When: Monday 14 December 2026, 09:00–16:00 (CET)
Where: LINXS (The Loop, 3rd floor, Rydbergs torg 4, Lund)
Organisers: LINXS Heritage Science theme
About
The field of Heritage Science is moving faster than ever. This workshop will discuss the current state of the art in interdisciplinary Heritage Science research and how we envision the field evolving over the coming years. We will begin with a keynote lecture from Livio De Luca, Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS).
Keynote speaker
Building cathedrals of digital data and multidisciplinary knowledge in heritage science
Prof Livio De Luca
Research Director at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
Livio De Luca is an architect and research director at CNRS, specialising in the digital documentation of cultural heritage. He directed the MAP laboratory (Models and simulations for Architecture and Heritage) from 2012 to 2023 and has coordinated the digital data working group of the CNRS/Ministry of Culture scientific worksite for the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris since 2019. He holds an ERC Advanced Grant (n-Dame_Heritage), is Editor of the Journal of Cultural Heritage, and received the CNRS Medal of Innovation in 2019.
Preliminary programme
09:00–09:20 Coffee and welcome
09:20–09:30 LINXS and the Heritage Science theme: introduction and welcome
Mikael Fauvelle, Lund University
09:30–11:00 Keynote: Building cathedrals of digital data and multidisciplinary knowledge in heritage science
Livio De Luca, Directeur de Recherche au CNRS
11:00–11:15 Coffee break
11:15–11:30 Harnessing Power: Communicating Heritage Science
Courtney Nimura, Ashmolean Museum & Susan Nehzati, Diamond Light Source
11:30–11:50 3D Digital Archives for Heritage Science: Connecting Data, Enabling Reuse
Nicolo dell’Unto, Lund University
11:50–12:10 Visualizing tomographic datasets by means of VR, AR and CAVE
Emanuel Larsson, Lund University
12:10–13:30 Lunch
13:30–13:45 Quantitative Methods for Heritage Science at Large-Scale Facilities: Towards Best Practices
Anna Fedrigo, Institut Laue-Langevin
13:45–14:00 Advanced Visualization in Heritage Science: perspective work
Lucia Mancini, ZAG
14:00–14:15 Advancing Analysis, Advancing Heritage
Susan Nehzati, Diamond Light Source
14:15–14:30 Coffee break
14:30–14:45 On the reading of runes hidden for a millennium
Helena Berg, Gothenburg University
14:45–15:00 Retrospective on the LINXS theme
Björn Nilsson, University Museum of Bergen
15:00–16:00 Roundtable discussion
Photos from a theme event 2026
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