Invitation to Participate
Workshop: Digital Technologies and the future of Illicit trafficking of Cultural Property
The UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage organised a WORKSHOP on Digital Technologies and the future of Illicit trafficking of Cultural Property during EUROMED 2022 International Conference on Digital Heritage - The workshop focused on the latest developments in the use of technologies in the field of illicit antiquities research and on the multidisciplinary dimensions of heritage protection. Various academics and researchrs presented some of the most important and recent projects, including cross-disciplinary research on already repatriated antiquities and the monitoring of the international antiquities market. European and national funding enabled these academics to research new paths involving technological tools for monitoring, gathering, working and interpreting large amounts of data with the goal to minimize effort and time, increase detailed research and multiply relevant results. The purpose of the workshop was both to inform the cultural heritage stakeholders and the public about the latest projects related to illicit antiquities research, and, most importantly, to widen the discussion on new institutional approaches and on developing interdisciplinary projects and methodologies for implementing technological tools.
Date/Time: 10 November 2022, 11:00-13:00
Participants
Prof. Stavros Katsios, International Economic Relations and Economic Crime, holder of the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage, Director of the Laboratory for Geocultural Analyses (GEOLab), Ionian University, Corfu, Greece
Prof. Petros Patias, Director, Laboratory of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, School of Rural and Surveying Engineering, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Associate ProfessorDr. Christos Tsirogiannis, Forensic Archaeologist, Cultural Property Trafficking Networks Investigator, Center for Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark (2019-2022) - Virtual
Associate Professor Vinie Norskrov, Associate Professor and Director of the Museum of Ancient Art with teaching at the Centre for Museology, Aarhus University, Denmark - Virtual
Dr. Ioannis Blatsos, Post-Doctoral Researcher in Financial Crime at the UNESCO Chair on Threats to Cultural Heritage and GEOLab, Ionian University, Corfu, Financial Crime Investigator, Athens, Greece
Assistant Professor Kalliopi Chainoglou, International Law and Institutions, Security and Culture, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece - Virtual
Assistant Professor, Alicja Jagielksa Budruk, Law School, UNESCO Chair on Cultural Property Law, Opole University, Poland - Virtual
