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Our conference consisted of the following:

Dean Ian Gatley of the RIT College of Science and Dean Joan Stone of the RIT College of Imaging Arts and Sciences welcomed the crowd.

Professor Roy Berns, RIT Munsell Color Science Laboratory, led off the conference with a quick tutorial on color imaging and a description of museum-related research at the Munsell Lab.

Research Professor Mitchell Rosen, RIT Munsell Color Science Laboratory, presented a summary of the American Museums Digital Imaging Benchmark Survey and a selection of video clips from the case study interviews.

A fascinating panel discussion featuring representatives from the case study institutions followed. Each participant gave a quick overview of digital imaging in his or her institution and then participated in an interactive discussion with the audience. It was over far too fast. Speakers were: Erik Landsberg, Museum of Modern Art; Andrew Gunther, Harvard University Art Museums; David Remington, Harvard College Libraries; Barbara Bridgers, Metropolitan Museum of Art; and, Christopher Gallagher, Art Institute of Chicago.

From the Art Institute of Chicago Francesca Casadio and Christopher Gallagher delivered the first invited talk of the conference on the topic of imaging in conservation.

Professor Franziska Frey, RIT School of Print Media, closed the presentation program for the first day talking about digital preservation.

Busses transported attendees to the Eastman House for evening entertainment.

Our second day opened with a provocative presentation on camera imaging chips by Ricardo Motta of Pixim, Inc.

Erin Murphy, graduate student in the RIT Munsell Color Science Laboratory, delivered her well received talk on evaluation of case study imaging systems.

Peter Burns and Don Williams of Eastman Kodak Co. presented their tag-team description of camera development issues.

Roy Berns moderated an open discussion on user needs for cameras.

Lunch followed and then an open house at the Munsell Color Science Laboratory.

Günter Waibel of RLG entertained the meeting with a fun introduction to technical metadata.

National Gallery of Art's Alan Newman closed the meeting with his take on where digital imaging for cultural heritage is headed.

Please go to munsell.cis.rit.edu/~yxo6336/photo/Conf04/Web.html to see photographs taken at the conference by RIT Munsell Color Science Laboratory graduate student Yoshio Okumura.