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The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union in Brussels, supported by the General Direction for Research in Cultural Heritage, has organized an Exhibition from 31st January up to 4th February 2005 in the European Parliament. Under the Patronage of MEP Martin Schulz, the results of 2 research Projects supported by the European Commission were presented.
Entwicklungsgesellschaft Zollverein Essen presented the structural change of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Zeche Zollverein from an industrial complex into an international center of business, design and culture. The objective of the exhibition was to
raise awareness among the European parliamentarians on the importance
to support research and development in such an interdisciplinary field
that is important for society: Cultural Heritage. Among the guests attending, were parliamentarians,
representatives of several directions of the European Commission (DG
Research, DG SME Unit, DG INFOS, DG eTEN, DG Enterprise, COST Action,
EURAB), industry (e.g. IBM, Daimler Chrysler) and also interested guests
coming from many European countries (e.g. Princess Heide von Hohenzollern,
the Italian General Consul Bernardino Mancini, Prof. Günter Schmid
and Dr. Klaus Seyfried, vice president of InGentibus Foundation e.V.).
During the whole week, the ITER project was represented by FUTUREtec (Ing. Andrei Druta and Dr. Caterina Rehm-Berbenni) and by LVR - Landschaftsverband Rheinland, Archaeological Park Xanten (Dr. Peter Kienzle), who had the opportunity to speak with numerous parliamentarians and interested people raising awareness on the results and success of the work done by the ITER consortium. |
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