10:00 – 12:00 | Guest Arrival + Cafecito
12:30 – 13:00 | Opening Remarks
- Welcome by Dominique Petit-Frère (Founder, Limbo Museum)
- Remarks by Cathy Brickwood (Head of Digital Culture Programme, Nieuwe Instituut)
- Remarks by representative of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana
Purpose: Introduce the partnership, frame the intent of the gathering, acknowledge stakeholders.
13:00 – 14:00 | Session 1: Digital Culture & Cross-Context Innovation
Format: Short Presentations + Panel Discussion
Speakers:
- Thomas Orbon (Project Lead, -1 Lab at Nieuwe Instituut)
- Selected Ghanaian digital artists/designers (e.g. interaction designer, game developer, digital archivist)
Moderated by: Nuna Doe
Focus:
- What does it mean to build “digital culture” from within?
- Case studies from both Ghana and the Netherlands
- Shared challenges: access, ownership, preservation
14:00 – 15:00 | Studio Encounters
- “Studio Encounter” booths with short, casual demos from Ghanaian makers
- David Alabo
- Ohemeng
- Nyahan
- Tracey Thompson
- -1 Residents
15:00 – 16:00 | Session 2: Archives, Memory & Experimentation
Format: Conversational roundtable
Participants:
- Cathy Brickwood
- Local digital artists / creative technologists
Topics:
- Archiving as activism
- Opportunities for co-research and digital storytelling
16:30 – 17:00 | Closing Reflections
- Reflections from Cathy, Thomas, and Limbo team
- Invitation to continued engagement
- Public announcement of shared intent for a longer-term digital creative hub in Accra
17:00 – 20:30 | Networking Drinks + DJ Set
- Sundown cocktail/networking hour
- DJ set by a local sound artist active in digital/experimental culture
