ATRIUM at the DARIAH Annual Event 2026 in Rome

From May 26th to May 29th, ATRIUM joined hundreds of digital humanities researchers, infrastructure specialists, and cultural heritage professionals in Rome for the DARIAH Annual Event 2026. Hosted by CNR: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and Roma TRE, this year’s conference explored the vital theme of “Digital Arts and Humanities With and For Society: Building Infrastructures of Engagement.”

The event brought together the European digital research community to discuss how digitally-enabled research can create meaningful dialogues with the public, serve societal needs, and foster collaborative scholarship.

ATRIUM was showcased across the week in several sessions and presentations, highlighting the project’s commitment to accessibility, reproducibility, and inclusive research practices.

In the Poster and Demo Session, ATRIUM researchers presented innovative work on speech-based workflows for archaeological documentation. Featuring contributions from the Athena Research Center and the University of York, this poster (see above) demonstrated how voice technology can streamline archaeological fieldwork and make research more accessible.

The AGLAIA project took centre stage in a dedicated session on “Implementing CARE: Designing digital infrastructures that foster trust, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.” This groundbreaking initiative creates an international sign glossary for archaeological heritage, ensuring that deaf communities have equal access to cultural knowledge and resources.

ATRIUM contributed to conversations about pedagogies of engagement through a presentation on using skills assessment insights to shape digital humanities training in research infrastructures. This session addressed how research infrastructures can better serve the needs of researchers and the wider public through targeted, evidence-based training programmes.

The final ATRIUM presentation focused on “Actionable Workflows: Infrastructures Enabling Collaborative, Reproducible and Sustainable Research.” Bringing together leading experts from DARIAH and partner institutions, this session explored how research infrastructures can enable scholars to conduct more sustainable, reproducible, and collaborative work.