The DEDICATE seminar has been a splendid opportunity to discuss the curation and management of Built Environment related data as both a cultural phenomenon interpreted by a variety of professional communities and disciplines and a common technological framework for their activities.

This event especially pointed out the commonalities into both the stakeholders communities' necessities and requirements and, we think, stressed the urgent need for a shared agenda for this field.

I really feel obliged toward all the people that contributed to this event. In particular, I would like to thank all the speakers for both their generous presentations and the precious debate animation that concluded the event.

Today, with some delay, we publish in this post the presentations from the DEDICATE final seminar.

In the near future, we will make available a report on the event too.

PRESENTATIONS

• DURAARK - Michelle Lindlar, German National Library of Science and Technology



• Preserving CAD, the DPC report – Alex Ball, University of Bath



• BIM centre - Graham Hayne, Glasgow Caledonian University



• the RIBA Enterprises BIM programme – John McKechnie, RIBA Enterprises



• CyArk Europe - Adam Frost, CyArk Europe



• Curating the RCAHMS collections- Emily Nimmo, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland



• Beyond Built Heritage Documentation: digital applications needs for research and conservation - Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, University of Strathclyde