CIDOC'2003 ST.-PETERSBURG: PAPER SUBMISSION OPENED 1-5 September 2003 St.-Petersburg, Russia <http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/default.asp>http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/default.asp You can submit your paper at: <http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/speakers.asp>http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/speakers.asp You can register at: <http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/register.asp>http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/register.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: · Analysis of the main achievements in the field of storage, restoration, conservation and educational work. · Discussion of pressing technical, technological, psychological and social problems and restrictions. · Outline of prospective areas of development and the further penetration of information technologies into the traditional museum environment. · 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>http://cidoc2003.adit.ru/english/default.asp SCHEDULE Paper Submission Deadline: 1 April 2003 Acceptance Notification: 1 June 2003 Manuscript Submission: 10 July 2003 CIDOC Conference: 1-5 September 2003 INFORMATION For more information, please email the conference Secretariat: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] PLEASE FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO INTERESTED ASSOCIATES Looking forward to seeing you in St.-Petersburg, General Director of State Russian Museum Vladimir Gusev CIDOC Chair Adrian Finney President of ADIT Alexander Dremailov ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).