ENIGMA – ENIGMA EU

ENIGMA in the Greek press coverage

enigma_admin — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:26:08 +0000

ENIGMA on the frontage of the Greek newspaper "Kathimerini"

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Dates: 18 December 2025
Location: Greek Press – Kathimerini

The ENIGMA Project has been featured on the front page of Kathimerini, one of Greece’s most trusted and authoritative newspapers.

The ENIGMA Project Coordinator, Charalampos Georgiadis, has provided an eye-opening report that explores the cutting-edge digital initiative of ENIGMA’s platform as a powerful new tool in the fight against the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage.

The article takes readers inside real-world airport simulations, where authorities use the innovative ENIGMA platform to rapidly identify suspicious antiquities and safeguard priceless artefacts.

It highlights how ENIGMA brings together artificial intelligence, remote sensing, and an international network of experts, accelerating the identification of looted cultural goods — from 3D imaging to crowdsourced alerts that empower both professionals and the public.

Read the full article in press (Greek only, paid version)

Read the article (English, online)

ENIGMA Final Event

enigma_admin — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:06:33 +0000

ENIGMA FINAL EVENT

Technology and Data for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage

Date: 3 December 2025
Location: Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels, Belgium & Online

Organizer: ENIGMA Consortium

Description: ENIGMA is a European research project that leverages data-driven technologies to combat the illicit trade of cultural goods. By improving interoperability, traceability, and collaboration among stakeholders, ENIGMA contributes to a safer and more transparent cultural heritage ecosystem.

After three fruitful years, the ENIGMA Consortium is pleased to announce the ENIGMA Final Conference, titled “Unlocking ENIGMA – Technology and Data for Safeguarding Cultural Heritage,” to be held on 3 December 2025 at the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels and online.

The event will bring together experts, policymakers, cultural heritage institutions, and law enforcement agencies to discuss how technology and data can strengthen efforts to combat illicit trade in cultural goods and protect global heritage.

Over the past years, the ENIGMA project, funded by the European Union, has developed innovative tools and a collaborative platform to enhance data sharing, traceability, and interoperability in the cultural heritage sector. The final conference will showcase these achievements and provide a space for dialogue and future collaboration.

The one-day program features:

Keynotes on data, technology, and heritage protection by leading experts from Europeana Foundation and the Belgian Federal Police.
A live demonstration of the ENIGMA platform and tools.
A panel discussion on data interoperability for safeguarding cultural heritage.
A roundtable with representatives from related EU projects (ANCHISE, AURORA) exploring the way forward.

Participants will gain insights into practical solutions, policy recommendations, and technological innovations that bridge the worlds of cultural stewardship and security.
“ENIGMA represents a milestone in how data and technology can unite cultural and security stakeholders to protect our shared heritage,” said Prof. Georgiadis Charalampos of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, ENIGMA Coordinator.

The conference is free and open to the public, with prior registration required for both in-person and online attendance.

Download Program

Register and Join: https://forms.gle/byukPxh1soeME5rh6

Press Release Round Table with Aurora Project

enigma_admin — Tue, 18 Feb 2025 18:34:15 +0000

ENIGMA ROUNDTABLE EVENT with AURORA PROJECT

Online

Press Release

On February 18^th 2025, ENIGMA (Endorsing safeguarding, protection, and provenance management of cultural heritage) and AURORA (Artwork Unique Recognition and Tracking through Chemical encoded data, miniaturized devices and blockchain alliance) projects organized a round table to discuss the blockchain technologies and tools that are being developed in both projects to identify common grounds and potential synergies between the projects.

The discussion focused on the development issues and the integration of blockchain under real-world conditions in the cultural heritage sector.

The round table was attended by 10 participants from both projects. During the round table, an overview of the developed tools and technologies was presented followed by a discussion of the tools and the potential synergies that could be created.

The conclusions of the ENIGMA and AURORA round table were the following:

Since both projects are still developing and optimizing their tools considering end-user feedback another meeting will be scheduled later when the tools are more mature to identify potential synergies.
ENIGMA and AURORA use similar blockchain technologies, but they are trying to solve different problems. AURORA is focusing on creating a blockchain approach to known registered cultural goods with known provenance, while ENIGMA is focusing on creating a blockchain approach to unregistered unknown cultural goods.

ANCHISE Talks

enigma_admin — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 22:06:20 +0000

ANCHISE Talks - Webminars Series

ENIGMA

Dates: 26 March 2025

Organisor: ACHISE Project

Place: Online

Time: 5-6 PM CET

After five successful episodes with over 300 participants discussing different subjects related to the illicit trafficking of cultural goods, ANCHISE Talks opens the floor to our sister projects—the AURORA Project and the ENIGMA EU Project. We will discuss the solutions for different projects and the role of the EU in research and innovation in this field.

“EU projects for the protection of cultural goods”

The third episode of this cycle will be a conversation with Véronique Chankowski for ANCHISE, Domenico Romano for AURORA and Charalambos Georgiadis (Project Coordinator) for ENIGMA.

Make sure to be part of this insightful conversation with experts from the sector and the ANCHISE project.

Registration is required HERE

ENIGMA – FastForward News

enigma_admin — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 09:39:42 +0000

ENIGMA Project: Innovative Digital Tools Combat Illegal Trafficking of Cultural Heritage

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Workshop for ArchaeologistsDates: 7-9 April 2025
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus, Hydrid

Advanced digital technologies are being developed to combat the illegal trafficking of cultural heritage, including 3D reconstruction of artifacts from incomplete data, AI-powered detection tools, satellite monitoring of archaeological sites, provenance research mechanisms, and threat simulation systems. These cutting-edge solutions were presented during a hybrid workshop organized as part of the European ENIGMA project, according to the Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence.

The workshop was held at the Archaeological Research Unit of the University of Cyprus in Nicosia, with dozens of participants from various European countries and the global community joining online via teleconference.

Workshop for Archaeologists

More details:

https://fastforward.com.cy/tech/enigma-project-digital-tools-cultural-heritage

Press Release Round Table with ANCHISE Project

enigma_admin — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 19:49:25 +0000

ENIGMA ROUNDTABLE EVENT with ANCHISE PROJECT

Press Release

On January 14^th 2025, ENIGMA (Endorsing safeguarding, protection, and provenance management of cultural heritage) and ANCHISE (Applying New solutions for Cultural Heritage protection by Innovative, Scientific, social and economic Engagement) projects organized a round to discuss the tools that are being developed in both projects to identify common grounds and potential synergies between the projects.

The round table agenda included the presentation of the Provenance Research tool, the Earth Observation Toolkit and the 3D reconstruction from incomplete information tools developed by ENIGMA, and the Monitoring Toolbox, Arte-Fact (c), CYI database, INOV, ART-CH, and KIKu tools developed by ANCHISE.

The round table was attended by 23 participants from both projects. During the round table, an overview of the developed tools was presented, followed by a discussion on the tools and the potential synergies that could be created.

The conclusions of the ENIGMA and ANCHISE round table were the following:

Since both projects are still developing and optimizing their tools considering end-user feedback, another meeting will be scheduled later when the tools are more mature to identify potential synergies.
To identify potential synergies at the data interoperability issues and the database structures used in the ENIGMA and ANCHISE to schedule a meeting between the ENIGMA partners KIKLO and CLK, and CYI from ANCHISE.