Hanaholmen Heritage Conference

Hanaholmen Heritage Conference

Protecting What Matters – A Nordic-Baltic Conference on Cultural Heritage Preparedness

28 May 2026 | Hanaholmen, Espoo, Finland

The conference will feature several distinguished speakers. Below are examples of confirmed speakers:

• Valéry Freland
  Executive Director, International Alliance for the Protection of Heritage (ALIPH)
• Yuliia Lytvynets
  Director, National Art Museum of Ukraine
• Ratish Nanda
  CEO, Aga Khan Trust for Culture India
• Frederik Rosén
  Director, Nordic Center for Cultural Heritage and Armed Conflict

The programme will include keynote addresses, panel discussions and regional perspectives on cultural heritage preparedness, followed by a networking reception at Hanaholmen. During the conference, we will share experiences and knowledge gained from our first Nordic-Baltic training programme on cultural heritage protection.

The conference is arranged by Hanaholmen, in cooperation with the Nordic Council of Ministers.

The event is by invitation only.

Do you find the programme relevant from your professional perspective? For more information about participation, please contact Programme Manager Mikael Hiltunen, mikael.hiltunen(at)hanaholmen.fi.

Hanaholmen Heritage is a Nordic–Baltic programme dedicated to cultural heritage preparedness and coordinated by Hanaholmen – the Swedish-Finnish Cultural Centre. The programme is initiated by the Nordic and Baltic Ministers for Culture and funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The cooperation consists of a training programme, which leads up to a conference featuring key takeaways from the training participants as well as high-level keynotes from prominent speakers. The initiative responds to the increasing awareness of hybrid, climate-related and military threats to cultural heritage.