December 18, 2007 – ISPRS announced the International Summer School in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage to be held from 9-14 May 2008 in the congress centre Centro Stefano Franscini on Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland.
The summer school is being supported by UNESCO, ISPRS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), University of Siena, B. Kessler Foundation and University of California Merced.
The International Summer School in Archaeology is a well-established interdisciplinary event. This events represents an important occasion to establish contacts between experts in archaeology, cultural heritage, art history and experts from remote sensing, photogrammetry, CAD, spatial information science, computer graphics, virtual reality, etc.
The School emphasizes international composition of the audience, extended discussions between participants and direct relationships between lecturers and students, which ultimately could lead to joint projects. The Summer Schools organized in the last decades dealt with themes which have created important initiatives and international debate aimed at advancing archaeological work in Europe and beyond.
In general the Schools emphasize an interdisciplinary concept, involving the use of techniques from natural, geo- and engineering sciences in archaeology and natural/cultural heritage. This years school will address the various issues in archaeology related to the systematic and correct use of 3D models for documentation and conservation that have got attention recently.
The school will face and discuss various problems associated with the technological implementations in the areas of 2d as well as 3D giving participants the opportunity to obtain a detailed overview of the main methods and applications to archaeological and conservation research and practice.
There is also a grant program associated with the school and the deadline for the grant application submission is 15th February 2008. More details about the school can be found at the web site
