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Melinda Shimizu

Melinda Shimizu, Geography, prepared and guided a virtual workshop about the Humap mapping platform as a tool for digital cultural heritage for members of WHIPIC in Korea on Dec. 3, 2025. WHIPIC is the International Centre for the Interpretation and Presentation of World Heritage Sites under the auspices of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The workshop developed as a collaboration between Shimizu and Heekyoung Yeo, head of office at WHIPIC, following their work as co-presenters at the 2025 Digital Heritage Forum in Abu Dhabi in a session co-convened by Bekeh Ukelina and Tokie Laotan-Brown.