NODEM 08 will take place at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik from 3rd to 5th December 2008. NODEM (Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums) is a professional forum for exchanging knowledge and establishing collaboration between museums, research institutions, galleries, science and discovery centres, cultural/natural heritage sites and similar organisations. The official language of the conference will be English.

The location of the NODEM 08 conference, Reykjavik, the capital city of Iceland, helps to set the background for this year’s theme: Experiences in Natural and Cultural Heritage. Iceland is well known for its long tradition in natural/cultural heritage communication in both digital and non-digital forms. That makes Iceland an interesting catalyst for thinking about alternative ways that digital excellence can support experiences rather than to merely support information. 

In addition to the presentation of papers and projects, the conference will also comprise workshops, an exhibition of outstanding projects, an awards ceremony and visits to exhibitions. The programme will allocate time for general and specific discussions by all parties, including the paper and project presenters, the exhibitor designers, the research teams and the general audience. The exhibition will include research posters, projects, digital solutions, and other features related to the theme of the conference. The keynote speakers will address the overall theme of the conference and will be announced at a later date.

NODEM 08 invites submissions of papers, project presentations and exhibition proposals from museum and exhibition designers, museum experts, researchers, curators, social scientists, interaction designers, media producers, artists, ICT developers and engineers or anyone else who has an interest in the field.

Examples of topics of interests:

• Outdoor digital interaction.
• Visualisation techniques - virtual, mixed reality, augmented and 3D simulations
• Interplay between objects and digital media
• Tools for education and training in cultural heritage
• Internet-based cultural heritage applications
• Mobile technologiesthat enhance experience
• Designing for experience in cultural/natural heritage
• Emotional or learning experiences related to objects and physical environments
• Cultural heritage and history ingrained in nature
• Cultural heritage in role play and games
• The benefit of digital media for tourism
• Museum 2.0
• Social media and museums

All submissions are subject to double-blind review.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: September 10th

Submission guidelines and further information: click here

Project submission deadline: September 10th

Forms for submissions and further information: click here

Exhibitions proposals deadline: October 1st

Forms for proposals and further information: click here

Notification of Acceptance: October 16th

The final programme will be published on the NODEM 08 website www.nodem.eu on October 27.

Coordinator of NODEM 08
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir
Centre for Research in the Humanities
University of Iceland
mgu at hi.is
Tel. +354 525 4462

On behalf of the local committee and the programme committee it gives us pleasure to invite you to Iceland for NODEM 08. It will be held at the University of Iceland in Reykjavik on 3-5 December 2008.

NODEM stands for Nordic Digital Excellence in Museums and the theme for the 2008 event is Experiences of Natural and Cultural Heritage. This is the fourth NODEM event since 2003, when the Interactive Institute in Sweden organised the first one in Stockholm.

The aim of NODEM is to create a professional forum to exchange and increase knowledge, and establish collaboration between museums, galleries, science and discovery centres, cultural/natural heritage sites and similar organisations e.g. exhibit designers, media producers, educators, engineers, artists or ICT developers.

A local committee has been formed to organise the event, in good cooperation with Halina Gottlieb at Interactive Institute in Stockholm, who initiated NODEM, and a programme committee with people from all the Nordic countries. The local committee consists of people from research/university, the museum sector and industry.

We look forward to welcoming you to Iceland!

Coordinator of NODEM 08
Margrét Guðmundsdóttir
Centre for Research in the Humanities
University of Iceland
mgu at hi.is
Tel. +354 525 4462