AI to Safeguard Iran’s Cultural Heritage From Disasters
Tehran is getting ready to hold a landmark conference on artificial intelligence (AI) that will help preserve Iran’s ancient sites from natural calamities. The seminar will look at how AI-based technologies may make heritage preservation systems for managing crises, making predictions, and responding to them stronger.
Mohammad Ebrahim Zarei, head of the Cultural Heritage Ministry’s Research Institute, made the declaration. He stressed that Iran is very vulnerable to earthquakes and other natural disasters. He remarked, “Iran is a country that is prone to disasters,” and “we need to take steps to protect our cultural and identity foundations.”
National Focus on Crisis Management and Preservation
Zarei said that a new department has been set up just for dealing with cultural heritage crises, which shows how important the problem is. He said, “None of our monuments are safe from earthquakes,” and he pointed out that there are more than 1 million artifacts around the country.
The conference will be held from November 10 to 12 at Parseh Hall. There will also be events in the National Museum of Iran, the Malek Museum, and Niavaran Palace. The objective is to connect science and history by illustrating how new technologies may keep old places safe from disasters in the future.
Integration of AI in Cultural Heritage Protection
The event will show how AI can help protect the environment and lessen the harm caused by disasters. Experts will talk about systems that use predictive modeling, real-time monitoring, and automated damage assessment to safeguard historical sites and archeological sites.
Zarei said that AI can find structural weaknesses, identify seismic dangers, and simulate environmental concerns more precisely than older approaches. He remarked, “We hope to use technology as a shield for our civilization,” and he asked technologists and heritage managers to work together.
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Learning From the Past to Protect the Future
The people who put on the conference underlined how important it is to mix old expertise with new ideas. Zarei said that destruction to heritage monuments has gotten worse over the years because of a lack of care. He said that working with the National Cartographic Center was one way to keep an eye on ground subsidence and protect old buildings.
The goal of the event is to turn expert talks into rules for all government ministries, making sure that there is a consistent national framework for preparing for disasters in cultural heritage management.
Earthquake Lessons From Iran’s Historic Cities
Mehdi Zare, the conference’s scientific secretary and head of earthquake prediction at the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, talked about how bad earthquakes had been for Iran’s cultural heritage in the past.
He talked about how Tabas city was destroyed, how the Bam Citadel was damaged, and what we may learn from the Varamin earthquake. He remarked, “If we look at aerial photos of Varamin Grand Mosque, we can see the scars left by time and tremors. AI can help us figure out how to keep and fix these one-of-a-kind artifacts.”
Extensive Participation and Research Contributions
The conference has already gotten a lot of academic attention, with 190 research papers submitted and 90 accepted. There will also be 14 seminars and a number of roundtable talks on how to respond to crises, how to preserve history, and health, safety, and environment (HSE) rules for cultural organizations.
The people in charge want to make sure that the results are not simply ideas but also things that can be used in real-life preservation work. Heritage managers, AI developers, engineers, and lawmakers who want to protect Iran’s cultural character are all taking part.
Toward a National Framework for Heritage Resilience
This event is the first big effort to bring together AI innovation and historic conservation under a national plan. Iran wants to make itself more resilient to earthquakes, floods, and other natural dangers by setting up protocols, educating specialists, and making AI tools for monitoring and responding.
Zarei said that cultural heritage is the heart of the nation and that protecting it needs both knowledge and technology. The goal of the next conference is to show how AI may help us remember our shared history while being ready for an unpredictable future.
