Why not combine a visit to Edinburgh for the Jazz Festival (28 July - 5
August, Fringe (6 - 28 August) and the official Festival, Tattoo, Book
Fair, Film and TV Festivals etc, with participation in the foremost
European event on Electronic Imaging & the Visual Arts, EVA 2000 Scotland?

26 - 29 July 2000 sees a range of Conference & Workshops
Speakers Include:
Chris Batt, Vito Capellini, Loyd Grossman, Bamber Gascoigne, 
David Anderson, Bernard Smith
Conference Chairmen: 
James Hemsley, VASARI UK, Bruce Royan, SCRAN, Mike Spearman, NMS

Further details from the Organisers: VASARI UK
Tel: 	+ 44 (0) 1252 653049
Fax: 	+ 44 (0) 1252 679386
e-mail:	 [log in to unmask]
WebSite: http://www.vasari.co.uk/eva/scotland/index.htm

Venues: Abden House & the National Museums of Scotland

Co-organised in co-operation with SCRAN, Scottish Cultural Resources 
Access Network & NMS, the National Museums of Scotland 

A Forum for Users, Suppliers, Researchers and Government

The main aim of EVA 2000 Scotland is to provide a forum for the user, 
supplier and scientific research communities to meet and exchange 
experiences, plans and ideas. Participants will receive up to date news on 
new EC & International cultural initiatives & projects.

Who Should Attend? 
- People interested in 'Culture x Technology' - The Cultural Sector - 
Researchers - High Technology Industry - Education - Government from Local 
to National & European - Media & Publishing - Tourism -

Wednesday 26 July ~ SCRAN WORKSHOP  ~  Venue: Abden House
The Scottish Cultural Resources Access Network [SCRAN] is using Multimedia 
& Web technology to make the treasures in Scotland's museums, galleries, 
libraries, archives and historic buildings more widely available for study 
and enjoyment. SCRAN gives access to tens of thousands of images, sound 
and movie clips, virtual resource packs and more, for schools and 
libraries in Scotland and Web users everywhere. This workshop will share 
the experiences of some of more than 300 SCRAN-funded projects in the 
evolving world of cultural informatics: www.scran.ac.uk/

Thursday 27 July CONFERENCE
Venue: National Museums of Scotland

***Open Access to Cultural Heritage Using Information Systems: Strategic 
Issues***
- Outlining a National Policy for the Informatisation of Culture
Anatoly REKLAEV, Vice Minister of Culture, the Russian Federation

- Some IT Activity Lines of the Italian National Programme on Cultural 
Heritage, Vito CAPPELLINI, University of Florence, Italy

- Wales and the Digital Devolution
Ian FELL, National Museums & Galleries of Wales

- The People's Network: Public Transportation on the Information Super 
Highway, Chris BATT, the Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries, UK

- Networked Museums in the Learning Age
David Anderson, Victoria & Albert Museum, London

- Scoping and Implementing JDIS: the Distributed Image Service for Higher
and Further Education in the UK


***Cultural Tourism & Technology***
- The TOSCA Project: New Developments in Cultural Tourism Technology
Gianfranco MANES, University of Florence

- Creating Links in the Community for a Blockbuster Show
Beth WILDSTEIN, MoMA, New York

- Thrace, the Land of Orpheus: A Case Study in Presenting Web-aided 
Cultural Journeys, Gerassimos KEKKIRIS, Democritus University of Thrace, 
Greece 


***Cultural Web Portals***
- HistoryGrid: A Cultural Web Portal Based on Linked Historical Narratives
Bamber GASCOIGNE, Author & Broadcaster

- SCRAN as a Portal to Cultural Resources
Bruce ROYAN, SCRAN

- EXPLOIT: The Direct Gateway to the Telematics for Libraries Projects
Klaus REINHARDT, German Libraries Institute Berlin

- The 24 Hour Museum
Loyd GROSSMAN, Author & Broadcaster, UK

- A European Cultural Portal
Dominique DELOUIS, Museums-on-Line, France

- Museumland.com - A World Portal to Museums & Cultural Heritage
Mario BUCOLO, ABiS Multimedia, Italy


