The third edition of EDI – Education Integration Global Forum concluded March 20, 2026, in Naples, confirming its role as one of the leading international events dedicated to visual education, contemporary art, and the role of cultural institutions in today’s society. “How can we learn to look at images critically?” was the guiding question of this third edition. A reflection on our ability to interpret and understand images in the age of artificial intelligence, deep fakes, and disinformation. This reflection is connected to the concept of “slow watching”: an invitation to slow down our gaze, observe consciously, and develop a critical capacity in interpreting images, in response to the visual overabundance that defines the present.

Through panels, conferences, workshops, and exhibition projects spread across the city’s main cultural venues, EDI Global Forum fostered interdisciplinary dialogue among museums, universities, artists, and researchers on the role of visual education as a fundamental civic skill.

Promoted by Fondazione Morra Greco with the support of Regione Campania, EDI Global Forum brought together museum directors, curators, artists, educators, researchers, and audiences from around the world over three days, transforming the city into an international laboratory for cultural exchange and planning. The official conclusions, delivered during the closing event at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli, were entrusted to Sylvain Bellenger, Director General of EDI Global Forum; Maurizio Morra Greco, President of Fondazione Morra Greco; and Francesca Amirante, Regional Councillor of Campania.

The global reach of the 2026 edition is reflected in significant numbers:

Among the key participants of this third edition were some of the most authoritative institutions on the global stage, including: Louvre (Paris), Centre Pompidou (Paris), Tate Modern (London), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Brooklyn Museum (New York), Museo Nacional del Prado (Madrid), Fondation Beyeler (Basel), Irish Museum of Modern Art (Dublin), MASP (São Paulo, Brazil), National Gallery (Singapore), Castello di Rivoli (Turin), MAXXI (Rome).

Naples and Italy reaffirm their role as a strategic hub for EDI Global Forum, thanks to the involvement of a dynamic cultural ecosystem including major national museums, internationally renowned private foundations, academies and universities, scientific and cultural research centers, embassies, and consulates. A system capable of weaving together contemporary art, historical heritage, social innovation, and technology.

The 2026 edition also stood out for strengthening direct connections between iconic institutions and experimental realities, the coexistence of art museums, science museums, foundations, universities, and digital platforms, and a strong North–South dialogue channel, with the participation of African and Asian institutions alongside leading European and American actors.

Furthermore, during the French presidency of the G7 in 2026 in Évian, EDI Global Forum will be relaunched as a reference initiative, marking the first time culture is positioned as a central theme of the summit.

Symbolically closing the third edition of the Forum is the project #SpazioFOTOcopia, conceived by Yvonne De Rosa and developed by EDI, which transforms the historic center of Naples into a widespread exhibition space. An urban intervention that replaces images with their descriptions, inviting the public to slow down, imagine, and reflect critically—introducing the concept of “slow watching” and proposing a new way of engaging with contemporary images.

The third edition of EDI Global Forum concludes by confirming the need to rethink the role of visual education as a fundamental tool for shaping aware citizens in an era of image overabundance and manipulation. Naples strengthens its role as host city, but also as an international cultural platform capable of generating connections, visions, and new trajectories for the future of cultural institutions.