The Digital Heritage 2025 Congress runs from Monday, September 8 to Friday, September 12, 2025 at San Niccolò Palace.

  • Each day features plenary sessions and parallel scientific tracks across multiple rooms.
  • From Monday to Friday, the Digital Heritage Exhibition will be continuously open, including special events throughout the week.
  • On Saturday, September 13, participants are invited to join Trips & Tours across Tuscany’s cultural and historical sites.
Time Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10 Thursday 11 Friday 12 Saturday 13
08:00–09:00 Registration Registration Registration Registration Registration
09:00–11:00 Tutorials & Workshops Opening Ceremony + EU Talks Scientific Sessions Scientific Sessions, Panels & Workshop Scientific Sessions
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
11:30–13:30 Tutorials & Workshops Keynotes Keynotes Keynotes Keynotes
13:30–14:30 Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Lunch Break Trips & Tours
14:30–15:30 Expo Opening Ceremony Scientific Sessions & Panels Scientific Sessions Scientific Sessions Closing Ceremony & Awards
15:30–16:30 Tutorials, Workshops & Roundtables Scientific Sessions & Panels Scientific Sessions Scientific Sessions
16:30–17:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break
17:00–18:30 Tutorials & Workshops Scientific Sessions & Panels Scientific Sessions & Panels Scientific Sessions & Panels

 

 

Daily Program

Monday 8 Tuesday 9 Wednesday 10Thursday 11 Friday 12

Monday, 8 September 2025
08:00–09:00 Registration
09:00–11:00 Tutorials and Workshops
  • Plenary: 338 – ECHOES Workshop – Opportunities and Tools from the Cultural Heritage Cloud (Xavier Rodier et al) – Part 1
  • Room WEB3D: 370 – Increasing Heritage Accessibility (R. Haynes)
  • Room 1: 296 – Hands on with IIIF (G. Robson, Stanford Univ. IIIF Tech Coord)
  • Room 2: 27 – Large scale heritage site data acquisition and digitization with open source affordable mobile mapping system (J. Bedkowski, Samsung)
  • Room 3: 5 – Enhancing Heritage Communication through Digital Storytelling: Tools, Strategies, Engagement (L. Šejić et al)
  • Room 4: 264 – Navigating the Digital Shift: Emerging Roles in Cultural Heritage Tourism (J. Weber Sabil)
  • Room 5: 371 [T12]- Back to the past: are you getting in the Delorean? (M. Mateo-Pardo, D. Basulto)
  • Room 6: 388 [T1] – The GDH LidArc Initiative Pioneering Global Under-Canopy Archaeology by LiDAR (Campana et al)
11:00–13:00 Coffee Break
11:30–13:30 Tutorials and Workshops
  • Plenary: 338 – ECHOES Workshop – Opportunities and Tools from the Cultural Heritage Cloud (Xavier Rodier et al) – Part 2
  • Room WEB3D: 356- Web3D Publishing Tools and Techniques for Digital Heritage (A. Bergstrom, N. Polys, D. Brutzman)
  • Room 1: 345- Aerial point cloud classification in archaeological scenarios (G. Mazzacca et al FBK)
  • Room 2: 293- Developing interactive web-based virtual environments using ATON and Godot (B. Fanini et al, CNR ISPC, CINECA)
  • Room 3: 352 [T3] – Reimagining the Past: Diverse Voices in Virtual Heritage Reconstructions
  • Room 5: 111 [T6] – Understanding Engagement in Immersive Environments (M. Denni)
  • Room 6: 264 [T2] – Navigating the Digital Shift: Emerging Roles in Cultural Heritage Tourism
13:30–14:30 Lunch Break
14:30–15:30
  • Plenary: Opening
  • Exhibition: DigitalHeritage EXPO Opening Ceremony
15:30–16:30 Tutorials and Workshops
  • Exhibition: Special event @ DH25 expo
  • Plenary: DCH EU Policy Roundtable: Digital Heritage: progressing from hallucinations towards revolutions
  • Room WEB3D: HAnim WG Meeting “Discussion of HAnim body, face, garments, accessories, and motion standards development for the metaverse web3d”
  • Room 1: 290 – Learn to Build Your Own Museum in the Metaverse (N. McDonnell, Univ. Glasgow)
  • Room 2: Roundtable: Digital satellite Earth Observation supporting Heritage (animated by Mario Hernandez)
  • Room 4: 262 – 3D Data in the Data Space for Cultural Heritage – Part 1 (S. Münster, M. Medici, A. Fresa, A. Stan)
  • Room 6: tbc
16:30–17:00 Coffee Break
17:00–18:30 Tutorials and Workshops
  • Exhibition: Special event @ DH25 expo
  • Room 1: 335- SHIFTing to Digital: CH Tools for Accessibility and Appeal from SHIFT Project (K. Valakou et al. FORTH)
  • Room 2: 343 – Writing Knowledge Graphs with Ease: Using Extended Matrix Formal Language for CH (E. Demetrescu et al)
  • Room 3: 245 – Safeguarding the Past: Blending Digital & Traditional Tools to Combat Illicit Excavations & Cultural Property Trafficking (D. Abate et al)
  • Room 4: 262 – 3D Data in the Data Space for Cultural Heritage – Part 2 (S. Münster, M. Medici, A. Fresa, A. Stan)
  • Room 5: 360 – Collections as Data across GLAM Labs (A. Irollo et al)
  • Room 6: tbc

