Alan Potkin
"Alan Potkin holds a doctorate in environmental planning from the University of California, Berkeley (USA), following previous post-graduate training in limnology and estuarine ecology. In 1995, he founded the Digital Conservation Facility, Laos (DCFL) which is affiliated with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Northern Illinois University (USA), where Dr. Potkin is an Adjunct Research Fellow. Having lived and worked for decades in South and Southeast Asia, he’s been continuously developing “artisanal”, i.e., low-tech/constrained budget, and interactive visualization and virtual reality tools for ecological and cultural conservation relevant to impact assessment, heritage preservation, museological and site interpretive materials, public participation, government agencies, multilateral development banks, corporations, and NGOs.
Catherine Raymond
Catherine Raymond received her Ph.D. in Art and Archaeology and in Indian and Southeast Asian Studies from La Sorbonne (Université de Paris III), where she was trained under Jean Boisselier (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam); Madeleine Giteau (Cambodia and Laos); and Denise Bernot (Myanmar). She also holds a Diplôme de recherche et d’études appliquées from National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations. Her research largely focuses on the iconography of Theravada Buddhism, with special interest in the arts of Myanmar. Presently, Dr. Raymond is Associate Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University (USA); Director of the Center for Burma Studies; and Curator of the Burma Collections. She has been developing innovative digital approaches in archiving and conserving heritage sites throughout South and Southeast Asia.
