CALL FOR PAPERS: Florence Heri-Tech:The Future of Heritage Science and Technologies

CALL FOR PAPERS

THE CONFERENCE

 Florence Heri-Tech has a high-level scientific and cultural profile and aims to create an International Forum in Florence for participants to compare and debate research, themes and trends in cultural heritage science and technologies.

The Conference is promoted by DIEF – Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence(www.dief.unifi.it), in collaboration with the sixth Florence Art and Restoration Fair (www.salonerestaurofirenze.org), which has multi-year experience in the field and guarantees the presence of a large and expert audience as well as the scientific and cultural support of the most important institutions working in the field.

AREAS AND TOPICS

The Conference is divided into 4 thematic areas in the field of Cultural Heritage Sciences and Technologies. Each sector contains a number of topics. You can find all topics on the web site www.florenceheritech.com.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  1. MATERIAL SCIENCE
  2. DIAGNOSTICS AND MONITORING
  3. ENGINEERING
  4. ICT AND DIGITAL CULTURAL HERITAGE

 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submission to the special issue must include original research. Authors willing to submit an abstract should send an email to chair@florenceheritech.com attaching the abstract written using the provided Abstract Template. Abstracts must be written in English. The length of the abstract must not exceed 350 words.

IMPORTANT DATES

  • October 30, 2017 – Deadline to submit abstract
  • November 15, 2017 – Abstract acceptance notification
  • December 15, 2017 – Deadline to submit draft paper 
  • January 15, 2018 – Submission of final paper

HONORARY CHAIRS COMMITTEE

  • Prof. Piero Baglioni, University of Florence
  • Prof. Giorgio Bonsanti, University of Florence
  • Prof. Emeritus Vito Cappellini, University of Florence
  • Prof. Sharon Cather, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
  • Prof. Marco Ciatti, Opificio delle Pietre Dure
  • Prof. Maria Perla Colombini, CNR-ICVBC: National Research Council of Italy – Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage
  • Prof. Luigi Dei, Rector of The University of Florence
  • Prof. Jose Delgado Rodrigues, Laboratorio Nacional  De Engenharia Civil, Lisbon
  • Prof. Pedro Santos, Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Darmstadt
  • Prof. Antonio Sgamellotti, University of Perugia  

GENERAL CHAIRS

  • Prof. Rocco Furferi, DIEF – Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence
  • Prof. Rodorico Giorgi, Department of Chemistry of University of Florence
  • Prof. Lapo Governi, DIEF – Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence
  • Prof. Mauro Matteini, OPD – Opificio delle Pietre Dure, ICVBC-CNR – Institute for the Conservation and Valorization of Cultural Heritage and National Research Council of Italy
  • Prof. Yary Volpe, DIEF – Department of Industrial Engineering of University of Florence

For more information send a mail to chair@florenceheritech.com

PROCEEDINGS

The proceedings of The Future of Heritage Science And Technologies Conference will be part of  IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering.

Paper submitted to the Journal must have been peer reviewed in accordance with the Journal’s Peer Review Policy http://conferenceseries.iop.org/content/quick_links/Peer%20Review%20Policy

 
On line publication will include:
  • Open access publication, all articles are free to read and download in perpetuity.
  • Abstracting and indexing in ISI Web of Science (Conference Proceedings Citation Index), ScopusEi Compendex, among others.
  • Creation of online versions of the abstracts contained in each paper.
  • Creation of hyperlinked references and tracking of future citations.
  • Unlimited number of pages in each article.
  • Unlimited use of colour online.

Print copies are charged separately from online publication

The Authors have to accept the terms of the Proceedings Publication Licence

http://conferenceseries.iop.org/content/quick_links/IOP_Proceedings_Licence

WE EXPECT YOUR ABSTRACT BY OCTOBER 30, 2017

For more information, please see www.florenceheritech.com