International Colour Conference 2020
Today began the annual Meeting of the International Colour Association, AIC2020, which this year should have taken place in the historic setting of Avignon.
The International Conference sees every year the participation of many scientists and professionals from all over the world, about the theme of “colour”, in all its forms. The Conference approach is multidisciplinary and it’s characterized by 4 topics, discussed within 8 sessions:
Topic 1: COLOUR, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Session 1: Materials and applications
Sciences and industries : structural colours, natural colorants, bio-inspired pigments (food, cosmetics, paints, textiles…)
Session 2: Sustainability
Health, biodiversity, lifespace, landscape, urban planning, building materials, etc.
Topic 2: COLOUR AND HERITAGE
Session 3: Material approach
Past and future architecture, natural ligthing, materail and digital restoration, art materials, 3D digitization technologies, …
Session 4: Cultural approach
Intangible heritage and knowhow, language, anthropology, teaching colour, …
Topic 3: PERCEPTION, CAPTATION AND COLOUR CREATION
Session 5: Scientific Dimension and economical impact
Human, animal and machine Vision ; economic impacts ; design, marketing, packaging, …
Session 6: Social and cultural extents
New kind of knowledge and cultural dissemination (sound and light show, digital devices and human interaction), artwork reproduction, new fields of creation and digital colour fidelity to natural colours, ethics and virtual or real artwork restoration, virtual/real make-up, etc.
Topic 4: DIGITAL COLOUR AND VIRTUAL WORLD
Session 7: Technology
Colorimetry and instrumentation, spectral image synthesis, display devices (TV, video, mobilephone, overhead projector, Head Mounted Display, etc.), 2D and 3D digital printing, lighting, physics of colour, etc.
Session 8: Interaction between natural colours and digital colours applications.
Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Diminished Reality, image analysis, image synthesis, graphics creation and applications (movie industry, video games, medecine, odontology, prothesis fabrication, building and construction, etc.)