14th International Congress "Cultural Heritage and New Technologies"

The 14th International Conference on "Cultural Heritage and New Technologies" will take place in Vienna from 16th to 18th November 2009, as a cooperation between the Region of Wien, the Working Community of the Danube Regions and AER Committee 3 (Culture, Education & Interregional Co-operation).

MAIN TOPIC 2009:
ARCHIVING - or building an information system

Archiving is today central to nearly all aspects of Cultural Heritage Management. Archives (Archaeological excavations, libraries, documents, data collections,...) are important data repositories. The data contained in correctly treated and accessible archives makes wide and varied information available. The Conference explores how can archiving in all its aspects best promote knowledge about and support the protection and conservation of cultural heritage.

History and objectives of the Conference

The basis for the Conference, which takes place every autumn in Vienna, was laid in 1996 by the authorities of the Region of Vienna in form of a Workshop on Archaeology and Computers.

The departments involved in Archaelogy, Research and data processing had found that, with the advance of modern EDP, more and more archaeologists had turned from mere computer users to developers of tailor-made computer applications. On the other hand, there was a clear lack of co-ordination and co-operation on these issues. Therefore an initiative was started to establish a platform for experts to exchange information on the development of single-standard applications, to solve problems, and to intensify cooperation in this field.

The Conference soon attracted experts from many other fields and various countries in Europe, such as computer specialists, public sector representatives from municipal and regional institutions and private sector representatives and continues to raise interest with an always wider public.

• Links to Conference documents
  • Preliminary Program
    
  • Call for Paper
    
  • CALL for POSTERS - “Contributions" (on Reports, Proposals, Projects)