MULTI ENCODE

MULTIFUNCTIONAL ENCODING SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT OF MOVABLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

Partners

	FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY - HELLAS INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE & LASER, Vassilika Vouton, Voutes, 711 10 Heraklion, Crete Coordinator and devloper, brings to the consortium its expertise on the development of methods, procedures and protocols of holography and modern laser technology application in art conservation research in structural diagnosis and introduses the IAP multisensor concept of laser based multifunctional encoding system for monitoring by micro-structural diagnosis movable cultural heritage. Research and development on Impact Assessment procedure and suitable inspection system.
	Universitat Stuttgart , ITO Institute fur Technische Optik, Pfaffenwaldring 9, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany Developer and task leader, brings to the consortium its expertise on miniature optical system and on portable optical metrology techniques based on wavefront and speckle reconstruction, and on original development on software and supports. Research and development on Impact Assessment procedure and suitable inspection system
	Centre Spatial de Liege, Universite de Liege, Liege Science Park, Avenue du Pre Aily, Belgium Developer and task leader, brings to the consortium its expertise on photorefractive holography and corresponding transportable photorefractive optical systems and on original development on software and supports. Research and development on Impact Assessment procedure and suitable inspection system
	OPTRION S.A. Rue des Chasseurs Ardennais, 4, B-4031 Liege, Belgium SME company and task leader, brings to the consortium its expertise on construction of optical components and integration of systems and software and on development on accompanied optoelectronic peripherals to support market exploitation. OPTRION will integrate in a prototype system the products of research of IESL/FORTH, ITO, CLS and in cooperation with NATIONAL GALLERY OF ATHENS and TATE BRITAIN will organize demonstrations at the and of the project and to other end-users premises.
	National Gallery of Athens, Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Department of Conservation, Michalakopoulou 1, 116 01 Athens, Greece End-User and task leader, brings to the consortium the end-user expertise from Southern European region, dealing with precious, unique and irreplaceable paintings. The National Gallery of Athens organizes almost all year round exhibitions and exchanges artworks on loan. NGA in cooperation with TATE BRITAIN will use first the products of the research and they provide assessment and demonstration of the final method and system to the rest of the conservation community.
	TATE, Conservation Department, Tate Britain, MillBank, London SW1P 4RG, UK End-User, brings to the consortium the end-user expertise from Northern European region, dealing with precious, unique and irreplaceable paintings and contributes to round travel exhibitions TATE BRITAIN in cooperation with NGA will use first the products of the research and they provide assessment and demonstration of the final method and system to the rest of the conservation community.