Digital Heritage 2013 – Marseille

The first joint Digital Heritage congress took place in Marseille, France, as part of the European Union’s Capital of Culture celebrations. Over the course of the five-day event, it attracted 700 participants from around the world. The “Digital Heritage Expo,” a major highlight of the event, showcased innovative solutions and challenges in heritage preservation, drawing 3,000 visitors to a 600m² exhibition space. Academically, the congress was highly competitive, with 101 full papers selected for publication (a 30% rejection rate), and joint proceedings were published in open access by IEEE and Eurographics. Several prestigious awards were given, including six Best Paper Awards published in ACM JOCCH, three Best Applications Awards, and two Autodesk Awards recognizing young innovators.

Federated Events – Chairs:

  • ARCHEOVIRTUAL: Exhibition on Virtual Archaeology and Museums
  • ARQUEOLOGICA2.0: Int’l Meeting on Archaeology, Graphic Informatics, Heritage & Innovation
  • DAW: Digital Art Week
  • CAA: Fall Symposium
  • CIPA: Special ICOMOS/ISPRS Heritage Documentation Workshop
  • GCH: Eurographics Symposium on Graphics and Cultural Heritage
  • Space2Place: Special Workshop on Remote Sensing in Archaeology
  • VSMM: International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia
  • MEMORY of the WORLD: UNESCO Int’l Conference on Memory of the World in the Digital Age
  • ICOMOS ICIP: Digital Interpretation Panel of International Committee for Heritage Interpretation & Presentation

In addition, tutorials and workshops were organized by EU projects. For more details, visit the official website: www.digitalheritage2013.org

Digital Heritage 2015 – Granada

It was followed in 2015 by a second European Congress held in Granada, Spain, at the Science Park in collaboration with Alhambra. This event brought together approximately 500 researchers and featured an exhibition covering 1000 m².

Federated Events – Chairs:

  • ARCHAEOVIRTUAL, Sofia Pescarin, Italian National Research Council (Italy)
  • ARQUEOLOGICA2.0, Alfredo Grande & Jose Luis Lerma, Spanish Society of Virtual Archaeology (Spain)
  • CAA, Lisa Fischer, Jamestown Rediscovery (USA) and Heather Richards-Rissetto, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
  • CIPA (ICOMOS), Andreas Georgopoulos, National Technical University of Athens (Greece) and Mario Santana, Carleton University (Canada)
  • GCH, Dieter Fellner, Fraunhofer IGD (Germany) and Roberto Scopigno, Italian National Research Council (Italy)
  • Space2Place, Maurizio Forte, Duke University (USA) and Stefano Campana, University of Cambridge (UK)
  • VSMM, Alonzo Addison & Livio De Luca, VSMM Society

Digital Heritage EXPO 2015:

Science Museum

  • 32 Projects Selected
  • 1 Best Content Award
  • 1 People’s Choice Award

Digital Heritage 2018 – San Francisco

In 2018, the digital heritage event ventured beyond Europe for the first time, taking place in the vibrant and historic Bay Area of San Francisco. Set against the backdrop of the waterfront, this landmark event was organized around four primary heritage categories, reflecting the spirit of UNESCO:

  • Built Heritage: From monumental structures to archaeological sites, cities, and landscapes, this category encompasses the UNESCO World Heritage Convention.
  • Artifacts & Collections: Covering movable objects and the museums that house them, this category aligns with the UNESCO Movable Heritage & Museums Program.
  • Libraries & Archives: Documenting heritage through books and audiovisual collections, this category is guided by the UNESCO Memory of the World Program.
  • Culture & Traditions: Including folklife, languages, crafts, song, and dance, this category reflects the UNESCO Intangible Heritage Convention.

For more details, visit the original program schedule here.