Following the success of its first edition, the 2026 International Forum on the Sustainability of Culture is expanding its international network and deepening its reflection on culture as shared infrastructure.

The second edition, dedicated entirely to Culture Commons, will take place on 25–26 September 2026 in a hybrid format — in person and live-streamed on YouTube and social channels.

The edition's theme, Culture Commons, also shapes how it is organised: the Forum unfolds through a distributed network, rooted in each of the territories that host it. Both days follow the same relay-style schedule, moving across the time zones of eight hubs — Tokyo, Shenzhen, Tanguiéta, Jakarta, Berlin, Guatemala City, Santa Sofia, and New York — connecting them in real time, online and in person. The roundtables, made up of artists, economists, scholars, and cultural professionals, invite open participation and live questions from anywhere in the world.

A branching structure with a single aim: to put the commons to the test as a model. Are they genuinely applicable to cultural, economic, and social life? And where they are, with what practical tools? Each roundtable is conceived as a collective laboratory, tasked with posing practical questions and formulating concrete answers.

Many of the in-person events across the various venues are designed to generate social impact in the places where they unfold. At the Santa Sofia venue, the work on local engagement begun in the previous edition blossoms into a group exhibition and a closing assembly (not streamed), conceived to translate the themes discussed at the international roundtables into practice within the specific local context — one rich in grassroots community associations.

FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

14.00 – 14.30    Welcome and opening of the Forum

Institutional greetings

14.30 – 14.45    Presentation of the Forum

Objectives and themes of the 2026 edition

THEME 1 · Digital Commons, Technology and Artificial Intelligence   #DIGITAL_COMMONS

What commons emerge through technology, and what role can technology play in their development?

14.45 – 15.30    Vision 1

Q&A and discussion to follow.

15.45 – 16.30    🌍  International connection

Berlin — Trust

Q&A and discussion to follow.

THEME 2 · Shared Governance and participative cultures   #POWER_DISTRIBUTION

What collaborative and democratic models exist for the distribution of power?

17.00 – 17.45    Silvia Federici   ·   Vision

Q&A and discussion to follow.

18.00 – 18.30    Vision 2

Q&A and discussion to follow.

18.45 – 19.30    🌍  International connection

New York — Prime Produce + Cybernetics Library + Wikimedia NYC

20.00 – 20.15    Gladys Tzul Tzul   ·   Vision

Q&A and discussion to follow.

SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

9.30 – 10.15    🌍  International connection

Tokyo — Denkiyu

Q&A and discussion to follow.

10.30    Laura Pando Martínez  —  Julie’s Bicycle   ·   Vision

Q&A and discussion to follow.

11.00 – 11.45    🌍  International connection

Shenzhen — Sea World Culture and Arts Center

Q&A and discussion to follow.

THEME 3 · Post-Capitalist Economies and Mutualist Models   #MUTUALIST_ECONOMY

What mutualist economic structures are viable in post-capitalism?

12.00 – 12.45    🌍  International connection

Tanguiéta (Benin) — Écomusée Tata Somba

Q&A and discussion to follow.

13.00 – 14.00    Lunch break

14.00 – 14.45    🌍  International connection

Jakarta — ruangrupa

Q&A and discussion to follow.

15.30 – 16.30    Session in Santa Sofia  —  Institution

Q&A and discussion to follow.

16.45    End of live streaming

17.15    Collaboration and Territorial Synergies Table

In person · Vero Stoppioni Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Sofia (not streamed)

19.30    Opening of the group exhibition dedicated to the Territorial Network

Vero Stoppioni Gallery of Contemporary Art, Santa Sofia

The event will be streamed on our YouTube channel.

The complete program will be released soon.