International Conference on future coordination of digitisation

Luxembourg, Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd June 2005

Centre Culturel de Rencontre, Abbaye de Neumünster 28, rue Münster, L-2160

Tuesday 21st June 2005

08:30-09:00: Registration.

09:00-09:30: Welcome by the representative of the Luxembourg Ministry of Culture, the City authorities and the representatives of the European Commission.

• François BILTGEN Minister of Culture, Luxembourg

Session 1 Chairman: Guy DOCKENDORF, General Director, Ministry of Culture, Higher Education and Research, Luxembourg, actual President of the CAC

09:30-13:00

• Viviane REDING, Commissioner for information society and media, European Commission • UNESCO – , Division of the cultural heritage, sector of the culture, • John MYERSCOUGH, International expert

The National Representatives Group: progress • The Dynamic Action Plan Guy FRANK and Maurizio LUNGHI, Ministry of Culture, Luxembourg • Work plan for the UK Presidency David DAWSON, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, United-Kingdom • NRG, new roles and tasks Marius SNYDERS, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Department of Cultural Heritage, The Netherlands

The Luxembourg activities … (1) • eBnL National Library (BnL) • Preservation of film, photo and sound: National Audiovisual Centre (CNA) • City of Luxembourg, UNESCO World Heritage site, old quarters and fortresses

13:00-14:30: Lunch

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Session 2 Chairman: Pierre SCHILLING, Director in charge of e-Luxembourg

14:30-16:30 Welcome by Claude Wiseler, Minister for Public Affairs

The Luxembourg activities … (2) • Data management of Natural History Collections: National Museum of Natural History (MNHN) • IT security: everybody is concerned. Demonstration of a smart phone cracking via Bluetooth, CASES (Ministry of Economics) • Space and cultural heritage: National Museum of History and Art (MNHA) • Raising awareness for cultural and scientifical heritage as part of ICT-integration strategy in primary and secondary schools • European Group on MUseum Statistics (EGMUS)

Opportunities and tools for future developments • Programs from the European Commission Horst FORSTER/Patricia MANSON, European Commission - DG Information Society, Cultural Heritage Applications – Unit Learning and Cultural Heritage • Multilingualism perspectives Bernard SMITH, European Commission - DG Information Society, Cultural Heritage Applications • Minerva tools for the follow-up Rossella CAFFO, Project manager MINERVA – MiBAC, Italy

17:00: Round table

17:30: End

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Wednesday 22nd June 2005

08:30-09:00: Registration.

09:00-09:15: Introduction: Presentation of the DAP and the operational approach; Introduce the NRG expert workgroup and invite for proposal by the audience

Session 1 Users and content 09:15-10:30

Session 2 Economic sustainability 10:30-11:45

Session 3 Technological developments and tools 11:45-13:00

13:00-14:30: Lunch buffet

Session 4 Digital memory preservation 14:30-15:45

15:45-16:30: Conclusions

16:30-17:00: Paul HELMINGER Mayor of

17:00: End

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