Dr. Teba is an Associate Professor in Architectural Heritage at University of Portsmouth and the Chair for ICOMOS UK Digital Technology Committee. Tarek leads MA Architecture: Building and Heritage Conservation and co-chairs the University of Portsmouth Heritage Hub. Tarek’s research concerns the conservation of tangible and intangible heritage through creating the balance between contemporary values and historic, aesthetic and cultural values. Tarek explores methodological approaches to preserve the cultural and contemporary social values embedded in heritage assets and cities, using cultural mapping as an informing tool and digital heritage approaches as a vehicle to deliver heritage identification and development strategies.