The meeting took place at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy Adriatico Building -Kastler Hall Scope The workshop and the foresight study, organized by European scientific institutions with affiliations to advanced lasers, neutrons and synchrotron radiation research centres, was aimed at bridging the current knowledge gap between Research Infrastructures (RI) and the Cultural Heritage (CH) community, by bringing together RI scientist, current and future RI users in the field of CH, and a panel of leading CH experts. The Workshop The interdisciplinary workshop consisted of scientific sessions, including invited and contributed talks, as well as a poster session, focused on recent advances of Cultural Heritage research with neutrons, synchrotron X-rays and lasers. A plenary session with Cultural Heritage experts addressed future perspectives of large scale facilties in Cultural Heritage. The Foresight Study This study identifyed how present and future needs in the field of conservation and investigations of objects of historic and cultural significance can be best met by Research Infrastructure research and instrumentation. The findings will help research Infrastructures to further adapt neutron, synchrotron and laser radiation facilities to the requirements of a wider community in cultural heritage research. Cultural Heritage and Development Cultural heritage is of paramount importance for developing country societies and economies. ICTP, under the aegis of UNESCO and IAEA, promotes the use of advanced methodologies based on tools developed for fundamental physics research in cultural heritage applications. In particular there are specific areas that require urgent attention, such protecting and/or restoring cultural heritage sites from natural and man-made disasters (climate change, earthquakes, air pollution, etc) and illegal trade in counterfeit art. The Centre may also promote the access to large scale research facilities by researchers and students from developing countries. Objectives To provide a vibrant and interdisciplinary forum to discuss recent scientific results and techniques employing neutrons, synchrotron X-rays and lasers in Cultural Heritage research. To map the community involved in activities related to Cultural Heritage research at advanced radiation sources. To bridge the current knowledge gap and improve synergies between art historians, conservation scientists and natural scientists. To encourage cross-fertilization between the CH community and RI researchers. To identify the scientific needs of the CH community, i.e networking, coordination, physical infrastructures, virtual infrastructures etc. To identify the technical requirements of future instrumentation best suited to investigate CH objects. Preliminary Study Meeting In preparation of the RICH workshop of December 2005, a preliminary study meeting was held on October 5, 2005 in Palazzo Sturzo, Rome , where working groups of invited experts in the fields of "Cultural Heritage" and "Research Infrastructures" contributed to shape the structure and the contents of the December Meeting. Brochures. RICH Leaflet - Incontro di Studio - October 2005 - Istituto Sturzo, Palazzo Baldassini, Roma (Italian): (PDF 183KB) RICH Leaflet - Study Meeting - October 2005 - Istituto Sturzo, Palazzo Baldassini, Roma (English): (PDF 183KB) MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RICH - Study Meeting LINK to PROGRAMME, TALKS & MINUTES Scientific Committee Organizers Paolo Radaelli ISIS, United Kingdom Claudio Tuniz Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy Franco Zanini ELETTRA and Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy Scientific Committee Carla Andreani Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy Maria Pia De Pascale Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata and INFN, Italy Wolfgang Eberhardt IA-SFS, Bessy and Technische Universität Berlin, Germany Costas Fotakis LASERLAB EUROPE and Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion, Greece Andrea Granelli Fondazione COTEC Rome, Italy Marco Martini University of Milano Bicocca, Italy Ezio Pellizer Università degli Studi di Trieste - Italy Manolis Pantos SRS, Daresbury Laboratory, United Kingdom Romano Rinaldi Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy Helmut Schober NMI3 and Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France Antonio Sgamellotti EU-ARTECH and Università degli Studi di Perugia, Italy Lucia Toniolo CNR, Milano - Italy Winfried Kochelmann ISIS, United Kingdom Organizing Committee Beatrice Gobbo Università degli Studi di Trieste, Italy Oleg Missikoff Universita' Luiss, Rome, Italy Armida Sodo Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy Ilde Weffort Elettra, Italy

See the PROGRAMME Scope Workshop Foresight Preliminary Study meeting Objectives Scientific Committee Leaflets Finances Contributions Registration Deadlines Contact Conference Sponsors Logistic information Download here the poster (A3 size for printing): (PDF 6.5MB) Leaflet Leaflet - Triestre: (PDF 5.230 MB) Finances No workshop fees have to be paid. A limited travel budget and Student Bursaries are available. Contributions Contributors are asked to submit a one-page abstract to the workshop organizers, indicating the preferred mode of presentation (oral or poster). Invited speakers and selected contributors will be asked to submit a short paper, which will be peer-reviewed and published in the Proceedings of the RICH Workshop. All contributors are kindly requested to participate in the Foresight Study, by completing the Foresight Study Template in electronic form. Registration For REGISTRATION please click here Important: All contributors are kindly requested to participate in the Foresight Study, by completing the Foresight Study Template in electronic form. Completed Foresight Study Templates should be e-mailed to Ms. Ilde Weffort or brought to the Workshop on a suitable electronic medium. Deadlines Abstract acceptance (notification to authors) - 30 September 2005 For registration: 20 November 2005 For financial support: 30 November 2005 Contact Paolo G. Radaelli (ISIS Facility,UK - University College, London). Claudio Tuniz (Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste) Franco Zanini (ELETTRA,I - University of Trieste ) Conference Sponsors Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils, UK. Cotec - Fondazione per l'Innovazione Tecnologica, Italy. CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy. ELETTRA - Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Italy. ICTP - International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy. Integrating Activity on Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser Science". Integrated Infrastructure Initiative for Neutron Scattering and Muon Spectroscopy . Laboratorio di Tecniche Nucleari per i Beni Culturali - Firenze, Italy. Integrated Initiative of European laser Infrastructures - I3. L’Associazione School of Neutron Scattering Francesco Paolo Ricci Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca. Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata. List of RIs so far involved: BESSY - Berliner Elektronenspeicherring Gesellschaft. für Synchrotronstrahlung, Germany Daresbury Laboratory, UK Diamond Light Source, UK Elettra Synchrotron Light Laboratory, Italy ESRF - The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France HMI - Hahn-Meitner Institute, Germany ILL - Institut Laue-Langevin, France ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source, UK LENS - Laboratorio Europeo di Spettroscopie Non Lineari, Sesto Fiorentino (Florence), Italy. LLC Lund Laser Centre, Lunds Universitet, Lund, Sweden PSI - Paul Scherrer Institut, Switzerland SOLEIL, France SNS - Spallation Neutron Source (USA) JSNS , Japan ULF-FORTH, Hellas, Heraklion, Greece Logistic information To arrange your travel visit the ICPT pages:Where is ICTP located? How to reach ICTP? Visiting ICTP