CULTNAT is proud to announce that it will be participating in the Euro-Mediterranean Innovation Market Place Exhibition taking place in Cairo in the period between the 26th and 28th of January 2010 at the Fairmont Towers Hotel.

The event is primarily an initiative of the Research Development & Innovation Program which is affiliated to the Ministry of Higher Education and Academic Research in Egypt, funded by the European Union in Cooperation with MAGICX, of the German-Arab Chamber of Commerce. Dr. Fathi Saleh will be among the distinct panelists speakers who will be taking part in the discussion panel titled`Arab Science and Technology Strategy` taking place on the final day of the event in which the keynote speakers will be H.E Dr. Ahmed Darwish, Minister of State for Administrative Development. This is aside from the CULTNAT Booth where the Center`s main documentation activities will be displayed through 3 large plasma screens to attract as many spectators attending the event. In addition, CULTNAT will be participating with a number of completed and ongoing projects with the EU, that include SHADUF, InfraArtSonic, and Climate for Culture which will be displayed among other projects in the form of posters in the designated pavilions area for the Center

The Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT) celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2010. CULTNAT Cultural Program starts the celebrations with a photo exhibit the Coptic Heritage Documentation Project. The exhibit presents documentary images of different Coptic sites in Egypt including the oldest site in the world: the `Monastery of St. Anthony`. The images also feature samples of the Coptic art shown in icons, woodwork, wall paintings, manuscripts… etc. More information about the sites will be given by Project`s consultant fr. Maximous Alantony. The opening will be followed by a CULTURAMA show displaying the Coptic timeline.



The exhibit opens Tuesday 5th January 2010 at 12:30 Pm marking the Coptic Christmas celebrations. It lasts for two weeks.

CULTNAT is proud to announce that it is organizing a panel discussion on the “Promotion of Cultural Diversity through Cultural Heritage in Cyberspace”, as part of the organizations’ participation in the IGF conference in Sharm el Sheikh between the dates of 15th until the 18th of November, 2009.

The panel discussion, no. 318, will be held on the final day of the conference, the 18th Nov. 2009 at 4:00 pm until 5:30 pm. Ms Hind Mostafa, Head of the International Relations Section at CULTNAT, and principle organizer of the panel stated that the panel is constituted of international speakers, as well as CULTNAT Senior Consultant to the Center Dr. Reem Bahgat in order to ensure the multi disciplinary nature of the discussions. Other panelists include Dr. Fekri Hassan (Archeology Professor from London School of Economics, LSE), Ms. Tulika Pandey (additional Director of Internet Governance and Proliferation Team Department of IT MCIT India), Dr. Rodolfo Ambrosetti (Director of Cairo Technology Development Center at IBM), Dr. Tarek Shawki (Director of Cairo UNESCO office), and finally Dr. Adel Danish (CEO and Chairman of Xceed, and Ms. Nevine Tewfic MCIT’s Director of the Cyberspace Initiative.

This multidimensional panel will comparatively cover topics in relation to:
• CULTNAT’s experience in documentation, dissemination and preservation of Cultural Diversity in CyberSpace (Dr. Bahgat)

• Cultural diversity in India and some of the initiatives taken towards digital preservation. (Ms. Pandey)

• Multinationals in ICT and the “Cultural Diversity Challenge”: A driving force for reaching out to multi stakeholders (Dr. Ambrosetti)

• UNESCO Challenges in promoting Cultural Diversity in CyberSpace, Regionally and Internationally (Dr. Shawki)

• Representing the Private Sectors role in dealing with Cultural Diversity in CyberSpace (Dr. Danish)

• As well as Cultural diversity in relation to Arab Content in CyberSpace: The Egyptian Experience (Ms. Tewfik)

The Center for Documentation of Cultural and Natural Heritage (CULTNAT), affiliated to the Bibliotheca Alexandrina, is organizing the workshop `Authentication of Artefacts and their Protection against Forgery and Illicit Trade` within the final AUTHENTICO project event. The workshop will be held in Alexandria, Egypt on November 4-5, 2009 at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The workshop focuses on issues related to authentication and control of illicit trade and non-destructive analysis of artefacts in general. It presents the outcome of the EU project AUTHENTICO, providing an opportunity to exchange the latest research and case studies in the field.
AUTHENTICO project is also holding its final meeting at the Bibliotheca Alexandrina in Alexandria, Egypt on November 7 -8, 2009. The Partners and experts will attend the meeting which comes after 30 months, the duration of the project. The meeting`s agenda primarily includes presentations and discussions on activities accomplished by partners.

Workshop Agenda: http://authentico.org/Agenda.pdf