ARTEMIS Summer School 2026 has successfully concluded at Hof University

The first ARTEMIS Summer School 2026, an intensive programme dedicated to Reactive Heritage Digital Twins (RHDT) and their application in cultural heritage preservation has concluded in Hof (Germany). Over the course of several days, participants from various countries worked at Hof University of Applied Sciences on practical case studies, explored tools for digital and reactive twins, and engaged with risk‑modelling techniques and approaches for monitoring the condition of heritage assets.

The programme combined lectures by European researchers, workshops and networking sessions, focusing on how digital twins can assist with the conservation, restoration and management of cultural heritage — from individual artefacts to historic buildings and landscapes. The summer school formed part of the wider ARTEMIS project, which is developing digital tools to protect cultural heritage with EU support under the Horizon Europe programme.

In the lead-up to the ARTEMIS Summer School 2026, the ARTEMIS Second Interim Meeting took place, in which the Pixelated Realities PO was represented by its Head, Iana Boitsova, and educational projects coordinator Yulia Frolova, who presented Ukraine’s experience of digitally documenting heritage in wartime.

Our colleagues joined the international community of digital heritage specialists. ARTEMIS, recognised as the European Commission’s ‘Project of the Month’ for June, focuses on the concept of ‘Reactive Heritage Digital Twins’ — reactive digital twins of real objects that help analyse risks and plan for their preservation. Their participation strengthens Ukraine’s voice in the European debate on the future of digital heritage twins and long-term digital infrastructure for working with cultural heritage sites.

You can read more about the outcomes of the ARTEMIS Summer School 2026, the programme and the participants on the ARTEMIS project website via the link.

The Pixelated Realities PO is a partner in the consortium implementing the ARTEMIS project (under the Horizon Europe programme), which aims to create a digital infrastructure for the preservation and restoration of cultural heritage using 3D visualisation technologies.