WELCOME TO CIDOC IN ST.-PETERSBURG 1-5 September 2003 St.-Petersburg, Russia http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/default.asp "World Cultural Heritage: Uniting by Understanding" Topic of the Conference: "The Electronic Potential of a Museum: Incentives and Limitations, Achievements and Problems" The objective of the conference is to review the results of the application of information technologies in museums: ž Analysis of the main achievements in the field of storage, restoration, conservation and educational work. ž Discussion of pressing technical, technological, psychological and social problems and restrictions. ž Outline of prospective areas of development and the further penetration of information technologies into the traditional museum environment. ž Incentives for innovations. The Secretariat of the CIDOC Conference and ADIT announces the First Call for Papers for CIDOC'2003 to be held in St.-Petersburg, 1-5 September 2003. This year's conference theme will be multifaceted, highlighting most pressing aspects of virtual heritage informatics. Throughout CIDOC'2003 there are many different opportunities to share experience, meet your colleagues and learn from your peers. Social events and cultural program will provide you a chance to meet with other delegates in an informal environment in the Hermitage Museum, the Russian Museum, and brilliant suburb museums of North capital of Russia. The conference will coincide with the year of celebrating of tercentenary of Saint-Petersburg. We assume, that the conference will be the leader both by quantity of the participants, level of expertise and proficiency of experts, who will take part in its various programs. More information on conference can be found here: http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/default.asp SCHEDULE Paper Deadline 1 April 2003 Acceptance Notification 1 June 2003 Manuscript Submission 10 July 2003 CIDOC Conference 1-5 September 2003 NFORMATION For more information, please email the conference Secretariat: [log in to unmask] PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO INTERESTED ASSOCIATES Looking forward to seeing you in St.-Petersburg, Vladimir Gusev, General Director of State Russian Museum Adrian Finney, CIDOC Chair Alexander Dremailov, President of ADIT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html