At the annual EGI conference, international scientific communities, computing and service providers, European projects, security experts, community managers, and policy makers gather to take research and innovation in data-intensive processing and analytics forward, in a safe and open environment with room for in-depth discussion, new insights, and networking. EGI Foundation is one of the technical partners in EUreka3D, with the task of developing a data hub and new services dedicated to cultural heritage institutions, to support digital cultural heritage collections management and sharing. EGI is an expert federation of computing and storage resource providers united by a mission of offering advanced computing and data analytics services for research and innovation.

EUreka3D project was presented at the conference with a keynote speech by Marinos Ioannides from Cyprus University of Technology, one of EUreka3D partners. The talk, titled “The oldest traditional Trawler of Cyprus on its way to the Data Cloud and Memory Twin”, is delivered within the session Inside Data Spaces: Enabling data sharing paradigms. This contribution discusses the boat’s characteristics, its restoration procedures, its 3D digitisation, and the positive impact for the preservation of the local Maritime Cultural Heritage by creating the exact Memory Twin and make all information and data available under open-access to the entire world.

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A postcard promoting the upcoming EUreka3D public events was distributed during the conference.

More information: https://eureka3d.eu/egi-conference-2024/