Biography: Yves Ubelmann is president and co-founder of Iconem, which specialises in the 3D digitisation of endangered cultural heritage sites. After graduating from the École Nationale Supérieure d’architecture de Versailles in 2006, Yves worked as an architect in Syria and Afghanistan, where he surveyed and interpreted archaeological sites. This experience inspired him to develop a high-tech, photogrammetric approach to survey archaeological sites.
In 2013, he co-founded Iconem which is currently active in 30 countries to further conservation of cultural heritage threatened by looting, urbanisation, mass tourism, armed conflict, and climate change. Its expert team travels the globe, combining the largescale scanning capacity of drones and the photorealistic quality of 3D to create digital replicas of our most treasured places. Iconem works with international organisations, national governments, local authorities, and world class museums such as UNESCO, the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, the Sultanate of Oman, the City of Paris, and the Louvre. |