Draft programme – subject to change
Version of 6 October 2026
Thursday 15 October
Location: Main theatre, Place de la Monnaie
10:15–21:00
📍Entrance hall
Opening of registrations
11:00–12:30
📍Entrance hall
Guided tour of La Monnaie / De Munt (Optional pre-conference activity, registration required)
13:00–13:30
Presentation
📍Grand Foyer
RESEO 30th anniversary conference: Grand opening! 🎉
Speakers
Vania Cauzillo, Chair, RESEO
Müge Altay, cultural manager and Conference Manager, RESEO
Christina Scheppelmann, General and Artistic Director, La Monnaie / De Munt
13:30–13:40
Presentation
📍Grand Foyer
Culture and democratic resilience: an address by Glenn Micallef, European Commissioner
Speaker
Glenn Micallef, Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport, European Commission
13:45–14:30
Round table
📍Grand Foyer
Celebrating RESEO and shaping what comes next
Exploring how RESEO’s founding vision has evolved over the past decade and looking ahead to the network’s future, with a focus on sector resilience, interdisciplinary collaboration and its role within the European cultural field.
Speakers
Bernard Foccroulle, initiator of RESEO (Belgium) and former RESEO Chairs Frédérique Tessier (France), Lucy Perry (United Kingdom), Rhian Hutchings (United Kingdom). Moderation by Vania Cauzillo, current RESEO Chair.
14:30–15:15
Workshop
📍Grand Foyer
Who is in the room?
A networking session for participants to connect, share experiences, and discover each other’s work.
15:15–15:45
📍Grand Foyer
Coffee break
15:45–16:30
Keynote
📍Grand Foyer
New variations: On shaping classical music futures
Classical music organizations are looking into ways to connect with new audiences. How can orchestras and ensembles engage with their audiences in artistically meaningful ways? What does renewing concert formats mean for musicians, programmers, marketers, researchers and for the audience itself?
Speaker
Peter Peters, Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University (Netherlands)
16:45–17:30
Round table
📍Grand Foyer
Funding the arts: Foundations, donors and corporate partners
Exploring new funding models, the role of foundations, individual donors, and corporate partners in supporting arts education, participation and social impact projects.
Speakers
Elena Lombardo, Corporate & Sponsor Relations Coordinator, La Monnaie / De Munt (Belgium),
Edilia Gänz, Director, FEDORA Platform (France)
Klaus Fruchtnis Durán, Director, Socially Engaged Arts Program, Chair of the Arts and Culture Funders Forum, Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso & Philea, (France),
Raquel Rivera Fernández, Director, Real Teatro de Retiro (Spain)
Moderation: Müge Altay, cultural manager & RESEO Conference Manager (France)
17:45–18:30
Workshop
📍Salle des Choeurs
Yallah Danse workshop
Building professional dance pathways through international cultural cooperation. With the support of FEDORA.
Facilitators
Emilio Calcagno, Choreographer, Artistic Director, ECO (Italy),
Rosada Letizia Zangrì, Choreographer, Artistic Director, RoZa (Italy)
19:00–21:00
📍Grand Foyer
Cocktail dinner
From 21:00
📍Brussels town centre
Late night social club
Friday 16 October
Location: Ateliers de la Monnaie, 23 rue Léopold
09:30–17:00
📍Entrance
Registrations
09:45–10:30
Presentation
📍Fiocco
Inside the La Monnaie / De Munt Audience Engagement department
The history, activities, and programmes of the Audience Engagement department through real-life examples and participant testimonies.
Speakers
Bérangère Martin, French-speaking Coordinator MM Schools & Family Projects, Carolien De Scrijver, Dutch-speaking Coordinator MM Schools & Family Projects,
Hilde Van Belle, Choir leader
10:30–11:00
📍Foyer Fiocco
Coffee break
11:00–11:45
Parallel sessions
⚠️ Pick one of these two options:
Cultural diplomacy: The role of the artist in society
Presentation
📍Fiocco
What does it mean to be an artist today, beyond the stage? This session explores the role artists can play as ‘Citizen Artists’: not only performers, but role models, mentors, cultural ambassadors and agents of positive change, drawing upon the work of Opera for Peace and the personal journeys of its artists around the world.
Speakers
Julia Lagahuzère, Founder & General Director, Opera for Peace (France)
Edwin Fardini, Opera for Peace Emerging Artist (France)
Voices of the Earth
Workshop
📍Studio 5
This session offers a space to explore our voices, deepen our connection with ourselves and others, and discover new possibilities through sound based practices. Inspired by the community-based & participatory project “Voices of the Earth”, community artist Maia Steinberg will guide the group through co-creative exercises involving listening, singing together and playing with sound. No musical experience is required. Limited space (25 people max) first come first served.
Speaker
Maia Steinberg, VoCreation (Netherlands)
11:45–13:30
📍Foyer Fiocco
Lunch break and Concertini (optional, registration required)
Every Friday lunchtime, La Monnaie open wide the doors of the Grand Foyer for their “Concertini”, musical moments accessible to all.
Lunch for Concertini participants will take place from 11:50 to 12:15.
13:30–15:15
Parallel sessions
⚠️ Please choose the sessions you would like to attend.
13:30-14:20
Zooming in: National perspectives
Panel discussion
📍Fiocco
Representatives from national arts and music education networks discuss priorities for education, participation and young audiences in their respective contexts.
