Chair: Michael DONEUS, Austria

The International Committee for Documentation of Cultural Heritage (CIPA) is one of the international committees of ICOMOS (International Council on Monuments and Sites) and it was established in collaboration with ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing). Its main purpose is the improvement of all methods for surveying of cultural monuments and sites, specially by synergy effects gained by the combination of methods under special consideration of photogrammetry with all its aspects, as an important contribution to recording and perceptual monitoring of cultural heritage, to preservation and restoration of any valuable architectural or other cultural monument, object or site, as a support to architectural, archaeological and other art-historical research. According to the activities of CIPA, the session shall contain following issues: . Using Laser Scanning data in archaeological contexts . Methods for monitoring of cultural heritage . Long range conservation of digital records . Heritage Information AND Management Systems, and their interconnection with public GIS Extended abstracts will be evaluated. Languages: English and German. No translation. The best papers will be accepted for a three hour session on Wednesday, 7 Nov. 2007. A poster session will give room for more presentations.