Programm |Symposium CULTH (Cultural Heritage in the Global Village) DG XIII, Vienne, 8 octobre 1998

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   Montag |

5. Oktober 1998

07.00 pm|

Reception of symposium participants

Lecture: The first Global Renaissance

Eric McLuhan , Assoc. Director McLuhan Program International, University Toronto, Canada

The relation between the development of society, media and culture in the western hemisphere and the significance of digitisation for a global culture.

Opening by:

Paul Dubois, Ambassador of Canada

Opening of the exhibition:

Bernhard Görg, City Councillor of Vienna

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Dienstag |

6. Oktober 1998

The Austrian Federal Ministry for Science hosts:
"Cultural Heritage in the Global Village" - Introductory Session

09.00 am|

Welcome address

Rainer Fuchs, Vice- Director of the Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation, Vienna
Hermann Bodenseher, Austrian Federal
Ministry for Science (to be confirmed)

09.00 am|

Keynote speech:
Computers and our New Perspectives on Culture

Kim Veltman , European McLuhan
Institute for Digital Culture, Maastricht

10.30 am|

Coffee/Tea Break

10.45 am|

The Unesco-"Memory of the World Project" and the World of New Media

Dietrich Schüller , Austrian Unesco
Commission, Vienna

11.15 am|

New Media and Cultural Exchange

Vladimir Bonacic (PICE), CSC Ploenzke, Bonn
Eliane De Coninck (PICE), Royal Africa Museum, Tervuren/Brüssel

12.00 -
01.30 pm|

Lunch

Plenary Session on Libraries:
The Digital Library of the Future

01.30 pm|

Keynote Speech:
Net versus Storage

Manfred Faßler , Academy of Applied
Arts, Vienna, Berlin, Schwerte

Examples of Good Practice and Visions of the Digital Library of the Future:
in co-operation with the Austrian Association of Librarians (Vereinigung österreichischer Bibliothekare) and the Public Libraries Association Austria
(Büchereiverband Österreich)

02.30 pm|

The Danish National Electronic Library

Jens Thorhauge, Danish National
Library, Copenhagen

03.00 pm|

Approaching the Virtual Research Library

Elmar Mittler , Director State and
University Library, Göttingen

03.30 pm|

Coffee/Tea Break

03.45 pm|

Potentials of Networked Community Libraries

Elisabeth Ziegler , Director of City Library, Lienz
Gerald Schügerl, Director of City Library, Saalfelden

04.15 pm|

Information Strategies of the Austrian

Hans Petschar , Austrian National
Library, Vienna

04.45 -
05.30 pm|

Panel Discussion "Digital Libraries of the Future"

Hans Marte , Director Austrian National Library, Vienna,
Sigrid Reinitzer, Director University Library, Graz
Gerald Leitner, Public Libraries Association Austria, Vienna
Gerhard K. Wagner , Association of Austrian Information Business
Elmar Mittler , Director State and University Library, Göttingen
Reginald Ferber, GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology

08.00 pm|

Reception by the Mayor of the City of Vienna

City Hall, Wappensaal (nur mit Einladung/at invitation only)

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Mittwoch   |

7. Oktober 1998

On the occasion of the Austrian EU Presidency, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs and the European Commission, DG X, host the Conference of European Museum Directors:

CultH Meeting of European Heads of Museums
"European Museums in Communication"

09.00 am|

Opening

Elisabeth Gehrer, Minister of Education and Cultural Affairs,   Austria
Aristotelis Bouratsis, European
Commission DG X

Introduction:

Wilfried Seipel, General Director
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Session 1

Research and Archiving

09.45 am|

Keynote speech I:
Organising the Content of Museum in Digital Form

Francoise Cachin

10.15 am|

Keynote speech II:
Multimodalities of Content

Kim Veltman , European McLuhan
Institute for Digital Culture, Maastricht

10.45 am|

Coffee/Tea break

11.00 am|

Keynote speech III:
Project Management: Strategies in Digitisation for Storage, Research and Transaction

