The ICOMOS Scientific Committee CIPA Heritage Documentation, a joint committee of ICOMOS and ISPRS, has been very active during the last reporting session.

Activities of CIPA-Heritage Documentation:

1. CIPA session at the conference "Cultural Heritage and New Technologies" in Vienna, Austria. 16.-18. November 2009, organized by the town of Vienna, with up to now 230 participants. It is the 14th regional annual meeting of this kind mainly by and for archaeologists. http://www.magwien.gv.at/archaeologie

2. The 22nd Symposium of the International Committee for Heritage Documentation (CIPA) was held in Kyoto, Japan, October 11-15, 2009. It was the first time ever a CIPA symposium to be held in Asia, and despite the global economic recession, approximately 200 participants around the world met and discussed current and future advances in heritage documentation. A keynote session, 16 Oral sessions and 2 Poster sessions accommodated the 2 keynote speeches, 64 oral presentations and 56 posters. http://www.rgis.lt.ritsumei.ac.jp/cipa2009/
The full symposium proceedings can be downloaded free of charge from the CIPA website http://cipa.icomos.org/index.php?id=405 .

3. The next 23rd CIPA Symposium will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, September 12-16, 2011.

4. CIPA-HD 1st Belgian Colloquium on Heritage Documentation, organized by the Belgian CIPA Committee in Brussels on February 12, 2009: 230 participants.

5. Arqueologica 2.0 Sevilla, Spain - 1st International Meeting on Graphic Archaeology and Informatics, Cultural Heritage and Innovation 17-20 June 2009.

6. The ARIS09 Course "Architectural Records, Inventories and Information Systems for Conservation" was held in Rome, Italy, 2 Sept. -2 Oct. 2009, organized by ICCROM and the Getty Conservation Institute. Participants came from 17 different countries and many instructors were CIPA members. During four intensive weeks, the course covered the following topics: hand measurement; photography; thermal imaging; laser scanning; 3D modelling; time-lapse and balloon photography; strobe lighting; photogrammetry; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); Global Positioning Systems (GPS); topographic survey; panoramic photographic; data management and video.

http://www.iccrom.org/eng/news_en/2009_en/events_en/10_07courseARIS_en.shtml

Recent publications:

• The XXIInd Symposium proceedings from Kyoto can be downloaded free of charge from the CIPA website http://cipa.icomos.org/index.php?id=405 .

• CIPA session at the conference "Computer und Archäologie" is published in: Börner, W., Uhlirz, S., Kulturelles Erbe und Neue Technologien. Archäologie und Computer Workshop 13, 03.-05. November 2008. Phoibos Verlag, Wien. ISBN: 978-3-85161-002-4

• Robin Letellier, 2007, Guiding Principles on Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places. With contributions from Werner Schmid and Francois LeBlanc. J. Paul Getty Trust,
ISBN 978-0-89236-925-6

• Rand Eppich, Amel Chabbi 2007, Illustrated Examples. Recording, Documentation, and Information Management for the Conservation of Heritage Places. J. Paul Getty Trust, ISBN 978-3-85161-016-1

• A ‘Best Examples' collection of CIPA Symposium papers is in production, intended publication date mid 2010.

• The CIPA Heritage Documentation movie can be found at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByxYdCIbxMI

Officers of the CIPA Executive Board:

President
Cliff Ogleby (2007 - 2010)
The University of Melbourne
Department of Geomatics
Victoria 3010, Australia
Tel: +61-3-8344-6806 Fax: +61-3-9347-2916
e-mail: president@cipa.icomos.org

Vice Presidents
Klaus Hanke (2007 - 2010)
Surveying and Geoinformation Unit
University of Innsbruck
Technikerstrasse 13
A 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
Tel: +43 512 507 6752 Fax: +43 512 507 2910
E-mail: vicepresident@cipa.icomos.org
WWW: http://www2.uibk.ac.at/geodaesie/hanke_e.html

Mario Santana Quintero (2007-2010)
Consultant
Torre Banvenez piso 12 ofic. 12-C
Av. Francisco Solano López c/c. Pascual Navarro,
Sabana Grande, Caracas Venezuela
E-mail: vicepresident@cipa.icomos.org

Secretary General
Michael Doneus (2007 - 2010)
Institute for Prehistory and Protohistory
University of Vienna
Franz-Klein-Gasse 1
A 1190 Vienna, Austria
Tel: +431 / 4277 / 40486 Fax: +431 / 4277 / 9404
E-mail: secretary_general@cipa.icomos.org
WWW: http://www.univie.ac.at/Luftbildarchiv/index.htm

Treasurer
Pierre Grussenmeyer (2007 - 2010)
National Institute of Applied Sciences of Strasbourg
Photogrammetry & Geomatics Group
24, Boulevard de la Victoire
F-67084 Strasbourg Cedex
Tel./Fax +33 3 88 14 47 33
E-mail: treasurer@cipa.icomos.org