Tuesday, 9 September 2025

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–11:00 Opening Ceremony + EU Talks
  • Plenary: DigitalHeritage CONGRESS Opening Ceremony
  • Kristien Van Goey (EU Head of Unit ‘Inclusive Society’), Patricio Ortiz de la Torre (EU Head of Sector ‘Cultural Heritage’): From Horizon Europe to Digital Heritage: Cluster 2’s Role in Cultural Preservation

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 Keynotes
  • Plenary: J. Paturno (ESA): Driving Innovation in Cultural and Natural Heritage Management: Institutional Partnerships and Industry Innovation; Livio De Luca (CNRS): Building Cathedrals of digital data & multidisciplinary knowledge for heritage science

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–16:00 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: (P. Lievaux): Round-Table – Digital Technologies for the Conservation and Management of Heritage
  • Room A WEB3D: Paper Session 1
  • Room B WEB3D: Tutorial 1
  • Room 2: Panel 269 [T1] Powering 3D digitisation of Europe’s heritage: challenges and opportunities (K. Fernie et al)
  • Room 3: T6 – S1 XR Platforms and Frameworks for Cultural Engagement
  • Room 4: T1- S1 Digital tools for monitoring heritage at risk (c. S. Campana)
  • Room 5: T10- H2IOSC Project Developmentn

16:00–16:30 Coffee Break

16:30–18:30 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: Round-Table – Beyond Digital Libraries (CNR, CINECA, MIC et al)
  • Room A WEB3D: Paper Session 2
  • Room B WEB3D: Workshop 1
  • Room 2: Panel 127 [T6] – Enhancing Engagement with CH through Multi-vocal Storytelling (K. Hadick)
  • Room 3: T6 – S2 Visual Archives and Historical Imagery in VR; S3 Digital Heritage Research: History, Archaeology, and VR Reconstruction
  • Room 4: T1 – S5 Predictive analysis, AI, simulation, and novel computational methods (c. G. Guidi)
  • Room 5: Panel 311 [2] Generative AI and the Narrative Turn in Digital Cultural Heritage Education

Wednesday, 10 September 2025

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–11:00 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: T9 – Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECHOES)
  • Room A WEB3D: Paper Session 3
  • Room B WEB3D: Tutorial 2
  • Room 1: T6 – S4: Accessibility and Inclusive Engagement; T6 – S5: Immersive and Interactive VR/AR in CH
  • Room 2: T2-S1 From DH Theory and Principles to Innovative Practice: Participation, Training, and Access (c. A. Chrysanthi)
  • Room 3: T5 – S1 Semantics-driven interaction with digitized heritage
  • Room 4: T4 – S1 Digitization and Technology (c. M. Hoffmann)
  • Room 5: T14 – S1- Modern Technologies for Serious Gaming in Cultural Heritage (c. C. E. Catalano)

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 Keynotes & Paper Sessions
  • Plenary: S. Kenderdine (EPFL) – Computational Museology; H. Maschner (GDH) – Global Digital Heritage and the Mass-Digitisation of Heritage: a Guerilla Manifesto
  • Room A WEB3D: Paper Session 4 – Web3D + Digital Heritage; Paper Session 5
  • Room B WEB3D: Industrial Use Cases

