Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), Monash University of Melbourne (Australia)
From AusStage to ACHF: Advancing Australian Creative Arts Research Infrastructure
Q&A Session
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
III SESSION
10:30 AM – 01:00 AM
Integrating Artificial Intelligence with Performing Arts
Chair: Sarah Bay-Cheng University of Toronto (Canada)
Riku Roihankorpi Tampere University and University of Helsinki (Finland)
Performing Prompted Realities: An Ethics of Co-creativity for Generative AI
Sarah Whatley Coventry University (United Kingdom)
Reactivating digital dance archives: what role responsible AI?
Mariel Marshall Artist and technology entrepreneur, Bluemouth inc., Toronto (Canada)
Can Machines Create Belonging? Chatbots, Cybrothels and the Crisis of Connection
Roberto Basili Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Intelligent behaviour: creativity is all you need
Q&A Session
The 10th anniversary 2015-2025 ‘Arti dello Spettacolo / Performing Arts’
ASPA Scientific International Journal
Digital Innovation in Performing Arts (XI/2025)
ASPA Editorial Series
Teatri Storici, Archivi Digitali e Nuove Tecnologie:Strategie Sfide Risultati (2025)
01:00 AM – 02:30 PM: Lunch Break
AFTERNOON SESSION
02:30 PM – 06:00 PM
IV SESSION
02:30 PM – 04:15 PM
Linked Open Data and User Engagement in the Visual and Performing Arts
Chair: Nina Marie Evensen Center for Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo (Norway)
Sarah Bay-Cheng University of Toronto (Canada)
Tyler Graham, Derek Manderson, Angela Norwood York University (Canada)
Playable Pasts: Designing Aesthetic Engagement in a Digital Heritage Project
Chris Van Goethem RITCS – Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound (RITCS) Erasmushogeschool Brussel (Belgium)
Canonbase, a collaborative Linked Open Data Platform for Performing Arts
Elisa Passone Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
The ArTChat portal: experimenting RAG to automatically query ArTBase about Theatre
Q&A Session
04:00 PM – 04:15 PM: Coffee Break
V SESSION
04:15 PM – 06:00 PM
Digital Innovations in Virtual Reality and Immersive Environments
Chair: Roberto Basili Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Artem Smolin St. Petersburg State ITMO University (Russia)
ITMO University’s Interdisciplinary Projects in the Field of Cultural Heritage Preservation
Ester Merino Peral Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)
GIUSEPPE ADAMI Ass. Archivio Compagnoni Floriani di Villamagna, Macerata (Italy)
Between war and theater. Spectacle and military science in Ancien Régime Europe with Meta
Rémi Ronfard Centre INRIA de l’Université Grenoble Alpes (France)
What is Computer Theater?
Q&A Session
Closing Remarks for Day 2
Day 3: November 28, 2025
MORNING SESSION
09:00 – 09:30 AM: On spot registrations and Opening Remark
09:30 AM – 10:15 AM
Launch of the IDOS-ARTS International Research Centre
Donatella Gavrilovich Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Introduction to the IDOS-ARTS International Research Centre
Workshop: IDOS_ARTS 2026 Activity Plan
10:15 AM – 10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
Keynote speaker
Marco Gaiani Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy)
A journey through images to understand and communicate Heritage
Q&A Session
VI SESSION
11:15 AM – 01:00 PM
Digital Reconstruction of spaces and light for Culture Heritage
Chair: Carmelo Occhipinti Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Luca Cipriani andFilippo Fantini Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna (Italy)
A method for reconstructing lost spaces: Quarto Camerino, Villa d’Este
Gianluca Guarini andMaurizio Rossi Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy)
Digital recreation of light for the Quarto Camerino of Villa d’Este in Tivoli
Andrea Siniscalco Polytechnic University of Milan (Italy)
Reconstruction and measurement of pre-industrial sources for cultural heritage
Q&A Session
01:00 PM – 02:30 PM: Lunch Break
02:30 PM – 03:30 PM: Guided Tour of the National Etruscan Museum
AFTERNOON SESSION
03:30 PM – 06:00 PM
VII SESSION
03:30 PM – 06:00 PM
From Document to Digital Reconstruction in the Visual and Performing Arts Chair: Andrea Vitalini Teatro alla Scala of Milan (Italy)
Paola Ranzini IUF, Avignon Université (France)
Interrogare gli archivi. Il processo di creazione fra tradizione e originalità creative
Anamarija Žugić Borić Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb (Croatia) Sonic Traces in the Digital Afterlife of Theatre
Leila Zammar Loyola University of Chicago JFRC in Rome
Gian Lorenzo Bernini’s intermedio La fiera di Farfa (Rome, Carnival 1639): A Case Study
Carmelo Occhipinti Tor Vergata University of Rome (Italy)
Le prime sperimentazioni dei riflettori a riverbero nei musei e nelle accademie d’arte
Q&A SESSION
05:45 PM – 06:00 PM Closing Remarks