Speakers
Tom Verbeke, Executive Manager, Netzwerk Junge Ohren (Germany)
Camille Soler, Executive Director, RamDam (France)
Silvia Carretero García, President, ROCE (Spain)
Sofia Sofia Grande, Coordinator, ROCE (Spain)
Moderator: Paolo Montemurro, Director, Materahub (Italy)
14:30-15:15
Manifesto for the future: People, places, planet.
Presentation
📍Fiocco
Defining sustainability for participatory music and dance education sectors: the RESEO manifesto.
Facilitator
Mikko Laamanen, Professor, RESEO Sustainability Champion, Oslo Metropolitan University (Norway)
13:30-15:15
Atelier LEON
Dance workshop
📍Studio 5
“LEON shows dance at its most human, most vulnérable and most essentieel.” Beyond fixed roles, LEON invites you to express yourself through dance and movement. No matter your age, gender, body, or background. Limited space (40 people max) first come first served.
Facilitator
Sam De Wit, General Coordinator, LEON (Belgium)
15:15–15:45
📍Foyer Fiocco
Coffee break
15:45–16:30
Round table
📍Fiocco
New aesthetics and formats in participatory opera creation
New formats and aesthetics that respond to contemporary audiences and changing social realities.
Speakers
Barbara Minghetti, Director of programming, AsLicCo (Italy),
Franciska Ery, Director of A Bathroom Opera, winner of the 2025 Carmen Mateu Young Artist European Award (Hungary),
Tobiasz Berg, Choreographer and Artistic Director at Jazdaa Polska! Foundation for Young Creators (Poland),
Moderator: Sarah Théry, Artistic Director, Collectif Meute (France)
16:30–17:15
Discussion
📍Fiocco
Rethinking opera houses for community-based practice
How governance approaches in cultural institutions can evolve to support participatory artistic creation with large and diverse communities. Exploring “Opera Prima”, the Gran Teatre del Liceu’s community project and the examples of La gata perduda and La rosa dels set pètals.
Speakers
Irene Calvis, Head of Social Department, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
Valentí Oviedo, General Director, Gran Teatre del Liceu (Spain)
17:00–17:50
Discussion
📍Fiocco
Ensemble and orchestra focus: Involving professional musicians in education work
What are the challenges of involving musicians in education and participation processes? Practical approaches for efficient collaboration between musicians and diverse audiences in small ensemble projects as well as large orchestra formats.
Speakers
Alice Nardelli, Head of Education, Family and Audience Development, Fondazione Haydn (Italy)
18:15
End of the conference day
(Optional) Introduction to Roméo et Juliette
📍Grand Foyer – French
📍Bonbonnière – Dutch
19:00
Roméo et Juliette
Performance. Directed by Julia Burbach, libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré, music by Charles Gounod. Registration required. More info here.
Saturday 17 October
Location: Ateliers de la Monnaie, 23 rue Léopold
09:30–13:00
📍Entrance
Registrations
09:45–10:45
Parallel sessions
⚠️ Pick one of these two options:
RESEO Research Space
Discussion
📍Fiocco
Exploring different approaches to cooperation between artistic creation and research
Speakers
Nathalie Poisson-Cogez, Professor of Arts Education and Research & Professional Development Coordinator, ESA – Ecole Supérieure d’Art, Dunkirk–Tourcoing ; Oded Ben-Horin, PhD, Vice-Dean for Research and Professor, Faculty of Education, Arts & Sports, Coordinator, Global Science Opera – Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
Music workshop
Workshop
📍Studio 5
A practical workshop exploring how Family Jazz Orchestra brings individuals and families together through creative and improvisational jazz-making.
Facilitators
Jorge Queijo, Family Jazz Orchestra (Portugal)
Alexandra Côrte-Real de Almeida, Education programme and multimedia communication, Family Jazz Orchestra (Portugal)
10:45–11:15
Coffee break
11:15–12:00
Discussion
📍Fiocco
The future that we want
A collective thinking session around the next steps for our network.
12:00–13:30
📍Foyer Fiocco
Lunch
13:30–14:20
Roundtable
📍Foyer Fiocco
Componere: Putting together the music of the future
Artistic and artificial intelligence in composition methodologies.
14:30–15:15
Parallel sessions
⚠️ Pick one of these two options:
YAMAwards and YAM Session
Roundtable
📍Fiocco
Exploring the opportunities offered by the YAM programme for artists and institutions working in education and participation.
Speakers
Matt Clark, JMI programmes & marketing manager (Belgium)
Giulia Annibaletti, JMI programmes manager (Italy)
Sophie van der Stegen, Artistic Director, Cie Artichoke and multiple YAMAward nominee (Belgium)
Opera for and with teenagers and young adults
Presentation
📍Studio 5
From adolescence onwards, young people gain greater agency in choosing their cultural activities, whether as spectators or participants. How can institutions connect with and retain this age group, recognising its specific needs, challenges, and creative vitality?
15:15–15:45
📍Foyer Fiocco
Coffee break
15:45–16:30
Parallel sessions
⚠️ Pick one of these two options:
Journey to co-creation in intergenerational projects
Presentation
📍Studio 5
Exploring different approaches to co-creation in intergenerational artistic projects through European examples.
Member case studies
Presentation
📍Fiocco
Inspiring examples of practice from RESEO members. Details coming soon!
16:30–17:30
📍Studio 5
Music workshop: A Bridge Between Two Worlds
Discovering a participatory musical experience tailored to vulnerable and/or elderly adults.
17:30
End of the conference
19:30-21:00
Guided tour in song
A journey of discovery through La Monnaie / De Munt, from baroque arias to disco hits, from harp to glitter, with opera singer, guide and drag queen Élysée Moon. Followed by a conversation with the artist.
Registration required. More info here.