CIDOC Conferences

The International Committee for Documentation of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-CIDOC) organises an annual conference which typically incorporates:

• Plenary sessions with papers and reports on documentation issues and initiatives
• Workshops and tutorials on specific issues
• Working Group sessions during which members of the Groups pursue their projects
• Annual General Meeting of CIDOC
• Visits to museums to learn about their documentation practices

The 2010 conference

In 2010 CIDOC will meet in Shanghai, China. The CIDOC2010 conference will be held as a part of the triannual ICOM general conference in Shanghai, China which last from November 7th to November 12th 2010. See http://icom.museum/general-conference2010.html for general information, or go to the conference site www.icom2010.org.cn/icomwbs/webpages/en.

Call for papers:

http://meta.se/cidoc/conf/2010/CfP2010.pdf

Important dates:

• Deadline for submitting papers and posters: 30 April 2010
  
• Notification about acceptance:  20 May 2010
  
• Prliminary programme:  to be announced
• Conference: November 8th^h ‐ November 10th 2010.

Previous conferences

• 2009, Santiago, Chile Documentation in the XXI Century: connecting cultural heritage information.
• 2008, Athens, Greece The Digital Curation of Cultural Heritage. 
• 2007, Vienna, Austria, (Managing the global diversity of cultural information) part of the ICOM Triennial General Conference.
• 2006, Gothenburg, Sweden (Wider perspective - broader base).
• 2005, Zagreb, Croatia (Documentation and users)
• 2004, Seoul, Korea (Museums and intangable heritage), part of the ICOM Triennial General Conference
• 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia (Electronic potential of a museum: stimuli and restrictions, achievements and problems)
• 2002, Porto Alegre, Brazil (Preserving cultures: documenting non-material heritage)
• 2001, Barcelona, Spain (Managing change. Museums facing economic & social challenges), part of the ICOM Triennial General Conference
• 2000, Ottawa, Canada (Collaboration, context, convergence. Sharing heritage for the new millenium), a joint meeting with the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
• 1999, London, U.K. (Development and delivery of information resources diverse audiences), a joint meeting with the MDA
• 1998, Melbourne, Australia (Documenting and communicating cultural and natural diversity), part of the ICOM Triennial General Conference, with the theme Museums and cultural diversity)
• 1997, Nuremberg, Germany (Quality and documentation)
• 1996, Nairobi, Kenya (Museum documentation in and out of Africa)
• 1995, Stavanger, Norway, part of the ICOM Triennial General Conference.
• 1994, Washington DC, USA (Automating museums in the Americas and beyond)
• 1993, Ljubljana, Slovenia
• 1992, Quebec City, Canada
• 1991, Copenhagen, Denmark