Report on ICT and emering technologies

The Information Communication Technology is transforming our way to work and live. Their social and economical impact represents a key opportunity for new developments in every field of knowledge. If this technology is to be harnessed to enhance democratic principles, it must contribute to the creation and enrichment of an educated, informed citizenry; it must incorporate the accumulated knowledge and creativity of the past; and it must anticipate and enhance creativity for the future. Another event is the awareness of the importance of cultural heritage, and the needs of exploiting and managing it: the number of visitors to museums, historical monuments and archaeological sites grows day by day. As already expressed on the occasion of other reports the state of art of cultural heritage in Europe is well known and evident, the wealth of artworks and goods, expression of every kind of art from graffiti to frescos and architecture, issued along the centuries care of different people that inhabited the continent and different styles from Greeks to Renaissance and over, characterises uniquely the European cultural heritage.