Workshop of the collaborative research center on "Media and Cultural Communication"

Workshop of the collaborative research center on "Media and Cultural Communication" "Information Systems for Science, Cultural Heritage Management & e-Government in Afghanistan" Date: February 17, 2006 Place: RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany New! Program Call for Presentations & System Demos: Afghanistan is a country with a long history and rich cultural heritage. However, the 20-years-long (civil) war in Afghanistan and the Taliban regime destroyed among others the national science structures and many information systems in Afghanistan. On the way to the new democratic Afghanistan, young Afghans use modern IT technologies to reinstall scientific structures, cultural heritage management and governmental structures. RWTH Aachen University has been involved since 2003 in the efforts of rebuilding capacities in the Antiquities Department of the Afghan Government by improving technical and administrative skills. Intergenerational cooperation on an international level is initiated to bridge the gap between the experiences accumulated by the prior generations and young Afghan professionals who use modern IT (such as GIS and database technologies) in order to reestablish scientific and administrative structures. The aim is to provide communities with an economic, long-lasting, and flexible mobile environment of information systems in order to foster collaborative work of individuals and organizations. The workshop will discuss current practices and future directions of IT-solutions in the management and administration of Cultural Sites. Proposed and implemented approaches on perspectives of information systems for science, cultural heritage management and e-government in Afghanistan will be presented. We encourage researchers, practitioners and interested parties to present their current research and novel systems. Presentations should be no longer than 30 minutes with an additional 15 minutes for discussion; system demos should be no longer than 30 minutes. Proposals for presentations with title, type and presenter should be sent to af-ws@i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de before January, 20, 2006. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please feel free to send this call to colleagues who might be interested, too. Organizers: Yiwei Cao (Informatik V, RWTH Aachen University) Ralf Klamma (Collaborative Research Center „Media and Cultural Communication“, Cologne) Marc Spaniol (Collaborative Research Center „Media and Cultural Communication“, Cologne) Georgios Toubekis (Aachen Center for Documentation and Conservation, RWTH Aachen University) Important Dates: Submission of presentations & system demo proposals: 20th of January, 2006 Notification of acceptance: 27th of January, 2006 Workshop date: 17th of February, 2006 Program: PDF 9:00 – 9:15 Welcome speech (Matthias Jarke, Michael Jansen, Ralf Klamma) Session 1: Computer science & cartography (Chair: Marc Spaniol) 9:15 – 9:45 Community Building in Afghan Community Information System for Cultural Heritage Management (Yiwei Cao, RWTH Aachen) 9:45 – 10:15 Open Geospatial Consortium Standards and their role for the Afghan Community Information System for Cultural Heritage Management - Chances and Challenges (Hans Plum, lat/lon GmbH) 10:15 – 10:45 Coffee break & System Demonstration 10:45 – 11:30 Ubiquitous Cartography and Augmented Maps as new tools for communicating cultural heritage (Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology) 11:30 – 12:15 GDILIGHT: Open Standards and Open Source WebGIS enabling spatial data access for everyone (Barend Köbben, International Institute for Geo-Information? Science and Earth Observation) 12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Session 2: Infrastructure & Experiences (Chair: Yiwei Cao) 13:15 – 14:00 IT solutions to assist the public administration in countries in crisis: challenges for Afghanistan (Wolfgang Graether, Peter Mambrey, FIT) 14:00 – 14:45 Academic Activities between Department of Geography in Bonn and in Kabul (Sardar M. Kohistani, Christine Issa, Bonn University) 14:45 – 15:15 Moderated Discussion (Georgios Toubekis, RWTH Aachen) 15:15 – 15:45 Coffee break Session 3: Challenges & Trends (Chair: Georgios Toubekis) 15:45 – 16:15 Virtual City Maps (Joaquin Ramirez, RWTH Aachen) 16:15 – 17:00 Oracle Strategies (Wolfgang Wagner, ORACLE Germany) 17:00 – 17:30 Wrap-up & Community Vision (Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen) Travel information: Accomodation: Haus Königshügel Drive directions: How to find us