Description :
Cultural Heritage, comprising of tangible cultural heritage, natural cultural heritage and more and more digital cultural heritage, is a key pillar of human society and identity. It’s impact on economic added value is also recognised: In Europe, for example, cultural tourism accounts for 40% of all touristic activates. While the digitalisation of the cultural heritage value chain remained relatively slow, the last years, and especially the impact of lockdowns and social distancing, have opened new opportunities for archaeologists, researchers, site managers, public administrators and visitors likewise. Digitalisation has become a major chance for the sector, supported by national and European policies and funding programmes. This development leads to new interfaces with the space sector and related technological advancements from cultural heritage creation (e.g. prospection & exploration, operations and recognition), through production (e.g. monitoring, conservation, protection) to transmission (e.g. site management, education, dissemination, and commercial products).
The deep dive aims at better understanding recent trends and developments in the sector as well as the current awareness level and usage with regard to EO data exploitation, but also developments in the fields of big data, data fusion, artificial intelligence, virtual and augmented reality.

Speakers:

• Elizabeth Brabec – ICOMOS
• Iris Kramer – ArchAI
• Arianna Traviglia – Centre for Cultural Heritage Technology, Italian Institute of Technology
• Grazia Fiore– Head of Programmes, Eurisy