ERA CHAIR Mnemosyne at Digital Heritage Research Lab, CUT

As part of our ongoing campaign, we are providing full visibility across our social media channels to all posters accepted at the 2026 Unesco Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 Digital EU PURE 3D

" Digital Objects for Archaeological Heritage: A Architecture" by Zeyd Boukhers, Lingxiao Kong, and Georgios Toubekis presents an innovative framework for addressing one of the most persistent challenges in archaeological heritage management: the fragmentation of excavation data, metadata, and digital representations across disconnected systems.

Developed within the European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science - Echoes project and aligned with the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage ( ), the proposed architecture combines FAIR Digital Objects (FDOs), persistent identifiers, CIDOC-CRM semantic modelling, and knowledge graph technologies to create a fully interconnected and machine-actionable heritage ecosystem. By linking archaeological artefacts, excavation contexts, actors, places, events, and digital twins within a reusable semantic framework, the research offers a powerful approach to improving discoverability, interoperability, long-term preservation, and cross-institutional reuse of archaeological heritage data.

To read the abstract and poster PDF please visit https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster

Υφυπουργείο Πολιτισμού - Deputy Ministry of Culture CY Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO Unesco Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage

Poster 12/25 Cyprus Presidency of the Council of the EU 2026 Unesco Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage Cyprus University of Technology / Τεχνολογικό Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου

" at : Open Workflows and Tools for Exploiting Large-Scale 3D Datasets" by George Ioannidis, Sander Münster, Dominik Ukolov, Simone Rigon, Elisa Mariarosaria Farella, Fabio Remondino, Paweł Marciniak, and Mikołaj Węgrzynowski presents innovative solutions for managing, enriching, and reusing the rapidly growing volume of 3D cultural heritage data.

Developed within the 3DBigDataSpace project, the research addresses the challenges of aggregating and standardising large-scale 3D datasets through open workflows, AI-assisted metadata enrichment, advanced classification methods, and interoperable visualisation tools. By supporting applications ranging from museums and tourism to urban history and immersive XR experiences, the project demonstrates how scalable digital infrastructures can unlock the full potential of cultural heritage data while contributing to the development of the European common data space for cultural heritage.

To read the abstract and poster PDF please visit https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster

Heritage Malta "The Memory Twin Framework: A Holistic Approach to Cultural Heritage Digitisation," introduces an innovative framework that extends the concept of the digital twin by integrating data, metadata, and paradata into a certified, spatially anchored knowledge system for cultural heritage.

Through the ongoing doctoral research at the Unesco Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage , the framework addresses one of the most pressing challenges in the digital age: ensuring that digitised heritage assets retain their authenticity, provenance, and interpretive integrity when reused across immersive technologies and generative AI applications. By providing a semantically rich and traceable knowledge architecture, the framework offers a compelling vision for the future of digital heritage management and responsible AI-enabled cultural heritage engagement.

To read the abstract and poster PDF please visit https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster

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Ana Carvalho's poster at the Summit, "The Role of Digital Technologies in Managing Digital Heritage: Findings from the InMAP Study - and : Mapping the (In)Tangible" examines how museums, archives, libraries, universities, and heritage associations are documenting, preserving, and providing access to digital collections related to intangible cultural heritage.

Drawing on a nationwide survey and interviews with heritage professionals across Portugal, the research highlights both the growing importance of digital collections in supporting more inclusive and community-oriented heritage narratives and the challenges that continue to affect their long-term sustainability, including limitations in digital skills, infrastructure, preservation capacity, and public access. This important contribution offers valuable insights into the future management of digital heritage within memory institutions.

This contribution is coming from our sister UNESCO Chair in Intangible Heritage and Traditional Know-How Universidade de Évora in .
👉 https://www.uevora.pt/en/research/catedras/unesco-chair

To read the abstract and poster PDF please visit
👉 https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster

Tools: and Studio by Salvatore Marco Pappalardo, David Iglésias Franch, Helena Nogué Ballart, Francesco Generali, Angelo Belfiore, Gian Paolo Donnarumma, and Marco Salvatore Carmelo Falciglia presents two innovative platforms designed to simplify the creation, management, and dissemination of immersive digital heritage content.

The poster introduces an artificial intelligence-driven pipeline that transforms images into realistic models, and Studio, a platform for developing location-based extended reality experiences through collaborative and accessible workflows. Together, these tools demonstrate how , , and technologies can lower technical barriers, expand access to immersive content creation, and support new forms of engagement with cultural heritage.

To read the abstract and have a look on the PDF version of the poster please visit:
https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster


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Starting today, we will share daily updates and showcase all accepted posters, giving them full visibility ahead of and during .

Poster 1:
EuroMed2026 Digital Heritage Summit Poster Spotlight #1

"Digital Surveying and Documentation of the Archaeological Site of , , " by Dr. Abdelrhman Fahmy Staatliche Museen zu Berlin showcases the application of advanced geodetic surveying, Building Information Modelling , and 3D documentation techniques to one of Egypt’s most significant multi-period archaeological landscapes.

The study demonstrates how the integration of high-precision digital recording, structural monitoring, and parametric modelling can support conservation planning, heritage management, and future research, while enhancing our understanding of the complex architectural and stratigraphic history of El- (ancient Hermopolis Magna) , Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz

International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO UNESCO Regional Office in Cairo UNESCO Representation to the European Institutions

To read the abstract and poster PDF please visit https://digitalheritagesummit.eu/exhibitions/poster

🔥 A new blogpost is now live on Europeana.eu: "EUreka3D-XR: exploring cultural heritage through 3D digitisation and XR experiences".

The post explores:
➡️The three case scenarios
➡️EUreka3D-XR project's aim and scope, including the priority given to Data quality and authenticity
➡️The open-source Toolbox
➡️The infrastructures provided by the projects
➡️The support from the EUreka3D initiative towards the TwinIt! Campaign
➡️The booklet produced in the context of Eureka3D-XR

🔗Read more: https://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/article/eureka3dxr-wrapup-post/
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