Dear IAQ-List,
I send this announcement on behalf of Bart Ankersmit.
Regards,
Morten Ryhl-Svendsen
List-owner
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Reducing Risks to Heritage – International Meeting 2012
First Call for Abstracts and Registration
Date: 28-30 November 2012
Place: Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, Smallepad 5, 3811 MG Amersfoort
Welcome
Since 2005 ICCROM, CCI and RCE (formerly ICN) have worked on developing and disseminating the risk management
approach for cultural heritage and have organized six joint courses. The most recent course included, for the first time, a substantial distance-learning component to enable participants to apply the risk management approach in their own working and cultural context. The method and tools that have been developed for the course proved to be applicable for all types of heritage, ranging from single wall painting and large collections to historic buildings and archaeological sites.
At the end of this year the successful cooperation will be concluded with a meeting in which the experiences and gained knowledge from all these years will be shared among former course participants and with anyone else interested in risk management.
Background
Today, preventive conservation is widely recognized as a priority line of action. However, decision-makers are confronted with difficult choices in planning conservation strategies with limited resources. Should we put all our resources in a sophisticated environmental control system, or should we upgrade the fire control system instead? What exactly will happen to this collection of costumes and basketry if they remain exposed to this level of light? And in the long term, how will this damage compare to that caused by the increasing number of visitors? The risk management approach, which informs and guides decision makers in many other fields, offers a sound methodology to incorporate the most recent knowledge into current practice. It allows an integrated identification and analysis of all expected damages and losses to cultural property and a mitigation strategy to reduce these risks. It thus provides a useful tool for the design of more efficient conservation strategies.
Aim of the meeting and Program
The aim of the meeting is to synthesize and share knowledge and experience with former participants of the ICCROM-CCI-RCE international courses and exchange it with others who are interested in risk management. The meeting aims to consolidate and expand the risk network and explore new directions for the future. The three-day program will contain presentations, discussions, and social activities. The program will be made available by summer.
Location Amersfoort
The meeting will take place at the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands in Amersfoort. The building which houses the Ministry of Culture’s centre of expertise and support for preservation and management of moveable, built, archeological and landscape heritage in the Netherlands is a showpiece of modern architecture in a historic setting. Amersfoort has a historic centre which still shows the Medieval pattern of streets and squares. A string of unique houses called ‘Muurhuizen’ is part of the heart shaped inner city. With over 380 monuments, from remarkable churches and museums to city walls and gates, it is the city with the highest number of monuments in the country. Various museums, galleries and other places of interest offer culture lovers lots of possibilities to enjoy themselves. See www.visitamersfoort.com.
Registration and Abstract submission
You are invited to register for the meeting. There is a limited number of seats available and acceptance will be done on a first come, first serve basis. The registration fee of 300€ includes a book of extended abstracts, coffee, tea, lunch each day and dinner on Thursday. For former participants of the ICCROM-CCI-ICN/RCE ‘Reducing Risks’ courses the fee is 150€. Details for payment will be made available later.
To register and submit 150 word abstracts in English please use the registration/abstract submission form (http://fd7.formdesk.com/archis/reducing_risks). Deadline for submission is 30 June 2012. The organizing partners may make a selection or give suggestions before final acceptance in the program. For questions about the abstracts you can contact Bart Ankersmit at [log in to unmask]
Travel grants
Former participants of the ‘Reducing Risks’ courses can apply for an ICCROM grant. Contact [log in to unmask] for details.
Travel and accommodation
Participants will need to make their own arrangements for travel, visas and accommodation. Amersfoort can easily be reached from the international airport Amsterdam Schiphol by train in 35 minutes (2nd class single ticket €10,00). Amersfoort offers a variety of hotels with rooms for two at €100-150 per night. A list of hotels will be made available soon.
Organising partners
Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands (RCE):
www.cultureelerfgoed.nl
International Centre for the study of the Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM): www.iccrom.org
Canadian Conservation Institute (CCI-ICC): www.cci-icc.gc.ca
dr Bart Ankersmit
Senior Onderzoeker | Kennis
Senior Researcher | Research
Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed
Cultural Heritage Agency
Smallepad 5 | 3811 MG Amersfoort
Postbus 1600 | 3800 BP Amersfoort
T 033 – 421 7421 | F 033 – 421 7799
Bezoekadres
Visiting adress
Hobbemastraat 22 | 1070 CZ | Amsterdam
Postbus 76709 | 1070 KA | Amsterdam
T 020 3054 737
F 020 3054 600
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www.icn.nl & www.cultureelerfgoed.nl
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