The tragic events that happened at Notre-Dame Cathedral on the 15th April 2019 left the world in shock. Why did this happen? How could it occur? Could stakeholders have done more to prevent it?

This BIM4Heritage Conference will analyse the issue of digital asset management of heritage structures and, through lessons that might be learnt from this tragedy, what else might be done to help prevent it happening again. Digital technologies such as recording, documentation and Building Information Modelling (BIM) can all contribute important information on the fabric, components and spaces that make up a heritage structure as well as acting as a crisis management tool to support urgent interventions or reconstructions of such iconic monuments. The Conference will host a range of expert speakers and researchers to explore these themes and to showcase successful case studies, in order to learn from the past to preserve the future.