Assessment for Immersive storytelling development
Workshop at Archaeological site Stobi in N. Macedonia
Date: May 31st – June 3rd 2021

This was a three-day event that provided joint working and field visit sessions for 14 participants from the project`s partners. The workshop intention was to provide assessment of the capacities of cultural heritage institutions to use
new technologies and develop immersive storytelling narratives attractive for new audience.
During the workshop, all partners worked together towards mapping the capacities of the
culture heritage institutions in WB through the cases of the Archaeological sites Stobi,
Viminacium and Emona. This workshop increased the capacities and established a cooperation
model between the cultural and creative industries to adapt to the digital shift by providing an immersive storytelling experience for the visitors through the remains from the Roman period.
PROGRAM:
May 31, Monday, Arrival day
City tour in Skopje
June 01, Tuesday
Working Day
10:00- 10:30 Introduction session
Milan Tancheski, Executive manager & Zorica Velkovska, Project manager at Center for Social Innovations Blink 42-21
10:30- 11:30 Developing Immersive Storytelling narratives
Stefan Palitov, Experience developer (TBC)
11:30- 12:00 Coffee break
12:00- 12:30 Presentation best culture heritage experiences
Stefan Palitov, Experience developer (TBC)
12:30- 13:00 Open discussion and conclusions
13:00- 15:00 Free time
15:00 -16.30 Mapping the capacities of the culture heritage institutions for using digital technologies, part 1
1. Presentation Archaeological site Stobi, North Macedonia
Dimitar Nikolovski, Archaeologist
2. Presentation VR app Gladiators are back in Stobi
Zorica Velkovska, Blink 42-21 & Dimitar Nikolovski, NI Stobi
16.30- 17:00 Coffee Break
17:00-18:30 Mapping the capacities of the culture heritage institutions for using digital technologies, part 2
1. Presentation Archaeological Institute Belgrade, Serbia by Ivan Bogdanovic, Archaeologist
2. Presentation Archaeological park Viminacium by Ivan Bogdanovic, Archaeologist
18:30-19:00 Open discussion and conclusions
19:00 Free time
June 02, Wednesday
Study visit day at Archaeological Site Stobi
09:00 Departure to Archaeological Site Stobi
10:30- 12:30 Tour & VR experience at the Archaeological Site Stobi
12:30 -13:30 Open discussion and conclusions
13:30-14:00 Travel to Stobi Winery
14:00-16:30 Lunch at Stobi Winery
16:30 Departure to Skopje
18:00 Free time
03 June, Thursday
Departure day
Time for socializing