IEEE CyberHumanities Conference 2025

A New Discipline is Born: The IEEE CyberHumanities Conference 2025 Brings Together Experts to Address the Digital Heritage Crisis 

Introduction

As cyber threats, conflicts, and digital misinformation continue to escalate, cultural institutions are facing an unprecedented crisis. The IEEE CyberHumanities Conference 2025, taking place from September 8–10, 2025, in Florence, Italy, is the first-ever event dedicated entirely to Cyber Humanities, a transdisciplinary approach integrating AI, cybersecurity, and digital preservation with humanistic expertise. 

Conference Highlights

• Expert-led workshops on implementing cyber resilience strategies

• Interactive sessions on AI-driven threat detection

• Case studies of successful digital preservation initiatives

• Networking opportunities with leading practitioners

• Special focus on quantum-ready preservation strategies

Who Should Attend?

• Digital archivists and preservation specialists

• Cybersecurity professionals

• AI researchers and developers

• Cultural heritage professionals

• Policy makers and institutional leaders

• Academic researchers in digital humanities

  
  

Program

Sponsored by IEEE, with the auspices of the Italian Research Council, this groundbreaking conference will gather leading researchers, policymakers, technologists, and humanities scholars to discuss: 

• Comprehensive strategies for protecting cultural institutions against evolving cyber threats and digital attacks, including the latest defensive technologies and best practices.

• The intersection of artificial intelligence and historical narratives, exploring both the potential benefits and risks of AI in preserving and interpreting cultural heritage. 

• Advanced frameworks for ensuring the long-term resilience of digital cultural assets, incorporating both technical and policy-based approaches. 

• Standardization initiatives in digital cultural heritage preservation, focusing on interoperability and sustainable practices. 

• Innovation in metadata frameworks, addressing challenges in cross-institutional collaboration and data sharing. 

• Emerging quantum computing challenges and their implications for archival security and integrity.

  
  

Keynote Speakers (read more here)

• Prof. Moshe Vardi (Rice University) - Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Human) 

• Sally Chambers (British Library/DARIAH) - To be announced 

• Prof. Massimo Bernaschi (GARR/IAC-CNR) - High-Performance Computing in Humanities

• Prof. Ernesto Damiani (Khalifa University / Univ. of Milan) - Cyber-Humanities & Large Language Models (LLMs)

Contribute

Call for Papers (read more here)

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following:

• T1- Digitization

• T2 - Processing and curation

• T3- Preservation

• T4 - Protection and security

• T5 - Retrieval and analysis

• T6 - Valorization and applications

• T7 - SSH research infrastructures

• T8- Ethical and legal aspects

• T9 - Societal aspects

  
  

Read Author's Instructions and submit via EasyChair.

Organisational information

Timeline

• Paper submission deadline: May 5, 2025

• Authors' notification: May 20, 2025

• Camera-ready submission: May 28, 2025

• Early registration deadline: May 30, 2025

• Conference dates: Sept 8–10, 2025

Registration Information (read more here)

• Early Bird Registration (until May 20, 2025)

• Regular Registration (after May 20, 2025)

  Virtual attendance is possible.

  Read more about event price list and register here.

Venue & Accommodation (read more here)

The conference will take place at the Fondazione CR Firenze Innovation Center, a hub for digital culture located in the heart of Florence's Oltrarno district.

Location

Fondazione CR Firenze

Innovation Center Lungarno Soderini

21 50124 Firenze, Italy