Friday 28 July CONFERENCE
Venue: National Museums of Scotland

***Education, Museum, Library & Archive Case Studies***
- A Cultural ICT Strategy for Scotland
Jane Ryder, Scottish Museums Council

- Cultural Informatisation in Russia: A Progress Report
Nadezhda BRAKKER & Leonid KUIBYSHEV, Centre PIC, Moscow

- New Educational Services from SCRAN 
Sandy BUCHANAN & Graham TURNBULL

- Interactive computers in exhibitions: An Anthology of Uses for Designing 
Attractive Knowledge, Roxane BERNIER, University of Montreal, Canada

- From Gutenberg to Internet - Printed Documents on the Web
Bogdan SMOLKA, Silesian Technical University, Poland

- A New Methodology for the Documentation of Contemporary Art
Harald KRAEMER, University of Cologne, Germany 

***Film, Music & Performing Arts***
- The Traverse Theatre WebSite
Jan MCTAGGART, Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh

- A Digital Performance Archive
TBC, Nottingham Trent University

***New Technologies***
- Cross-Disciplinary Database Architecture, the SHARON Project
Alejandro Delgado-GOMEZ, Cartagena City Council & 3000 Informatics, Spain
& Lucian VASILICA, National Museum of Art, Romania

- Harmonisation of Digital Technology & Industry in the Local Area
Masahiro IWATA, Media Amuse Inc, Japan

- Touch in Immersive Environments
Margaret McLAUGHLIN, University of Southern California

- Automatic Assessment of Image Degradation
Keith HERMISTON, Defence Evaluation & Research Agency, Malvern, UK

- Human Body 3D Imaging by Speckle Texture Projection
J Paul SIEBERT & Stephen J MARSHALL, Glasgow University

Please see the WebSite for programme updates: www.vasari.co.uk


Saturday 29 July WORKSHOP
Abden House 09.30 - 12.30

Workshop on Business Opportunities & Winning Financial Support

Contributors to this Workshop will Include Bernard Smith, Head of Digital 
Heritage & Cultural Content Unit, DGXIII, the European Commission

- What are the Likely Cultural Systems Business Opportunities in the New 
Millennium?
- Examples of Success Stories from the 1990s
- Examples of Difficulties and Failures from the 1990s
- How to make Successful Proposals from Financial Support to Venture 
Capitalists and the European Commission
- Tips on Exploitation Planning for EC R&D Project Proposals and Current 
Projects
- What does the EC want to see Achieved and what is it doing to Help? e.g. 
The Fifth Framework Programme LIFT & Copyright Helpline
- What other Routes / Aids Exist? e.g. First Tuesday Club, Corporate 
Venturing & Venture Capital
- What Addition help would be Welcome from Local, National & European 
Government?


Saturday 29 July WORKSHOP
Abden House 14.00 - 17.00

Cultural Web Workshop

Cultural Web Portals or Gateways are increasing in number at a variety of
levels e.g. national, European and international. In the UK the prime one
is the 24 Hour museum with 10 million hits to date. In the USA the portal
site of the Californian Arts Council looks like becoming an important one,
while in Scandinavia, CultureNet Sweden and its sisters in Denmark,
Finland and Norway are now well established.  Internationally, the new
MUSEUMLAND portal is in rapid development. In this workshop the following
types of issues will be addressed: 

- What advantages do Cultural Web Portals provide for Cultural 
Institutions and their users / visitors?
- Which ones are the Most Useful for the different types of Cultural 
Institutions?
- How best can Cultural Institutions make use of them?
- What does it take to create a Cultural Web Portal

This workshop will take advantage of the Thursday Conference session on 
this topic. However, it will be a self-standing event aimed at cultural 
institutions which are interested in obtaining benefit from Cultural Web 
Portals as well as organisations wishing to building new ones and other 
companies wishing to be involved in this dynamic new field.




For further information including Options, Fees on this and Future EVA 
Events, please contact the organisers: 

VASARI UK
Tel: 	+ 44 (0) 1252 653049
Fax: 	+ 44 (0) 1252 679386
e-mail:	 [log in to unmask]
WebSite: vasari.co.uk

PS: EVA 2001 Scotland is taking place at the end of July in Glasgow 
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