Since 2000 the Regional Archaeological Museum of Madrid has been carrying out several courses for archaeologists. They are supported by the General Direction of Historical Heritage and the Archaeological Section of the Doctors and Bachelors’ College.

New contents have been added to the Gijón Territory demonstration project regarding a meeting that was held on November 26th 2010, which was titled: "The territory of Gijón. Excavations in the old tobacco factory of Gijón".

The inscription period for the Conceptual Modeling for Cultural Heritage course has opened. It is directed by César González Pérez of the LaPa group, CSD-TCP team. Click here for more information regarding this.

The new number of the electronic newsletter COALITION is already online. Number 21, January 2011.

The newsletter belongs to the Thematic Network on Cultural Heritage and Network on Science and Technology for the Conservation of Cultural Heritage of CSIC.

Within the CSD-TCP program a strong research line has been the environmental impact of Roman gold mining in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. In this same direction, a further step has been the renewal of the MINEDOR project, financed by the French Agence nationale de la recherche (ANR).

The ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) is a strong structure based on commissions and working groups. Working group 2 of commission V is in charge of cultural heritage data acquisition and processing.

The Sixth International Conference on Advanced Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICAVS-6) will be held in Sonoma County (California) on June 12-17, 2011. It will bring together scientists from all disciplines of vibrational spectroscopy. Its design nurtures new emerging ideas through the interaction of specialists from diverse disciplines.

6th International Congress on the Application of Raman Spectroscopy in Art and Archaeology (RAA 2011). The conference will take place in Parma (North of Italy), 5 - 8 September 2011. RAA conferences have a long tradition, starting in London (2001), and following in Ghent (2003), Paris (2005), Modena (2007) and Bilbao (2009).