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In March 2026, the EAC held its 27th Annual Meeting at the Altamira Museum and National Research Centre, Santillana del Mar, Spain. Our thanks to the Ministry of Culture of Spain and its partners for generously hosting the event. The symposium topic was 'Bridging Borders in Heritage Protection: best practice against archaeological crime' and the event provided two days of thought-provoking talks and discussions on this complex and important topic. We welcomed two new members

In March 2025, the EAC held workshops in Gdańsk, and invited members and colleagues to share their priorities in the context of the Valletta and Faro Conventions, to guide the activities of the EAC in the coming years. The workshops were based on four topics identified as priorities in a survey conducted the previous year, namely: heritage crime; citizen science and public benefit; landscape management and archaeology; and climate change and sustainability. The technical repo

The 27th EAC General Assembly and Heritage Symposium will be held on 19-20 March 2026 in Altamira, Santillana del Mar, Spain. The symposium will be followed by an excursion on 21 March 2026.   The event is organised by the Ministry of Culture of Spain, and is hosted by the Museum of Altamira. The scientific coordinators are Pilar Fatás (Director, Museo de Altamira) and Marta Arcos and Cristina Lafuente (Ministry of Culture of Spain). ​ The theme of the heritage symposium is '