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The 25th CIPA Symposium on heritage documentation will be held on Aug. 31 - Sept. 4, 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan. For many years, CIPA has been making great efforts integrating technology with cultural heritage conservation. The education and dissemination of acquired knowledge is also its major concern. CIPA holds an international symposium every two years presenting the latest scientific research and providing a forum for specialists in conservation and technology to communicate and exchange their ideas. After examining the properties inscribed on the World Heritage list and those on the tentative list in the past, a problem with imbalanced representation of the territories and themes is identified. Thus, The World Heritage List: Filling the Gaps - an Action Plan for the Future was published in 2004. It particularly addresses the importance of diversity that mankind as a whole needs, and how this diversity can bear witness to the Cultural Heritage that exists in the course of human history. It is also hoped that the imbalanced representation on the World Heritage List can be resolved. In the era of globalization, the development of digitization instruments and methods should closely correspond with the evolution of the concept in cultural heritage conservation and the application of technology. Yet with the restriction of the territorial extension, cultural differences and instrumental limitation, there have been gaps between the application of digitization instruments and conservation concepts. In view of this, a platform set up for continuous communication and integration is eminently required.  Paper manuscripts should be submitted electronically through the Copernicus Meeting. Submissions for the joint event are completely electronic, and both the paper and all supplementary material must be submitted through the online submission website. The submissions due date will be on 28 Feb. 2015. The authors may choose one of two types for submission. Full P