CIPA Heritage Documentation School Georgia – Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for the 2026 CIPA Heritage Documentation School in Batumi, Georgia, happening 21-27 September 2026.

DiWine Path Summer School

CIPA HD is proud to support the “DiWine Path” summer school, to be held at the new Politecnico di Torino and University of Turn headquarters in Elva, at the upper end of the Valle Maira area in Italy. The ‘DiWine Path’ Summer School explores how climate change is reshaping agricultural production, transforming mountainous areas into new territories for viticultural experimentation and rural regeneration.

XR Heritage Summer School 2026

The XR Heritage Summer School 2026 is an intensive, practice-led program that explores how emerging technologies — particularly Extended Reality (XR), 3D documentation, and digital storytelling — are reshaping the way we understand, interpret, and communicate cultural heritage.

Heritage at Risk Summer School Recap

CIPA Heritage Documentation was invited to the “Heritage at Risk Summer School” in Ferrara, Italy.

CIPA Heritage Documentation School Armenia – Registration Now Open!

Registration is now open for the 2026 CIPA Heritage Documentation School in Byurakan, Armenia, happening 19-25 June 2026.

CIPA Nepal Heritage School 2026 Scholarships Announcement

Two scholarships are now available for the CIPA Nepal Heritage School 2026, happening January 15-19, 2026 in the scenic city of Pokhara, Nepal.

CIPA Nepal Heritage School 2026

The CIPA Nepal Heritage School 2026 will take place January 15-19, 2026 in the scenic city of Pokhara, Nepal. Take advantage of Early Bird Registration until November 30, 2025! 

This international training event will focus on 3D surveying and modelling techniques for the documentation of cultural heritage.

Announcing CIPA Summer School 2025: Digitisation of Built Heritage at Risk

Join the 14th CIPA Summer School (May 20-25, 2025) at Heiligenkreuz-Gutenbrunn Castle, Austria! Gain hands-on experience in heritage documentation, photogrammetry, and laser scanning. Led by TU Vienna, in collaboration with ICOMOS and ISPRS. Earn 3 ECTS credits. Limited spots—apply now!

Publication: Reviving Aleppo

We are thrilled to announce the publication of Reviving Aleppo initiated and edited by our members Rahaf Orabi and Fabian Thiel, now available through Springer Nature, in the series “Cities, Heritage and Transformation”. This book is the culmination of extensive work, intense reviews and contributions from the 2021 online conference.

APTI Workshop on Standardization

The Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) recently held a workshop on standardization from June 11-14, 2024, in Ithaca, New York. APTI, a global organization dedicated to promoting the best practices for the preservation of historic structures, brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss the future of heritage documentation.