Helena Vičič (Slovenia) and Matteo Rosati (Italy):
Opening the symposium

Valya Stergioti (Greece):
Opening the day

Thorsten Ludwig (Germany):
Introduction to the symposium

Colourful mosaic or infinite maze? – Co-creating interpretive strategies from multiple narratives
Panel discussion with interpretive agents from the Learning Landscapes initiative moderated by Valya Stergioti (Greece)

Panel:
Dimitris Ioannidis and Kalliopi Stara (Greece), Jelena Čečur and Mileva Mršić (Montenegro), Iulia Balint and Constantin Zainea (Romania), Renate de Backere and Sander van Dijk (Netherlands)

Alicia Castillo Mena (Spain):
The potential of networking for heritage interpretation

Thematic table

Javier Roig-López (Spain):
Narrating the Writer’s House: Literary mediation as a strategy for linguistic identity and critical literacy

Ilze Vanaga (Latvia):
Values-based heritage re-imagination and interpretation: The case of the Beļava Manor House

Lunch break and digital content
Lucia Leca, Iulia Balint and Constantin Zainea (Romania):
From mining to culture: Heritage interpretation and community voices

Valya Stergioti (Greece):
Welcome back

Steve Slack (UK):
Asking visitors what makes a ‘good’ idea

Max Dubravko Fijacko (Croatia):
Press play on the past: A live remix lab

Kenneth Wong See Huat (Malaysia):
Cartographies of community: Food memory, local knowledge, and participatory narratives in 21st-century heritage interpretation

Linda Norris and Braden Paynter (USA):
Anti-oppression learning for heritage interpreters

Rigas Zafeiriou and Natalia Roumelioti (Greece):
Narratives of vanishing landscapes and collective loss – from mourning to community empowerment

Norma Fressel (Croatia) and Gentiane Désveaux (France):
Altervia Multivox in Croatia: Heritage interpretation through multiple narratives and performative practice

Sabina Viezzoli (Italy):
Reading the Invisible: The Bora as narrative framework in urban heritage interpretation

Jon Kohl (Costa Rica):
Beyond competing narratives: Vertical storytelling in heritage interpretation

Valya Stergioti (Greece):
Closing the day

Vanessa Vaio (Italy):
Opening the day

Andrea Berettera (Italy):
Stories in stone: The role of heritage interpretation in shaping the Mont’e Prama giants narrative in 21st century Italy

Nilüfer Baturayoğlu Yöney et al. (Turkey):
A new narrative for the interpretation of archaeological heritage: Family histories through digital photo archives at Tell Tayinat in Antakya, Turkey

Brunilda Licaj and Arjana Isaku (Albania):
Peeping tourist: Revealing hidden narratives of surveillance and tourism under communism in Albania

Giles Keating (UK):
Broadening interpretation of Athelhampton, a 500-year-old house, beyond the rich male property-owners, to the lives of women and the broader community.

Sabina Viezzoli (Italy):
Embodied narratives in heritage interpretation: Walking the stories of the Mlekarice

Nikolai Shpilkov (Russia/ Italy):
Weaponizing the past: Mnemonic populism and the erasure of ‘Multiple Voices’ in Belarusian history education

Open forum
A dynamic space for reflection and perspectives

Aleksandra Kumala (Poland):
Interpreting difficult heritage through sound narratives: ‘In this place’ sound walk at the former KL Plaszow site

Lunch break and digital content
Vasiliki Denaxa, Valya Stergioti, Magdalini Theochari and Spyros Kotomatas (Greece):
Combining natural and historical heritage: Co-creating interpretive narratives for the Gyaros Marine Protected Area

Vanessa Vaio (Italy)::
Welcome back

Cassie Anderson (USA):
Continuous acts of beginning: Descendant healing, a U.S. Confederate Memorial, and lessons learned from collaborating on interpretation

Tamara van Dyk, Aarin Crawford and Elizabeth Pilon (Canada):
A place for conversation: Interpreting complex narratives through dialogue Bellevue House National Historic Site, Parks Canada

Erica Wheeler (USA):
Narratives in place: From telling stories to inviting relationship

Philipp P. Thapa (Germany):
Interpretation as mental modelling: A vocabulary

How does the symposium influence our thinking about interpretive themes?
Panel discussion with experts from the field moderated by Thorsten Ludwig (Germany)

Panel:
Lisa Keys (UK), Patrick Lehnes (Germany), Madeleine Theochari (Greece)

Nigel Mills (UK):
Conclusions of the symposium

Helena Vičič (Slovenia):
Closing the symposium