On the Road to Reconstructing the Past April 1, 2008

The 36th Annual Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology will be held on 2-6 April 2008 in Budapest, Hungary. The conference is organized by the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Archaeological Sciences of the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, the Hungarian National Museum, the Budapest Historical Museum, the Central European University, Archaeolingua Foundation, and the Research Institute for Visualisation, Architecture and Archaeology.

The conference is held under the auspices of the Directorate of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Hungarian Ministry of Education and Culture.

The main theme of the conference is the use of computer applications and quantitative methods in two fields: at large-scale (rescue) excavations that usually precede infrastructural investments and construction works, and during processing and analyzing the huge amounts of data from such excavations.

Conference Schedule – Overview

Wednesday, 2 April
9.00 – 14.00: Registration
16.00: Opening ceremony
Speeches will be delivered by: István Hiller, Hungarian Minister of Culture and Education; Prof. Dr. Szilveszter E. Vizi, President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Nick Ryan, President of CAA Steering Committee; Prof. Dr. Csanád Bálint, Director of the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; Dr. Erzsébet Jerem, Chair of the Conference Organizing Committee
16.50: Keynote lectures
18.00: Welcome reception in the Ceremonial Hall of the main building of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Thursday, 3 April
9.00 – 18.00: Conference sessions and workshops
18.00: Guided tour in the Budapest Historical Museum and reception

Friday, 4 April
9.00 – 18.00: Conference sessions and workshops
19.30: Conference Dinner on a boat on the Danube

Saturday, 5 April
9.00 – 15.30: Conference sessions and workshops
16.00 – 17.00: Annual General Meeting of CAA
18.00: Guided tour in the Hungarian National Museum and farewell reception.

Sunday, 6 April
9.00: Optional post-conference excursions

Full-day excursions

• Aquincum (the Roman city of Budapest), Visegrád (the medieval royal centre) and the Danube Bend (a popular tourist destination)


• Eger (with a well-preserved medieval castle)


• Veszprém (Archbishop’s Palace, Franciscan Monastery), Tihany (Benedictine Abbey, Iron Age fortified hilltop settlement) and Lake Balaton

Half-day excursion

• Százhalombatta (Archaeological Park, Iron Age barrows, Iron Age and Bronze Age fortified hill-top settlement)

Conference information provided by konferenciakalauz.hu

Official Website: http://www.caa2008.org/