The Ninth International Conference on Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage—DiPP2019 aims at presenting innovative results, research projects and applications in the field of digitisation, documentation, archiving, representation and preservation of global and national tangible and intangible cultural and scientific heritage. The main focus is to provide open access to digitised cultural heritage and to set up sustainable policies for its continuous digital preservation and conservation. The priority area is the digital presentation and preservation of cultural and historical objects under conditions of risk, including those from the Burgas region. The forum will demonstrate innovative technologies and prototypes, including digital repositories, digital archives, virtual museums and digital libraries, which result from established practices and achievements in the field. Representatives of public and specialised libraries, museums, galleries, archives, centres, both national and foreign research institutions and universities are invited to participate and exchange experiences, ideas, knowledge and best practices of the field.
There will also be:
Workshop on Open Access to Scientific Publications, Data and Data Science, which will primarily focus on the following activities:
- Open Access indicators;
- Disseminate partners’ best practices;
- Discuss research problems in the field;
- Discuss the possibilities of establishing a network of open-access repositories;
- Contribute to the problems of the harmonization of national legislation and practices; and
- Discuss the possibilities of developing training courses for creators and managers of scientific digital repositories to ensure interoperability.
Workshop on Serious Games and their Educational Applications, organized in the frame of the Cultural Heritage, National Memory and Social Development National Research Program approved by DCM No 577 of 17 August 2018. Representatives of universities, memory and research institutions will participate and exchange experiences and best practices of the field.
The DiPP2019 is organized under the patronage of UNESCO and the support of Burgas Municipality.
DiPP2019 co-organisers: Regional Academic Center – Burgas, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Regional Historical Museum – Burgas, Burgas Free University, Index Ltd.
DiPP2019 Conference: September 26–28, 2019
Location of the Event: Expo Center “Flora”, Burgas, Bulgaria
Working language of the conference: English
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, vol. 9 (DiPP2019 Proceedings) will be submitted for evaluation for its inclusion in Web of Science (Fully Covered Journal Proceedings) and SCOPUS (Conference Proceeding).
Digital Presentation and Preservation of Cultural and Scientific Heritage, vol. 8, 2018 have been accepted and indexed in Web of Science and SCOPUS.
Deadline submission of information about papers’ title and authors: May 15, 2019
Deadline for papers submission: June 05, 2019
Submission of proposals for workshops and discussions: June 01, 2019
Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2019
Submission of final versions of papers: July 30, 2019