Christian Benedik, Albertina, Vienna

11.30 am|

Keynote speech IV:
Access and Co-operation between Museums

Neil McGregor, Director National
Gallery, London

12.00 am|

Discussion

12.30 -
01.45 pm|

Lunch, tour through the CultH
exhibition

Session 2

Communication and Marketing

01.45 pm|

Keynote speech I:
Organisation and Marketing by Internet

Robert Zehetleitner, Intellectual Capital, Austria

02.00 pm|

Keynote speeches II:
Internet Presentations of Museums

Paolo Galluzzi, Director Museum for
the History of Science, Florence
Christian Möller, Medienhochschule
Karlsruhe / Kunsthistorisches Museum,
Vienna
Johannes Zeitelberger, Missing Link/Museum of Modern Art Ludwig
Foundation Vienna
M. Pierre Coural, Louvre, Paris
Yves Brochen, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris

03.15 pm|

Coffee/Tea break

03.15 pm|

Keynote speeches III:
Virtual Presentations, Enhanced Exhibitions

Lothar Altringer, Director Art and
Exhibition Hall Bonn
Manfred Koop, Technical University,
Darmstadt

The Virtual Exhibitor

Francesco Antinucci , Infobyte, Rome
Marcello Papagallo, Infobyte, Rome

The Getty Art Access

Kenneth Hamma , Getty Museum, Los
Angeles

Revealing Things - Smithsonian
Without Walls

Judith Gradwohl , Smithsonian
Institution, Washington D.C.

Designing the Virtual Museum of the Future

Manfred Eisenbeis , Kunsthochschule
für Medien, Cologne

05.15 -
05.45 pm|

Discussion

08.00 pm|

Reception and Dinner

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (nur mit Einladung/at invitation only)

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Donnerstag|

8. Oktober 1998

On the occasion of the Austrian EU Presidency, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs in co-operation with the European Commission, DG XIII, hosts the

Presentation of the New Co-operation Framework MEDICI

09.00 am|

Welcome address

Rudolph Wran, Austrian Federal
Ministry of Education and Cultural
Affairs, Vienna

09.10 am|

Culture as a Major Content in Information Society

Paul Weissenberg, Chef du Cabinet/European Commission, Bruxelles

09.25 am|

European Commission Programmes and Actions for Multimedia and Cultural Heritage

5th Framework programme, and other cultural co-operation programmes & actions for regional and economic development.
Peter Johnston , DG XIIIEuropean Commission, Bruxelles

09.45 am|

Presentation of the New Co-operation
Framework MEDICI

Organisation & Action Lines - Introduction to MEDICI activity and main action lines

Mario Verdese, DG XIIIEuropean
Commission, Bruxelles
Alfredo Ronchi , MEDICI secretariat, Politecnico di Milano, André Loechel, ARENOTECH

10.30 am|

Coffee/Tea Break

10.45 am|

Main Action Lines

Tourism:
Gianni Jacucci , University Trento
Education:
Andrè Loechel, ARENOTECH, Paris
Best Practices Handbook:
Alfredo Ronchi , Politecnico Milano

11.30 am|

Inter-Museum Thematic Virtual Mulimedia Exhibitions

The Boromini-Project:
Richard Bösel, Albertina, Vienna
The Biodiversity-Project:
Ray Lester, Natural History Museum, London

12.30 -
02.00 pm|

Lunch

02.00 pm|

Comprehensive Multi-media presentations:

Active Learning & Multimedia:
Ranjit Makkuni, Xerox PARC, Palo Alto The Estense Castle of Ferrara Sofia Pescarin, ARCHÉ, Bologna
Invisible Shape:
Dirk Lüsebring, ART&COM, Berlin

03.30 pm|

Coffee/Tea Break

03.45 pm|

Effective Access: CHIN's Perspective

Andrew Cameron, CHIN - Canadian Heritage Information Network, Hull (Quebec)

