Agenda

18 May 2005

Section 11. Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Digitization and Preservation
10:00 – 14:00 Session 1

Venue:

• The Baltic Star Hotel, Konstantinovsky Hall

Chairpersons:

• Nadezhda Brakker, Senior Expert, Center of Informatisation of the Sphere of Culture (Russia)
• Tiiu Valm, Director, National Library (Estonia)

Rapporteur:

• David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics (Canada)

Presentations:

1. Importance of UNESCO in the WSIS Preparation. Expert Analyses and Recommendations for the International Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage Digitization and Preservation
   Victor Montviloff (France)
2. The Role of Cultural Memory Institutions in Knowledge Societies
   Tiiu Valm, Director, National Library (Estonia)
3. EC Policies of Cultural and Scientific Content Digitization. MINERVA and MINERVA Plus Projects
   Leonid Kuibyshev, Director, Center of Informatisation of the Sphere of Culture (Russia)
4. Developing a Digitisation Policy for Cultural Heritage
   Dov Winer, Jewish Agency (Israel)
5. The Firenze Agenda Initiative for Digital Memory Preservation
   Maurizio Lunghi, Digital Renaissance Foundation (Italy)
6. Methods and Policy in the field of Preservation of Media Art Works
   Konstantin Bokhorov, MediaArtLab Center for Culture and Arts (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Nadezhda Brakker, Senior Expert, Center of Informatisation of the Sphere of Culture (Russia)

Section 11. Policies of Cultural and Scientific Heritage
Digitization and Preservation
15:30 – 19:00 Session 2

Venue:

• The Baltic Star Hotel, Konstantinovsky Hall

Chairpersons:

• Victor Montviloff, (France)
• Leonid Kuibyshev, Director, Center of Informatisation in the Sphere of Culture (Russia)

Rapporteur::

• David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics (Canada)

Presentations:

1. Converting Scanned Images of the Printed History of the World to Knowledge. Reference Model and Research Strategy
   David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics (Canada)
2. Role of Library Consortia in Developing the Information Society. Building and Providing Access to Integrated Information Resources of Memory Institutions
   Alexander Plemnek, Executive Director, Association of Regional Library Consortia (Russia)
3. Local Policy of Cultural Information Resources Integration
   Petr Greenfeld, General Director, Alt Soft OJSC Information and Communication Technologies (Russia)
4. Online Database of Projects on Archaeological Sites: the Pompeii Project Based on Its “Fortuna Visiva” Project
   Benedetto Benedetti, Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa (Italy)
5. Exhibition Without Boundaries: From Collections Management DB to Informational Museum Environment
   Tatyana Bogomazova, Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of RAS – Kunstkamera (Russia)

Discussion of recommendations delivered in the presentations

Moderator:

• Leonid Kuibyshev, Director, Center of Informatisation in the Sphere of Culture (Russia)