Iniziative del CROMA

Following on the international conferences organized by the Faculty of Economics and the Department of Business Studies at Roma Tre University, namely Heritage and Cityscapes (October 5-6, 2012) and Sustainable Cultural Heritage Management (October 11-12, 2013), the new international meeting proposal aims to strengthen a permanent research seminar on the Cultural Heritage theme and to set up an informal academics’ and specialists’ network for fostering the debate, the sharing of projects and new methodologies, the technology innovation updates, the spreading of best practises.

The central topics of this Conference are:
A. Analysis: knowledge, research, technologies, survey mapping, modelling, applications and best practices;
B. Representations: museums, exhibitions, laboratories, project ideation and creativity;
C. Communication and participation: techniques, strategies, experiences, dissemination and user engagement;
D. Valorization: Sustainable cultural economics, promotion, ITC, innovative managerial approaches for cultural heritage valorization;
E. Fruition: projects, experiences, best practices
F. Special session: Landscapes and cityscapes

The conference could be organized in a series of 15-20 min. contributions for each of the 6 sections with a debate at the end of each panel. These contributions may refer to theoretical essays, empirical research based on quanti- and qualitative approaches, case studies, achievements and ongoing projects, research prospects and methodogical issues. Poster presentation will be welcomed as well. Academics’ and practitioners’ submissions are welcome. The languages of the Conference are Italian, English, French and Spanish.
A final round table with questions from the audience will allow to look in depth at eventual fields of interest and at the most effective methodological approaches for developing research group activities.
Participants who want to submit a paper are kindly request to send an email to culturalheritage@uniroma3.it, including an abstract (maximum 3.000 characters) and their short C.V. (maximum 1.000 characters) Abstract submission deadline: September 15, 2014; Acceptance/rejection notification: September 25, 2014; Definitive paper submission deadline (maximum 14.000 characters with annotations included): November 5, 2014.
A selection of full papers will be published (under ISBN) subject to prior blind peer review.

Registration fees*:
Early fees (registration within October 13): € 120 for senior and professional; € 60 for students and junior;
Ordinary fees: € 170 for senior and professional; € 90 for students and junior;
Accompanying persons who want to participate to conference social events are asked to register (€80)
*The registration fee includes: 2 lunches, 2 coffee breaks, 1 dinner, 1 cultural tour and conference materials.
The organization may also provide for registration/accommodation expenses or registration expenses for a limited number of PhD students and Postdoctoral participants whose contributions to the conference are accepted (please apply for it - after abstract acceptance notification and within October 3 - submitting a detailed CV).

The venue is at Roma Tre University and other cultural institutions.

Important dates/deadlines:
Abstracts submission: September 15, 2014
Abstract acceptance notification: September 25, 2014
Early registration: October 13, 2014
Issue of preliminary programme: October 20, 2014
Full papers submission: November 5, 2014
Release of the final programme: November 5, 2014
CH Conference sessions: November 21-22, 2014

Scientific committee: Carlo M. Travaglini (chair, Univ. Roma Tre), Alfredo Buccaro (Univ. Napoli Federico II), Giulia Caneva (Univ. Roma Tre), Paola Demartini (Univ. Roma Tre), Giovanni Luigi Fontana (Univ. Padova), Marco Iuliano (Univ. of Liverpool), Renée Kistemaker (Amsterdam Museum), Paola Lanaro (Univ. Venezia Ca’ Foscari), Keti Lelo (Roma Tre), Maria Claudia Lucchetti (Univ. Roma Tre), Daniele Manacorda (Univ. Roma Tre), Lucia Marchegiani (Univ. Roma Tre), Costanza Nosi (Univ. Roma Tre), Elisabetta Pallottino (Univ. Roma Tre), Francesca Renzi (Univ. Roma Tre), Fulvio Rinaudo (Politecnico di Torino), Joan Roca (Museu d’Historia Barcelona), Mario Santana Quinterio (Univ. of Carleton, Canada), Gàbor Sonkoly (Univ. of Budapest), Peter Stabel (Univ. of Antwerp), Rosa Tamborrino (Politecnico di Torino), Catherine Virlouvet (École Française de Rome)

Organizing committee: Costanza Nosi (Univ. Roma Tre), Mihaela Ilie (Univ. Roma Tre), Lucia Marchegiani (Univ. Roma Tre), Giuseppe Stemperini (Univ. Roma Tre), Carlo M. Travaglini (Univ. Roma Tre).

Patronage / collaboration
AIPAI (Associazione italiana per il patrimonio archeologico industriale), AISU (Associazione Italiana di Storia Urbana), CIPA Heritage documentation, CITY HISTORY MUSEUMS NETWORK, ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), ISPRS WG V/2 "Cultural Heritage Data Acquisition and Processing",
MiBACT (Ministero dei Beni e delle Attività Culturali e del Turismo), ROMA CAPITALE*,
SISE (Società Italiana degli Storici dell’Economia)

*to be confirmed