Call for Papers - Preventive Conservation: The State of the Art - IIC 2018 Congress - Turin, 10-14 Sep 2018 - Deadline 5 Jun 2017
The location for the 2018 IIC Congress is Turin, a city with a strong international profile and innovative industrial centre and, at the same time, a comfortable, relaxed ambience. Turin has a rich and varied cultural history from its ancient Roman past to the contemporary art scene that has transformed some of its former industrial areas. For three centuries from the late 16th century, the city was enriched under the rule of the Royal House of Savoy, seen in the Baroque splendour of its palaces and churches and its elegant arcaded streets. Royal residences and hunting lodges constructed for pleasure surround the city and the nearby regions of Piemonte and this ‘Crown of Delights’ around Turin is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Simultaneous Call for Papers and Posters
To reflect the breadth and depth of this topic, we now invite papers and poster proposals of up to 500 words that address any of the following issues:
- Risk assessment and risk management
- Scientific research into the past and future response of objects to agents of deterioration
- Micro and macro techniques and future trends for research
- Managing visitors, carrying capacity and developments in conservation and access since IIC 2008 Congress
- Preventive conservation in historic buildings and sites
- Balancing conservation and use / sense of place
- Painted and decorative surfaces
- Professional issues in preventive conservation
- Training and education
- Decision-making
- Leadership and management
- Relationships with other museum and heritage professionals including registrars, facilities managers, collections managers and collections care professionals
- Social sciences and preventive conservation
- Social benefits of preservation
- Evidence and epidemiology
- Language
- Values and significance
- Vibration, packing and transport
- Integrated pest management
- Pollution and indoor air quality
- Development of the IIC/ICOM-CC 2014 environmental guidelines
- Passive and low energy buildings, reduction of carbon footprint in existing buildings
- Low energy environmental control and lighting
- Innovations in museum storage
- Sustainability for museums and heritage organisations
- Loan conditions (including Bizot green protocol)
- Preventive conservation and contemporary art (building on IIC 2016 Congress)
- Future trends
Please note that this is a simultaneous call for paper and poster proposals: there will be no later separate call for posters. New and original, unpublished work, relevant to the Congress theme and to conservation are required. Multidisciplinary proposals are encouraged. A requirement of submission is that one of the authors of each selected paper or poster must attend the Congress to present the work to the audience.
Papers and posters presented at and published as a result of an IIC Congress all undergo a rigorous peer review process by a Technical Committee of international experts who will make selections from the proposals received. Selected authors will be invited to develop the proposal into a synopsis for consideration by the Technical Committee; further details will be made available later. The final papers and poster synopses will be edited for publication as the Congress Preprints by the Congress Editorial Committee. Please remember that submissions should not have been presented and/or published elsewhere before the date of the Congress.
Submit your proposal: deadline extendend to 5 June 2017 (form 8 May 2017)