SCHEDULE: Monday 4 DECEMBER

9.00 Registration

9.45 Welcome
R. De Mattei
Vicepresidente CNR - Vice-President of CNR
Maria Mautone
Direttore Dipartimento Patrimonio Culturale del CNR - Director of CNR Cultural Heritage Dep.
Salvatore Garraffo
Direttore dell'Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali del CNR Roma – Director of CNR Institute for Technologies Applied to Cultural Heritage -Rome

10.00 Introduction
S. Campana, M. Forte

10.20 Key Note Speaker
M. HERNANDEZ, UNESCO
UNESCO partnership with space institutions to improve conservation of cultural heritage

10.40 Key Note Speaker
R. FRANCOVICH, University of Siena
Mapping cultural heritage: the role of remote sensing in the perspective of a more widely integrated approach to archaeological landscapes studies and conservation

11.00 Key Note Speaker
W.SATURNO, University of New Hampshire
Sensing a Future for the Past


11.20 - 11.30 COFFEE BREAK


11.30 SESSION 1 - Satellite Remote Sensing Archaeology

Chair - M.Hernandez

11.30
AURDAL L., EIKVIL L., KOREN H., LOSKA A.
Semi-automatic search for cultural heritage sites in satellite images

11.50
DEROIN J-P., TEREYGEOL F., BENOIT P., AL-THARI M., AL-GANAD I., HECKES J., PELI A., PILLAULT S., FLORSCH N.
Archaeological remote sensing in Yemen, the Jabali test site. From large-scale survey to field investigation

12.10
LASAPONARA R., MASINI N.
Performance evaluation of data fusion and edge detection algorithms for the detection of archaeological features by using satellite Quickbird data

12.30
MASINI N., LASAPONARA R.
Evaluation of the spectral capability of QuickBird imagery for the detection of archaeological buried remains

12.50
NIE Y., DAI J., ZHANG X.
The Use of DMC Small Satellite Data in the Investigation of Chinese Great Wall


13.10 - 14.30 BREAK


14.30
PARCAK S.
Satellite survey and coring in reconstructing ancient landscapes in the Nile Floodplain and at Tell-el Amarna (Middle Egypt): a multifaceted approach

14.50
WELLER E. T.
Satellites, Survey, and Settlement: the Late Classic Maya Utilization of Bajos (Seasonal Swamps) at Tikal and Yaxha, Guatemala


15.10 SESSION 2 - Aerial Archaeology: vertical and oblique photography

Chair - W.Raczkowski

15.10
MUSSON C.
The flying patchwork quilt: aerial responses across Europe

15.30
CAPRASECCA A.
Air Photo interpretation and the study of Medieval settlements in Maremma (central Italy)

15.50
COWLEY D.
The emerging landscape of East Lothian, Scotland. Mapping, analysis and presentation


16.10 - 16.20 COFFEE BREAK


16.20
MUSSON C., DRIVER T., PERT T.
Air photo applications in Wales, UK. Exploration, landscape analysis, conservation and public presentation

16.40
MACLEOD K.H.J.
Developments in aerial photographic rectification and mapping at RCAHMS

17.00
BEWLEY R., MUSSON C.
‘European Landscapes – Past, Present And Future’. A Culture 2000 project: realities, objectives and future prospects

17.20
SÁNCHEZ PARDO J. C., ORTEGA I. F.
Aerial archaeology in Spain: historiography and expectations

17.40
VERHOEVEN G., LOENDERS J.
A remote controlled infrared eye in the sky

18.00
VERMEULEN F.
Integrating aerial photography for the study of Roman towns in Italy


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