The first international conference on heritage science research, innovation and best practice in the interpretation, conservation and management of cultural heritage took place at University College London on 14-15 July 2015.

The conference was co-organised by SEAHA, the EU FP7 PEOPLE Marie-Curie Action Project: Initial Training Network on Digital Cultural Heritage (ITN-DCH) and of the Heritage Consortium. The Digital Heritage Lab of Cyprus University of Technology as the Coordinator of the Marie-Curie Action Project: ITN-DCH, was invited to actively participate and present the preliminary research results of eight ITN-DCH fellows.

The SEAHA project is a British initiative designed to respond to a real need for the training of interdisciplinary scientists and engineers in the area of Cultural Heritage Protection. The training programme has been co-developed with a number of Partner institutions from the industrial, heritage, scientific, engineering and higher education sectors. Many Partner representatives are involved in SEAHA bodies such as the Steering Committee and the Advisory Board, which ensures that the CDT delivers the science and engineering that will make a real contribution to heritage organisations and industry.

The three core SEAHA universities are the University of Oxford, University College London and the University of Brighton.

The newly established cooperation between SEAHA and ITN-DCH projects is the largest in Europe and expands the number of fellows individual projects to eighty in the area of Cultural Heritage Preservation and Protection.

ITN-DCH Coordinator Dr. Marinos Ioannides and fellows together with SEAHA Supervisors and fellows at the Senate House of the University of London met during the SEAHA conference in London, UK.