Art Historian, Chair of IEEE IoT for Tourism and Cultural Heritage
Olivia MENAGUALE is an art historian and virtual archaeologist, whose lifelong passion in her studies and career, over the last 30 years, has been to improve the communications and access to Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Europe and the US, working alongside experts in technology from digital photo-archives to the financial art world, from audio-video guides to 3D reconstructions. She has worked alongside national and local governments, superintendencies, art experts, archaeologists, collectors and auction houses, and in projects for museums to historical and archaeological sites, from theme parks to government committees, from art exhibitions to world expos. As Chair of IEEE IoT for Tourism and Cultural Heritage, she is pioneering a multidisciplinary approach creating innovative synergies between technology, tourism and cultural heritage in order to create and promote a new global standard and business and economic growth.