NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
APPLIED TO THE CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE19th & 20th November 2026
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The professional association Conservadors-Restauradors Associats de Catalunya (CRAC) is organizing the XVIII Technical Meeting on Conservation-Restoration, to be held on 19 and 20 November 2026 at CaixaForum Barcelona.
A profession in transition
Conservation-restoration is entering a new era shaped by digitalization, emerging technologies, and Artificial Intelligence. Faced with today’s environmental, social, and material challenges, the profession is undergoing a profound transformation in which digital tools and data analysis are becoming essential allies for preserving cultural heritage.
The adoption of AI and new technologies is transforming diagnosis, intervention, and heritage management. This edition of the Technical Meeting aims to be a space for discussion and exchange on how these tools can improve conservation-restoration processes and promote more sustainable practices in the long term, while opening new paths for knowledge and heritage interpretation.
Interdisciplinarity —collaboration between scientists, technology experts, and conservators-restorers— becomes key in this new paradigm, which calls for redefining methodologies and expanding the boundaries of the discipline.
Topics to be covered
During the Meeting, research work, applied projects, case studies, and technological developments in the field of conservation-restoration will be presented, organized into the following thematic tracks:
In addition, the Meeting will feature an exhibition space for specialised companies developing useful tools and solutions for conservators, giving attendees the opportunity to get to know firsthand technological innovations.
We look forward to seeing you
We invite all conservators, as well as technical profiles and researchers interested in developing innovative solutions for the protection of cultural heritage, to take part in this XVIII Technical Meeting. We look forward to seeing you on 19 and 20 November at CaixaForum Barcelona to share knowledge, discuss challenges, and build the future of the discipline together.
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OPENING
“How geodata helps understand fossil stability: an AI diagnostic system based on WMS/ArcGIS”
Almudena Selomith Yagüe; F. Marcos-Fernández
“Standardized documentation model and multi-technique analysis of a reference collection of pictorial films: a tool for diagnosing pictorial heritage”
Aleix Villalobos Quintana, Laura Osete Cortina, Cristina Isabel Font Julián, Laura Fuster López
COFFEE BREAK.
Poster presentation
“Digitalization of stratigraphic analysis: development of a standardized cataloguing system applied to cultural heritage for data management and reuse”
Clara Rico Climent (Universitat Politècnica de València), José Moreno Cañadas, Esther Nebot Díaz, Laura Osete Cortina
“Integration of advanced digital technologies for documentation, predictive analysis, and conservation-restoration. The case of the Cardboard Hospital of Capdella”
Júlia Servera, Sígrid Remacha, Mercè Gual, Marta Freixa, Caridad de la Peña, Eva Perisé, Ana Pastor, Violant Bonet, Daksh Kaushik
“3D printing applied to sculptural restitution: materials and parameters for the specific case of the trumpeting angel of an 18th-century Dutch longcase clock”
Leire Escudero Costa, David Juanes Barber, Begoña Saiz Mauleón
LUNCH BREAK
“Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (InSAR) as a tool for the preventive conservation of cultural heritage”
María López Rey, David Villalón Torres, Yolanda González-Campos Baeza and Esteban García Viñas (Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage)
“Conservation and restoration, another language is possible. Let’s make ourselves visible”
Verónica Ojeda Jiménez
“From capture to preservation: comprehensive digitization of the Mallorca cathedral complex and graphic survey of the apse stained-glass windows”
David Moreno, Cèlia Mallafré, Albert Samper (Scandraw, SL)
“The Ethics of Restoring Paintings on Canvas with Digitally-Designed Transparencies”
Alex Kachkine (PhD MIT)
“When Cultural Heritage is at risk: the potential of the Art-Risk model and geospatial technologies”
Mónica Moreno, Rocío Ortiz, Pilar Ortiz (UPO)
“Implementation of the RE-ORG method in an industrial museum: challenges, adaptations, and integration of digital tools for intelligent storage management”
Olga Payan
COFFEE BREAK. Poster presentation
COMPANY SHOWCASE
LUNCH BREAK
CLOSING LECTURE
Albert Sierra (Catalan Agency for Cultural Heritage)
ROUND TABLE
AI in the conservation-restoration of Cultural Heritage
CLOSING SESSION
“Optimization of inspection protocols for metal-gall inks through digital analysis and open software: application in 16th-century Canary Island manuscripts”
“High-resolution photogrammetry on canvases with complex reliefs: evaluation of a motorized capture system”
“Digitizing to conserve: Pere Jou capitals from the Maricel Palace, Sitges”
“Custom conservation supports for archaeological materials using 3D digital twins”
“Digitization as a tool for conservation and outreach of archaeological sites. The case of Cova Bonica (Vallirana, Barcelona)”
Rock art site of La Roca dels Moros – El Cogul
(https://patrimoni.gencat.cat/es/monumentos/monumentos/el-cogul)
Address: Carretera del Cogul a l’Albagés Km.1, 25152 El Cogul, Lleida
