About the Journal
The Digital Archive and Museum Management Unit of the Information Management and Digital Transformation Agency at IPB University (LMITD IPB) will host the International Conference on Heritage, Information, and Digital Transformation (HIDIT) in October 2026. The conference will be held in a hybrid format, both in person at IPB University and online, and will bring together academics, researchers, professionals, digital practitioners, and policymakers.
The conference aims to foster dialogue and collaboration at the intersection of cultural heritage, information systems, and digital transformation within the framework of Society 5.0. This approach emphasizes a human-centered society that integrates physical and digital spaces to balance economic progress with social and environmental solutions.
This year’s theme, “Integrating Heritage, Information, and Social Resilience: Innovations for Nature, Memory, and Communities in Society 5.0,” invites participants to examine how heritage preservation, information management, and digital technologies can together enhance the resilience of natural ecosystems, cultural memory, and communities.
The conference is set within the paradigm of Society 5.0, which integrates cyberspace and physical space to balance economic growth with social and environmental solutions. Unlike Industry 4.0, which focused on automation and efficiency, Society 5.0 prioritizes human needs and social resilience. In this context, the heritage sector is shifting toward more inclusive and meaningful innovation, guided by human-centricity, resilience, and sustainability. However, this transition brings challenges. Society 5.0 introduces risks that threaten national and local cultural narratives. Securing cognitive sovereignty, the ability of nations or communities to control their cultural narratives in digital spaces, has become an urgent concern.
Amid climate change, biodiversity loss, rapid urbanization, and the growing influence of artificial intelligence, our methods of documenting, interpreting, and sharing knowledge are changing significantly. However, technology alone is not sufficient. Lasting resilience depends on digital innovation that is rooted in local wisdom, participatory governance, and respect for diverse forms of memory, including oral traditions, institutional archives, museum collections, and community records.
The conference encourages reflection on several key questions: How can AI and digitization support human-centered innovation without erasing cultural specificity or increasing digital divides, and what ethical frameworks are needed to protect cultural authenticity? What roles do archives, storytelling, and cultural knowledge play in sustaining collective memory and identity during environmental change, and how can these be better represented in conservation frameworks? How can policy, climate adaptation, and community resilience be integrated with heritage and biodiversity governance, especially when customary ecological knowledge is often marginalized? Finally, how can galleries, libraries, archives, and museums (GLAM) become active centers for environmental knowledge and civic engagement, building on projects such as climate risk assessment, energy reduction, and AI-driven sustainability visualization?
By addressing those questions, HIDIT 2026 aims to move beyond techno-centric narratives and toward integrative, transdisciplinary approaches that honor the complex relationships between nature, memory, and communities in the digital age. The conference thus serves as a platform for critical reflection on how digital transformation can be harnessed not merely for efficiency, but for ecological and cultural flourishing in Society 5.0.
- Venue Location
HIDIT 2026 will be held at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at IPB University, Bogor. If needed, please check the venue location on the following Google Map.
