[Asis-l] Call for Papers: ichim03: Cultural Institutions and Digital Technology

[J. Trant]

ichim03: Cultural Institutions and Digital Technology
Join us at l'École du Louvre, Paris, France, September 8-12, 2003
http://www.archimuse.com/ichim03/

Une version française de ce document est disponible 
(http://www.archimuse.com/ichim03/pdfs/Ichim03_CFP_FR.pdf)

Call for Papers: Deadline April 11, 2003

Overview
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Since 1991 the best in interactive multimedia have met biennially to 
examine the relationships between technology and cultural heritage. 
If you are making multimedia to interpret primary resources, using 
the technology to expand your audience, reconstructing history 
virtually, publishing digital culture or researching cultural 
heritage informatics, ichim03 is the venue for you.

ichim03 Cultural Institutions and Digital Technology will address the 
fundamental issues in the creation and dissemination of virtual 
scientific and cultural heritage, education and research, and digital 
artistic creations. Two pre-conference days will offer exclusive 
seminars and workshops for advanced training. They will be followed 
by three days of papers, panels, presentations, debates and 
demonstrations. Curators, computer scientists, administrators, 
publishers, educators, entrepreneurs and artists from around the 
world will come to share their experiences, learn new methods and 
forge new partnerships.

Conference Themes
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Presentations will discuss five major themes:

    1. The political, economic, legal and technical frameworks for 
cultural institutions and digital publishing in a digital age.

    2. Management and technological strategies for digitization of 
cultural heritage (state of the art, exemplary applications, 
presentation and audit of projects, issues of skills and training);

    3. Dissemination, exploitation and enrichment of digital assets 
(from scientific Intranet systems to popularization Web-television 
channels and digital libraries: practical, technical and critical 
approaches, best practices and experiments);

    4. Museum and interactive exhibitions (from nomadic devices to 
immersive installations and virtual galleries: case study, evaluation 
of the public assessment, theory and research);

    5. Digital art and the contemporary creation of a digital culture 
(Curation, preservation, exhibition, performance, dissemination, 
critique, and curriculum ).

Parallel to the conference, we anticipate the presentations of 
experimental projects by cultural institutions, private and 
government programs in search of partners, and demonstrations of 
commercial products and services intended for cultural heritage 
institutions and the popular cultural heritage market.


Languages
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Working languages of the conference will be French and English.


Call for Proposals
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Three types of proposals are encouraged:

     * Papers
     * Master Classes & Workshops
     * Demonstrations

++Papers++ (to be given September 10-12)

Abstracts of proposed papers, of about 500 words, must be submitted 
in French or in English. Submit your proposal using the on-line form. 
For further details, or to discuss a possible paper, contact < 
ichim03 @ ecoledulouvre.fr >.

ICHIM's international Scientific Committee will examine all the 
submitted proposals. By APRIL 30, authors will be notified of 
acceptance and provided with precise technical specifications for 
their final contribution.

Full papers (10 to 20 pages) should be delivered by the authors by 
JUNE 30, 2003, for publication in the ICHIM Proceedings, which will 
be given to all participants. Failure to deliver a complete paper by 
the deadline may result in cancellation of the presentation. Papers 
not submitted by the deadline and according to guidelines will not 
appear in the Proceedings.


++Workshops, tutorials, "master classes", methodological seminars or 
training sessions (to be given September 8-9)++

If you wish to suggest or propose an activity for the preliminary 
program, note that it should be suited for a group of 6 to 18 persons 
and intended for presentation in 1 to 4 modules of 3 hours each.

Submit your proposal using the on-line form. For further details, or 
to discuss your idea, please contact < ichim03 at ecoledulouvre.fr >.

All proposals will be reviewed by the international Scientific Committee.

++Experimental demonstrations (to be given September 10-12)++

If your project or idea is not suited to a formal paper, you can 
propose an informal Demonstration. Submit an abstract with full 
details of the project, and the demonstration you would make, using 
the on-line form.

For further details, or to discuss a possible demonstration, contact 
< ichim03 @ ecoledulouvre.fr >.

All proposals will be reviewed by the international Scientific Committee.

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	Deadlines:
	All Proposals are due April 11, 2003.
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Submit your proposal, using the on-line form linked from 
http://www.archimuse.com/ichim03/index.html


Commercial exhibition
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ichim03 will include an exhibition space (scheduled between September 
10-12) to enable companies and consultants to feature their products 
and services. Please contact < ichim03 at ecoledulouvre.fr > for further 
details.


Organizers
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ichim03 is co-organized by l'Ecole du Louvre 
http://www.ecoledulouvre.fr and Archives & Museum Informatics 
http://www.archimuse.com


About ICHIM
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This conference is one of the International Cultural Heritage 
Informatics Meetings (ICHIMs) held every two years since 1991. See 
http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/ichim.html for further details, 
and past Proceedings.


More Information?
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For further details, see http://www.archimuse.com/ichim03 or email 
ichim03 at archimuse.com.

Correspondence en francais: Veuillez prendre contact  avec 
ichim03 at ecoledulouvre.fr

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J. Trant				jtrant at archimuse.com
Partner & Principal Consultant		phone: +1 416 691 2516
Archives & Museum Informatics	fax: +1 416 352 6025
158 Lee Ave, Toronto
Ontario M4E 2P3 Canada		http://www.archimuse.com
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