Finacial Support Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography UNESCO Moscow Office Information Society Development Foundation The priority national project «Education» Hewlett-Packard Development Company Information Support MINERVAPLUS in Russia BRICKS Multimedia Publishers «ArtInfo» Automation Directions in Museums and Information Technologies Web-portal "Museums of Russia" CNews.ru Hi-Tech on-line edition "625", "Audio Producer" and "Cinema Equipment and Technologies" magazines "The World of Museum" magazine Interregional Centre for Library Cooperation

European Commission
Federal Agency on Culture and Cinematography
Centre on the Problems of Informatisation in the sphere of Culture (Centre PIC)
M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
The 9^th Annual International Conference
EVA 2006 Moscow
The Conference, Workshops, Exhibition, Festivals
4 - 8 December 2006

Venue: M.I. Rudomino All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature

Supported by
Russian Committee of the “Information for all” UNESCO Programme
Russian Branch of ICOMOS
EVA Conferences International

Culture and Information Society Technologies. Century XXI

CONFERENCES INSIDE:
ECHOLOT 2006: IST and Audiovisual Heritage
Information Resources and Technologies for Non-Movable Heritage Preservation
EXHIBITION: Multimedia in Culture, Art & Education
The 11^th Festival of Creative Interactive Multimedia “Content 2006”

Who Should Attend
The Cultural Sector: Museums, Galleries & Libraries; the Government Sector; International Organisations; Tourism & Travel Sectors; Media & Related Sectors; Technology & Visual Arts Research; University & Research Organisations; Education Sector; Hi-Tech Industries, SMEs especially from the Multimedia & Internet sector

Conference Topics:
From information to knowledge: Russian and International Policy, Programmes & Projects, International Co-operation and co-ordination; the EC FP6 and FP7; UNESCO IFAP; local programmes.
Digitisation, access and preservation of cultural heritage: digital libraries, multilingual and multicultural issues; legal issues.
Information society technologies in museums, galleries, libraries, archives, universities; IST and contemporary art; integration.
Sustainable development: business models; new services for the citizens; culture and business.
Culture for Education, Education for Culture.

Workshops and Tutorials:

Museum Information Systems	Library Information Systems
Archive Information Systems	Non-movable Heritage Information Systems
Registration fee is 200€ Working languages: Russian and English Deadlines: abstracts –September, 1; full texts – November, 1; exhibitors – November 1; participation – October 15 Please mind the visa information on the web-site!