Call for Participation at the Conference Networking Sessions

2008 EVA/MINERVA Jerusalem Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage

11-12 November 2008

We look forward to your participation in the 2008 EVA/MINERVA Jerusalem Conference on the Digitisation of Cultural Heritage and invite you to submit a proposal for the Conference Networking sessions to be held the 11^th  and the 12^th  of November 2008.

The conference networking sessions are designed to provide a structured environment to network with your colleagues with whom you have common interests. You can share information, set goals and mix and mingle. This is also the place to hold meetings, meet research and business contacts or simply take a moment and enjoy the wine and cheese.

You can explore the presentations and identify those colleagues with whom you wish to further pursue contacts in view of possible joint endeavours.

To guarantee that the time is well used the networking sessions will be structured through previously reviewed presentations and clustering. Below you will find the detailed instructions regarding the content areas for which presentations are requested; the way to prepare and propose a presentation abstract; and the relevant deadline dates.

The ample space of the Conference Networking sessions will be arranged so as to create clusters of presentations with common affinities. Thus we intend to have people with potential common interests presenting near each other so as to facilitate their interaction.

Read the instructions that follow below and send the abstract of your proposal to Susan Hazan shazan at  netvision.net.il or to Dov Winer dovw at savion.huji.ac.il . The approved proposals will be presented at the Conference Networking sessions..

Abstract proposal submission                  Friday             October 10^th 2008

Author notification                                      Thursday       October 31^st 2008

Content areas for which Presentations are requested

1. Technological Challenges for Digital Culture. See:
   Projects being funded by the European Commission in the RTD Program
   http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/ict/telearn-digicult/digicult-projects_en.html
   Projects funded by the European Commission in the eContentPlus Program
   http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/activities/econtentplus/projects/funded_projects/index_en.htm
   Former technological watch report on Cultural Heritage
   http://www.digicult.info/pages/techwatch.php
   
   
2. New Media
   
   
3. Technologies for Sound and Music Archives. Broadcasting archives.
   
   
4.  Long term preservation of digitised resources. Records management.
   
   
5.  Digitisation in Architecture and Design.
   
   
6.  Advanced technologies for performing Arts and Theatre.
   
   
7. Digitisation Project Planning (The Reasons for the project, Human Resources, Research, Risks)
   
   
8. Selecting Source Material for Digitisation (Establish Selection Criteria, Selection Against the Criteria)
   
   
9. Preparation for Digitisation (Hardware; Software; Environment)
   
   
10.  Handling of Originals (Moving and Manipulating Original Material)
    
    
11.  The Digitisation Process (Using Scanners; Using Digital Cameras; Software Applications for Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
12.  Preservation of Digital Master Material (File Formats; Media Choices; Migration Strategies)
    
    
13.  Meta-Data (The Scope of Meta-Data Used for Object Description; Appropriate Meta-Data Standards)
    
    
14.  Publication (Image Processing; 3D and Virtual Reality Issues; Online Publication)
15.  IPR and Copyright (Establishing Copyright; Safeguarding Copyright)
    
    
16.   Managing Digitisation projects (Digitisation Process management; Team Development; Staff Training; Working with Third Parties for Technical Assistance; Working with Third Parties in Cooperative projects and Content Sharing; Costs) .... and related matters.

Presenting in the exhibition hall

The goal of the Conference Networking sessions is to provide a showcase for you to present your work in a clear and concise manner. This will enable you to network with colleagues of similar interests. Your work should be prepared to be displayed on a board 1 x 2 meters in the exhibition hall during the conference.

The goal of the poster sessions is to provide a showcase for you to present your work in a clear and concise manner and will be displayed on a sheet of paper 80 x120 centimeters that will be pinned to a wood board 1 X 2 meters. You may wish to plastic laminate this sheet of paper although it is not a requirement.
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1. Design the sheet in which you present your work to be visually attractive to conference attendees
   
   
2. Select type that is at least 12 point, 18 point for headings so that your poster may be read at a distance of 1 meter.

1. Focus on your main message clearly – describe your work in short paragraphs or bullet points.

1. Some conference attendees may only have a few minutes to understand your work and you need to present your message effectively.

1. You may wish to consult the course on preparation of such kind of presentations available at the School of Medicine at the Hebrew University: http://courses.md.huji.ac.il/72707/start.html

Submission of Proposal Abstracts for the conference Networking

Abstracts of the submissions will include an overview of the work to be presented in the planned poster described in no more than 500 words Submission deadline October 10 2008