 | DoCH25: Digitalization of Cultural Heritage University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany, September 19, 2025 |
| Conference website | https://informatik2025.gi.de |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digheritage25 |
| Submission Page Opening | March 1, 2025 |
| Submission deadline | April 1, 2025 |
| Notification of Acceptance/Rejection | May 6, 2025 |
| Paper final Submission | May 19, 2025 |
About the Workshop
This Workshops takes places as part of the annual conference of the German Informatics Society Informatik Festival 2025, 16.-19. September 2025, Potsdam Germany.
Cultural heritage creates identity to people, society and nations. But in many regions of this world tangiblecultural heritage is in danger due to erosion, political conflicts or natural desaster. Thus, cultural knowled-ge is lost and cannot be passed on to future generations. This workshop deals with the urgent question ofthe possibilities of digitalizing and virtualizing cultural heritage in order to preserve it digitally and make itaccessible to a broad audience, regardless of space and timeThe workshop takes place on Sep 19, 2025 as part of the GI Informatik Festival 2025 in the University ofPotsdam, Germany. At least one author of each paper must participate in the conference.
We invite theoretical and applied contributions from the following areas:
- Photogrammetry, Lidar-technologies, 3D-scanning technologies
- Technical workflows for the digitization of cultural heritage and the creation of digital twins
- Spatial design, XR, VR, AR and interactive environments in the context of digitalization of cultural heritage
- Questions of technology in the ethical context of digitalization of cultural heritage
- Digital restoration of cultural assets
- Possibilities of AI in the context of digitalization of cultural heritage
- Sustainable tourism and virtual travel
- Data storage and digital preservation of data, databases for digitalization of cultural heritage
We welcome contributions from related subject areas.
If you have any questions, don‘t hesitate to contact us. We invite students to submit papers and take part in a student paper track.
The workshop will take place in a hybrid format. Online participation is possible.
Submission Guidelines
Submission Instructions
We accept contributions in English language. The manuscript must be formatted in lni format https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni in the actual version (January 2025 and February 2025 resp.) Please anonymiye your manusript.
All submitted papers are subject to a double-blind review process. Only manuscripts that are anonymized and follow the lni formatting guidelines will be forwarded to reviewers!
Submit your manuscript via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digheritage25
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
Student Paper Track
All authors are students (incl. PhD students), only short paper. Contributions in English can besubmitted in PDF format (4-6 pages), including illustrations and indices.
Regular Paper Track
Short or long paper. Contributions in English can be submitted in PDF format as long papers (8-10 pages) or short papers (4-6 pages), including illustrations and indices.
Additional Information
At least one author of all accepted papers must register for the conference (either onsite or online) and present the paper during the workshop. Accepted papers will be forwarded for publication as open access paper in the conference proceedings of INFORMATIK 2025.
Accepted papers will be presented in a regular session or a poster session. The decision will be made by the program committee.
Organizing Committee
- Christina B. Class, professor for computer science at the Department of Fundamental Sciences, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena University of Applied Sciences.
- Julia Schnitzer, professor of digital media at the Faculty of Informatics and Media at Brandenburg Technical University of Applied Sciences.
- Paul Grimm, professor for expanded reality at Darmstadt University ofApplied Sciences and European University of Technology.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be adressed via the easychair conference page (preferred) or emailed to christina.class(at)eah-jena.de Please use the tag [DigHeritage25] to ensure a timely answer to your question.