The main goal of the proposed event, co-organised by the Cyprus Institute and the Institut Français de Chypre, under the auspices of the French Embassy in Nicosia, is to publicly present themes and recent advancements in tackling the challenges facing the broader topic of Heritage at Risk in Cyprus and discuss joint ways and strategies of moving forward. Contributions and responses related to the work of the Cyprus National Commission for UNESCO (Dr. Marina Solomidou – Ieronymidou) and the Climate Change and Cultural Heritage Task Force (Dr. Anthi Kaldeli and Prof. Nikolas Bakirtzis) will be complemented by brief overviews of STARC’s Digital Cultural Heritage activities (George Artopoulos, Sorin Hermon) pursued through the work of APAC Labs and VELab. These short presentations will be followed by specific examples of societal and digital engagements for the conservation and preservation of Cultural Heritage, through the works of the French-based NGO ACTA VISTA (Elizabeth Vénisse) and culminating with the CNRS – UPR-MAP’ contribution to the restoration of the Notre Dame de Paris cathedral (Violette Abergel and Anaïs Guillem).
The presentations will be streamed on The Cyprus Institute YouTube channel.