On 14 May policymakers, practitioners and academics from across Europe gathered in Leuven to envision the future of cultural and heritage ecosystems in a rapidly changing world as part of Pioneering Futures: Rethinking Cultural and Heritage Ecosystems - an official event of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2024 organised by HERKUL - KU Leuven Institute for Cultural Heritage in partnership with Una Europa.