The aim of the conference was generate and trace the “Provenance of Knowledge” as a core element in documentation. Provenance and Knowledge set a goal to verify the origins of the information and knowledge about an object which correlates to an idea in order to reconstruct the whole chain of creation, use, interpretation and dissemination of particularly information.
The ultimate purpose of this chain is, according to keynote speakers, approve or disapprove the knowledge contained in the documentation in order to facilitate understanding across times and culture. The main venue where most lectures took place was at the new Cultural Conference Centre of Heraklion, located inside the beautiful historical centre of Heraklion close to the ancient Venetian fortification.