)Date : Tuesday 16th and Wednesday 17th February 2010
Venue : St.Fagans : National History Museum, Cardiff
Seminar Aims
Building on the success of the first Digital Past conference in Aberystwyth, Digital Past 2010 offers two days of events held within and around the historic properties of St Fagans. Conference papers, seminars, and practical training sessions will be combined to cover the latest technical survey and interpretation techniques and their practical application in heritage interpretation and education.
The conference will appeal to all those working in the archaeological, heritage, interpretation and museums sectors. Workshop sessions will allow ‘hands on’ training in software applications, GIS, laser scanning and other survey and visualisation techniques from the experts.
Papers and seminars confirmed on the following topics:
- Use of digital technology in museum interpretation, National Waterfront Museum
- Collaborative prospection methodologies. Ludwig-Boltzmann-Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology, Vienna
- Improving Heritage Experience through Acoustic Reality. York University
- Tools and expertise for 3D collection formation. University of Brighton
- LIDAR. English Heritage
- Visualisation of the Newport Medieval ship through 3-dimensional recording. Lampeter University
- Alternative realities in the reconstruction of Iron-Age round-houses. Bangor University & RCAHMW
- Laser Scanning. Leica and English Heritage
- Interactive information in heritage environments. National History Museum, St Fagans & RCAHMW
Practical workshop sessions confirmed by the following organisations:
See3D Aberystwyth; Technium CAST Bangor; RCAHMW; Leica; Environment Agency, Geomatics Group; Archaeophysica.
Limited places are available and early registration is advised.