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–16:00 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: T6 – S6: Historical Imagery in VR
  • Exhibition: Special Event @ DH25 Expo
  • Room A WEB3D: Paper Session 6
  • Room B WEB3D: Workshop 2
  • Room 1: T1 – S2 Digitization, Documentation and Dissemination Workflow
  • Room 2: T2-S2 Digital Heritage, Tourism, and Sustainability (c. A. Marasco)
  • Room 3: T5 – S2 Analysing and documenting the creation process, evolution and context
  • Room 4: T4 -S3 Digitization and Segmentation (c. F. Remondino)
  • Room 5: T14 – S2- Game Design Methods and Applications (c. K. Körner)
11:00–13:00 Coffee Break

16:30–18:30 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: T6 – S7 Digitization and 3D Visualization for Heritage Accessibility; T6 – S8 Narratives, Multimodality, and Emotional Engagement in Heritage”
  • Exhibition: Special Event @ DH25 Expo
  • Room A WEB3D: Demonstrations: HAnim + Web3D Tools Contest + Awards Ceremony
  • Room 1: T1 – S4 From 3D Models to Digital Platorms and Digital Twins (c. V. Abergel)
  • Room 2: Panel 288 [T2] – AI and CH in Practice: exploring approaches to values, law, and responsible openness (A. Foka et al)
  • Room 3: T5 – S3 Analysing and documenting digitized assets
  • Room 4: T4 – S2 Digitization tools and applications (c. P. Santos)
  • Room 5: T14-S3 – Explorative Approaches for History

 

Thursday, 11 September 2025

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–11:00 Scientific Sessions, Panels & Workshop
  • Plenary: 393 – Workshop: Data Collection and Reuse in Digital Heritage: Approaches and Results from the Digital Cultural Heritage Cluster
  • Room 1: T1 – S3: Instrumental and Computational Approaches for CH Conservation (c. C. Miliani)
  • Room 2: T6 – S9: AI and Generative Techniques for Heritage Reconstruction
  • Room 3: T5 – S4: Analysing and Documenting Sites and Landscapes
  • Room 4: T12 – S1: Digital Technologies for CHANGES
  • Room 5: T3 – S2: Standards and Community-Driven Tools

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 Keynotes
  • Plenary: D. Powlesland – Landscape Research Centre (UK): A Finger on the Button of Time: 41 Years of Digital Documentation in Field Archaeology in Yorkshire; tbc

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–16:00 Scientific Sessions and Posters
  • Exhibition: Special Event @ DH25 Expo
  • Room 1–5: POSTER presentations

16:00–16:30 Coffee Break + Room 5: Game Session

16:30–18:30 Scientific Sessions and Panels
  • Plenary: T8 – PERCEIVE: Exhibiting the “Unexhibitable”
  • Exhibition: Special Event @ DH25 Expo
  • Room 1: T4 – S4: Digitization Case Studies (c. P. Santos)
  • Room 2: T6 – S10: Storytelling and Interpretation in Digital Heritage
  • Room 3: T5 – S5: Extracting Knowledge from Digitized Asset
  • Room 4: T12 – S2: Digital Technologies for CHANGES
  • Room 5: T3 – S1: Infrastructures, Platforms and Digital Ecosystems

Evening Social Dinner

Friday, 12 September 2025

08:00–09:00 Registration

09:00–11:00 Scientific Sessions and Events
  • Plenary: GCH Working Group
  • Exhibition: Special Event @ DH25 Expo
  • Room 1: T12 – S3: Digital Technologies for CHANGES
  • Room 2: T3 – S3: Data Analysis, Datasets and Multimodal Approaches
  • Room 5: T13 – S1: Phygital Worlds & XR in Cultural Heritage

11:00–11:30 Coffee Break

11:30–13:00 Keynotes
  • Plenary: Keynotes

13:30–14:30 Lunch Break

14:30–15:30 Closing Ceremony
  • Plenary: Digital Heritage Closing Ceremony and Awards

15:30–16:30 Meetings
  • Plenary: Digital Heritage Committee Meeting
  • Room 2–5: Meeting Slot Available