Cultural heritage creates identity to people, society and nations. But in many regions of this world tangible cultural heritage is in danger due to erosion, political conflicts or natural desaster. Thus, cultural knowledge is lost and cannot be passed on to future generations. This workshop deals with the urgent question of the possibilities of digitalizing and virtualizing cultural heritage in order to preserve it digitally and make it accessible to a broad audience, regardless of space and time.

The workshop takes place on Sep 19, 2025 as part of the GI Informatik Festival 2025 in the University ofPotsdam, Germany. At least one author of each paper must participate in the conference.

We invite theoretical and applied contributions from the following areas:

• Photogrammetry, Lidar-technologies, 3D-scanning technologies
• Technical workflows for the digitization of cultural heritage and the creation of digital twins
• Spatial design, XR, VR, AR and interactive environments in the context of digitalization of cultural heritage
• Questions of technology in the ethical context of digitalization of cultural heritage
• Digital restoration of cultural assets
• Possibilities of AI in the context of digitalization of cultural heritage
• Sustainable tourism and virtual travel
• Data storage and digital preservation of data, databases for digitalization of cultural heritage

We welcome contributions from related subject areas.

Submission Instructions

We accept contributions in English language. The manuscript must be formatted in lni format https://gi.de/service/publikationen/lni in the actual version (January 2025 and February 2025 resp.) Please anonymize your manusript.

All submitted papers are subject to a double-blind review process. Only manuscripts that are anonymized and follow the lni formatting guidelines will be forwarded to reviewers!

Submit your manuscript via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=digheritage25

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

Student Paper Track

All authors are students (incl. PhD students), only short paper. Contributions in English can besubmitted in PDF format (4-6 pages), including illustrations and indices.

Regular Paper Track

Short or long paper. Contributions in English can be submitted in PDF format as long papers (8-10 pages) or short papers (4-6 pages), including illustrations and indices.

Additional Information

At least one author of all accepted papers must register for the conference (either onsite or online) and present the paper during the workshop. Accepted papers will be forwarded for publication as open access paper in the conference proceedings of INFORMATIK 2025.

Accepted papers will be presented in a regular session or a poster session. The decision will be made by the program committee.

Organizing Committee

• Christina B. Class, professor for computer science at the Department of Fundamental Sciences, Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena University of Applied Sciences.
• Julia Schnitzer, professor of digital media at the Faculty of Informatics and Media at Brandenburg Technical University of Applied Sciences.
• Paul Grimm, professor for expanded reality at Darmstadt University ofApplied Sciences and European University of Technology.

Contact

All questions about submissions can be mailed to christina.class@eah-jena.de or to DigHeritage25(at)easychair.org (preferred).