04.15 pm|

Preservation through Digitisation

Alfredo Viglienzoni, Imation S.p.A. Ferrania, Italy

04.45 pm|

Points of View from Industry, Universities, Museums and Cultural Institutions

Round-table and general discussion: Industry, Universities, Museums, Cultural Institutions

Chair:
Peter Johnston

05.30 pm|

Conclusions

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Freitag   |

9. Oktober 1998

Cultural Heritage, Multimedia andTourism
Organised in co-operation with MEDICI and Framework

The detailed program will be prepared in Co-operation with the Austrian National Tourist Office and IFITT (International Federation of Information Technology in Tourism)

09.00 am|

Welcome address

Chair: Gianni Jacucci , University Trento, Italy

09.15 am|

Introductory speech

Andreas Braun, Swarovsky, Austria

10.00 am|

Projects to link Cultural Heritage and Tourism:
Intelligent interfaces for Cultural Heritage fruition

Oliviero Stock, IRST – Instituto per la Ricerca Scientifica e Tecnologica, Trento, Italy

Tourist Assistance in Museums

Alister Knott , University of Edinburgh, UK

The MOSAIC-Project

André Loechel, Arenotech, Paris, France

Virtual Hypermedia Factory - Integration of Cultural Heritage and Tourist Information

C. Kühn, B. Feller, M. Siegl, Vienna, Austria

11.00 am|

Coffee/Tea Break

11.15 am|

Panel discussion

Chair: Hannes Werthner (IFFIT, University Wien; Austria);
Gianni Jacucci ,
André Loechel,
Oliviero Stock,
Christian Knöbl (Austrian Tourist Board)

12.00 -
01.00 pm|

Lunch

Cultural Heritage, Multimedia and Education
In co-operation with ICL

01.00 am|

Welcome address

Chair: Val Herman , ICL, Brussels

01.15 pm|

UK National Grid for Learning: A Model for the European Union?

Alan Howarth MP, Ministry of Culture, London, UK
Chris Yapp, ICL, UK

02.15 pm|

Linking Cultural Institutions with Schools - Case studies:

Kim Davies, Whitehouse Primary School, Bristol, UK
Riemer Knoop , Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, the Netherlands
Benny Regnér , Director of the National Agency for Education, Stockholm
Johan Groth , Director of the National Agency for Education, Stockholm

03.15 pm|

Panel discussion

03.45 pm|

SCRAN - Scottish Cultural Ressources Access Network

Graham Turnbull , Educational Manager, SCRAN, UK

04.15 pm|

Quality Content as a Major Pillar to Integrate ICT (Information & Communication Technology) in Education

Josiane Morel , Chair of European Education Partnership - EEP, Brussels

05.00 pm|

Austrian Case Studies
Virtual culture in Austria

Helmut Stemmer , Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs, Vienna

05.30 pm|

Conclusions

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Samstag  |

10. Oktober 1998

Cultural Heritage, Multimedia and Usability

10.00-
12.00 a.m.|

Panel 1

Works in Progress presented by AMMA (Austrian MultiMedia Association)

Digital Heritage for a new Cultural Reality

Digitisation of Cultural Artefacts in a Micro- and Macro-Sphere and Virtual Reality Applications for Museums

Peter Koch, mediadesigner, Graz

Experiences of Contemporary Artists Using Interactive Media on the Example of the Orgien Mysterien Theater (Hermann Nitsch)

Dr. Hans Zeger, Arge Daten

10.00-
12.00 a.m.|

Panel 1

Works in Progress presented by AMMA (Austrian MultiMedia Association)

Digital Heritage for a new Cultural Reality

12.00-
02.00 p.m.|

Lunch

02.00-
04.00 p.m.|

Panel 2
presented by Center for Usability Research and Engineering (CURE)

The user and the usability of digitized cultural content

Chair:
Manfred Tscheligi (CURE, University of Vienna)
Panelists:
Marco Susani, Domus Academy Research Center, Milano
Steven Pemberton, CWI, Amsterdam
Alfgard Kircher, University of Innsbruck
Verena Giller, Center for Usability Research & Engineering