Dr. Thomas Aigner

Thomas Aigner has held leading positions in the field of cultural heritage and digitisation: Founder of the Matricula platform and founder and former President of ICARUS - International Centre for Archival Research (2008-2023) and a major driving force behind its international activities, including cross-border and EU-funded projects supporting digitisation activities and open access to digital content. He is one of the founding fathers and currently Vice President of the Time Machine Organisation, a global network of some 700 institutions from research, GLAMs and industry. Since 2023 he is the director of Heritage Consulting GmbH, an Austrian based company supporting and advising cultural heritage entities in the process of digital transformation.