Dear IAQ-list,



I would like to draw your attention to the upcoming Eastern Analytical Symposium and Exposition, Somerset NJ, USA, on November 16-19 2009.

http://www.eas.org/

Pls. see details below



Regards,

Morten Ryhl-Svendsen

National Museum of Denmark







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During EAS there will be several technical sessions about "art conservation": 



* Vibrational Spectroscopy - Art & Forensic Analysis (11/16; AM)

* Monitoring & Modeling of the Heritage Environment (11/16; AM; and 11/16; PM)

* Terahertz Technology for Cultural Heritage Conservation (11/17; AM and 11/17; PM)

* Analysis and Corrosion Protection of Cultural Heritage (11/18; AM)

* X-Ray Spectroscopies and TeraHz Spectroscopies (11/19; PM)



Full program at http://www.eas.org/pdfs/2009JunePrelim.pdf (3.5 Mb pdf)







Of special interest for our IAQ list are the two sessions on Monitoring and Modeling of the Heritage Environment, which contains the following presentations:





November 16 (AM): Monitoring and Modeling of the Heritage Environment I, produced in conjunction with the New York Conservation Foundation



Chair: Matija Strlic, University College London



9:00 Introduction, Matija Strlic, University College London



9:10 Environmental Monitoring to Preserve Cultural Heritage: What is Appropriate?, Cecily Grzywacz, Getty Conservation Institute



9:40 The Use of Dosimetry and Modeling to Evaluate Air Pollutant Effects on Cultural Heritage Objects in Indoor Environments, Terje Grøntoft, NILU Norway



10:10 VOC Measurements in Indoor Air: Possible Inferential Indicators of Material Deterioration, Lorraine Gibson, University of Strathclyde



10:40 Break



11:00 A New Innovative Device to Detect the Changing Weathering of the Outdoor Surfaces (EU-TeACH Project), Adriana Bernardi, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate National Research Council, IT



11:30 Intelligent Wireless Sensors Networks for Monitoring of the Heritage Environment, Matija Strlic, University College London













November 16 (PM): Monitoring and Modeling of the Heritage Environment II, produced in conjunction with the New York Conservation Foundation



Chair: Matija Strlic, University College London



2:00 Welcome, Matija Strlic, University College London



2:10 Long Term Modeling of the External Heritage Environment, Peter Brimblecombe, University of East Anglia



2:40 The Application of Simulation Tools to Model Environmental Conditions in the Built Environment, Ian Ridley, University College London



3:10 Break



3:30 Visualizing Environmental Performance of Archival Environments: An Architectural Perspective, Jae D. Chang, University of Kansas



4:00 Use of Steady-State Mass Balances for Modeling Cultural Heritage Environments, Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, National Museum of Denmark



4:30 Monitoring of Cultural Heritage Visual Storage Environments, Fenella G. France, Library of Congress, US























































Nyt museum/New museum:

BREDE VÆRK. Museum for Industrikultur

BREDE WORKS. Museum of Industrial Culture

www.natmus.dk