Heritage in 20 Years: Have your Say
Join the rest of the sector and debate what will matter most in 20 years time.
This year's online Heritage Debate (taking place on 24 November, 5-7pm) will discuss – Heritage in 20 Years: What will matter most?
About Heritage Debate
Each year, The Heritage Alliance’s Heritage Debate offers the chance for all those interested in heritage to come together and explore key challenges facing the sector. This year, attendees will be invited to collectively examine which of the key questions facing the sector will be most important in 20 years’ time.
This Year's Topic
Five panellists will make the case for a specific priority and why that priority will be the most important issue for the sector in 2042. At the end of the debate, all attendees will take the role of funders and will have the chance to allocate fictional funding between the 5 priorities.
The five issues the panel will present and defend the importance of will be:
- Community value
- Inherent value
- Business value
- Climate crisis
- Skills and workforce
Be a Contributor - Heritage in 20 Years: Have your Say
To kickstart this important discussion, all heritage professionals and volunteers are invited to share thoughts on what they think the sector’s top priority will be in 20 years’ time and how the sector might look then. Send a short blog post (up to 500 words) outlining your perspective, and Heritage Alliance will share it on their website in the lead-up to the event.
They will also be unpacking reflections from these blogs in the lead-up to this year’s Heritage Debate on Twitter and in Heritage Update.
Read the full guidance and submit your blog here.
The deadline for submissions is Friday 21 October.
