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How can new technologies support heritage in emergencies? Oliver van Damme, Programme Specialist for Planning and Co- ordination, UNOSAT - Moderator Dr Emma Cunliffe, Research Associate, Cultural Property Protection and Peace, Newcastle University Kristin Parker, consulting partner with the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM), archivist and curator Martin Roeske, Senior Manager, Public Policy and Government Relations MENA at Google Yves Ubelmann, President, ICONEM From Mosul and Aleppo to Hebron and Timbuktu, how best to protect the world’s endangered cultural heritage was one of the central themes being explored at Culture Summit Abu Dhabi 2019. On day three of the summit, an expert panel with first-hand experience of using new technologies to survey and interpret at-risk heritage and archaeological sites, discussed how such advances can support heritage conservation and preservation both in emergencies and beyond. 85