GLOBAL CONNECTION!
Join us online for an immersive experience at this Big Stuff Heritage conference!
Follow all live lectures and discussions from the main conference in Ghent, and engage directly in real-time Q&A sessions.
Participate in dynamic interactions between the main conference and our Asia-Pacific hub in Perth. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to be part of the conversation, no matter where you are!
Tue 14/10
Keynote
9.30-10.20 AM, CEST
Rodney Harrison
Industrial heritage for just green transition
Q&A
10.20-10.30 AM, CEST
Questions & discussion
Talk
11.00-11.25 AM, CEST
Hannah O'Toole
Historic Working Machinery, from steam to cotton: our mission to retain skills and knowledge
Talk
11.25-11.50 AM, CEST
Pieter Gurdebeke
The rise and fall of the West-Flanders Steam Engine Asociation : historical overview and lessons
Q&A
11.50-12.00 AM, CEST
Questions & discussion
Wed 15/10
Talk
9.30-9.55AM, CEST
Manuel Duran & Robby Houben
Working machinery at the War Heritage Institute
Talk
9.55-10.20 AM, CEST
Luis Sempere
Operation of an old campaign military station
Q&A
10.25-10.30 AM, CEST
Questions & discussion
Talk
11.00-11.25 AM, CEST
Peter Van Wichelen
More than real: using augmented reality to put machines back to work at Baasrode Shipyards
Talk
11.25-11.50 AM, CEST
Morena Scaglia
The craft of ‘Scauda Ciò’: assembling metal bridges with nails
Q&A
11.50-12.00 AM, CEST
Questions & discussion
Thu 16/10
Ghent meets Perth -discussion
9.00-11.00 AM, CEST
Theme
Collaborative Frameworks and Ecosystems for Preserving Traditional Skills
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Lightning talks (live-streamed from Ghent)
​Catherine Cartmell & Jim Mitchel
A Well-Oiled Machine? Skills Succession in Scotland
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Alison Wain
New ideas for teaching heritage trades in Australia
​Jorijn Neyrinck
How to forge the kills for crafting futures - experiences and perspectives from of a Belgian living heritage bridgebuilder
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Discussion
Moderated by Ellie Swinkbank. Panel: Neil Hog, Jorijn Neyrinck and Mark Watson
Talk
11.30-11.55 AM, CET
Daniel Schneider
Preserving worker skills in the industrial manufacture of wood printing type
Talk
11.55-12.20 AM, CET
Jantiene van Elk & Michelle Baggerman
Tilburg textile heritage: trainees and One Point lessons
Q&A
12.20-12.30 AM, CET
Questions & discussion
Fri 17/10
Talk
10.00-10.25 AM, CET
Mike Clarke
The craftman's place in the Industrial Revolution
Talk
10.25-10.50 AM, CET
Vic Bervoets
From machines to hands: knowlegde and skill transmission in Maker Spaces
Q&A
11.50-11.00 AM, CET
Questions & discussion
Talk
11.30-11.55 AM, CET
Karen Fisher & Mathilda Vaughan
Beyond steampunk: keeping heritage machines at Museums Victoria really moving
Q&A
11.55-12.00 AM, CET
Questions & discussion
Premiere: Filming living Heritage
12.00-12.30 AM, CET
Ending the project "living heritage" with a film unveiling the Flemish toolbox for documenting traditional craftmanship