It has been a busy season for META-MUSEUM beyond the lab. In February, our Coordinator at POLITO took the floor in the online event “The Integration of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH),” a key side event during Horizon Europe Week 2026. The session was organized by APRE (Agency for the Promotion of European Research) in collaboration with the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR).
The integration of SSH into technological projects is a top priority for Horizon Europe, providing essential value to the quality and impact of research. During the event, the META-MUSEUM Coordinator shared its experience in fostering collaboration between STEM and SSH disciplines through a truly transdisciplinary approach. In this framework, disciplines such as Museography, Museum Studies, Digital Humanities, Psychology, Neurosciences, and Computer Science collaborate to achieve significant, evidence-based results in building transformative encounters with cultural heritage.
In April, from 15 to 19, 2026, POLITO and VILNIUS TECH will participate in the fifth edition of Biennale Tecnologia, a major event dedicated to exploring the transformative impact of technology on society and the younger generations, which will be held at Politecnico di Torino venue.
This event will provide an additional testing opportunity for the project: here, our partners will engage with the public to showcase META-MUSEUM and test updated real-time emotional measurements within live cultural experiences. It is a key step in continuing to develop and improve our M4 system through direct interaction with a diverse and wider audience!
Looking ahead to June, our colleagues at NCK will represent META-MUSEUM at Det Museale in Norway, a national conference on the evolving relationship between museums and universities, while the team at UNIROMA1 will present our pilot data at ESCAN 2026, the European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Meeting in Rome, where they will be joined by our colleagues from Stichting VU Amsterdam.
The Stichting VU team will also be active throughout the spring and summer, presenting at the Congress of the International Association of Empirical Aesthetics in May and the Mind Art Knowledge symposium in June. From policy forums to science festivals to academic conferences, META-MUSEUM continues to bring its research where the conversations are happening. From policy forums to science festivals to academic conferences, META-MUSEUM continues to bring its research where the conversations are happening.
If you are attending any of these events, we would love to see you — come and find us, say hello, and let us tell you more about what we are building.