NetConnect Workshop in Glasgow 22-23 APRIL 2009
The NetConnect event took place in the context of the Digital Documentation conference
(http://www.digitaldocumentation.co.uk/) held in Glasgow – Scotland, at the Old Fruitmarket on April 22-23 2009.
The event was supported by the following project’s partners:
- 3 staff members from Graphitech: Giuseppe Conti, Gabrio Girardi and Michele Andreolli,
- 2 staff members from University of Calabria: Antonio Feraco and Giuseppe Naccarato
- several additional staff members from Glasgow School of Art, main organizer of the hosting conference, providing scientific, technical and logistic support. Among staff from GSA, for their specific relevance within the project, it is worth mentioning Doug Pritchard and Tom W. Maver.
On April 21st all computers were set up ready for demos, videos, PowerPoint presentations by NetConnect staff. A specific room (“club room”), at the top floor of the Old Fruitmarket building, was provided for the sole use of NetConnect project.
The room was configured in class-room mode with 25+ seating places. Two computers with large screens on either sides of the room were configured to continuously play videos of the results of the project. Leaflets of the project were distributed on the tables and handed at the entrance of the room to participants to the event. A large 2.5 mt long NetConnect banner was also placed outside the room. NetConnect leaflets and directions to the room where placed around the venue.
On the first day of the event, during the plenary opening session, D. Pritchard introduced the project, co-sponsor of the event, mentioning that the initiative is being funded by the EU as part of Cultura 2000 programme. D. Pritchard also announced that the NetConnect project was being presented at the “club room” during 11:30 – 12:30 time slot.
During this time A. Feraco and G. Conti presented the project with a 40 minutes long presentation introducing the project, its partners, its goals, its cultural connections and the technologies implemented (VR, GIS, mobile). Screenshots of the project were also shown to the public.
Following this a tutorial session was scheduled at 12:30, run by G. Girardi, and run for a total of 1 hour. During the tutorial the audience was introduced on how to create an interactive application for cultural heritage starting from raw data such as images, plans etc.
The following day a presentation was scheduled for the same 11:30 – 12:30 time slot. A briefer presentation (15 mins) by A. Feraco and G. Conti was immediately followed by a demo session of the VR application by G. Girardi (15 mins). This in turn was followed by an extensive training session lasting approximately 1:30 hours explaining how to build an interactive VR environment for cultural heritage purposes. The session was followed by a very intense question and answer session.
During the event a large number of pictures were taken and most of the presentations and tutorials were filmed. The 4th issue of the newsletter also reports and echoes the results of the event.
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