Saturday 30 March 2019, 14:00 - 19:30
Bridewell Hall St Bride Foundation 14 Bride Lane, EC4Y 8EQ All members are warmly invited to join us for the Icon Book and Paper Group AGM 2019. The AGM will be followed by a lightning talk session featuring students and emerging professionals. The event will end with a panel discussion featuring Fiona Macalister ACR FIIC, Lt Col Tim Purbrick and Dr Emma Cunliffe to discuss their work in the protection of cultural heritage in areas affected by natural disaster and conflict. The panel discussion will be chaired by Lara Artemis ACR. Biographies of the panel participants can be found at the bottom of this announcement. The afternoon will conclude with a drinks reception. Tickets are free but must be booked via Eventbrite ( https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/icon-book-paper-group-agm-2019-tickets-56585094541 ) TIMETABLE & AGM AGENDA TO BE ANNOUNCED Panel discussion: “Humanity’s common past and the foundation of its shared future”: The protection of cultural heritage in areas in crisis We would love you hear your questions for our panel! Please send them to us via email [email protected]; on Twitter [at]ICONBook_Paper; Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/iconbookandpaper/> [at]iconbookandpaper or via our Facebook page. Here are a few of our questions to whet your appetite: As climate change continues to show its impact through extreme weather events, how can our cultural heritage institutions here in the UK be better prepared for unforeseen natural disasters? What can we do as individuals to help others who are working to protect cultural property which is currently at risk abroad? What education and training is available in these areas? About the speakers Dr Emma Cunliffe is a member of Blue Shield International, and the Secretary of UK Blue Shield. Her background is in the use of satellite imagery in damage assessment in the middle east, and in understanding motivations for cultural property damage and protection methods in armed conflict. She is a Research Associate with the Cultural Property Protection and Peace team at Newcastle University, and has worked as a consultant for UNITAR-UNOSAT, analysing damage to Syria's World Heritage sites. Lt Col Tim Purbrick is the Commander of the Cultural Property Protection Unit, which has been established with 15 posts in the British Army following the ratification by Parliament of the Hague Convention (1954) in 2017. Fiona Macalister ACR FIIC is an independent Preventive Conservator, with a keen interest in training in emergency preparedness; networks and multidisciplinary collaboration. An archaeological conservator at seasonal sites in the Middle East, 1983 – 2001, with many years’ experience of working in, and with, national, independent and university museums, historic house owners and heritage organisations, including archives. Fiona is an expert member of ICOMOS-ICORP (International Committee for Risk Preparedness) and a board member of UK Blue Shield. She delivers training in the assessment of collections post conflict for the British Museum Iraqi Archaeologists Training Programme. About the chair Lara Artemis ACR has been an accredited book and paper conservator since 2003. She has recently taken up a position as the Senior Conservator at Lambeth Palace overseeing the conservation and preservation of the library and archive collections for the Church of England. She manages Collections Care workflow requirements for a small team of conservators and preservation assistants, who prioritise and plan preservation projects across the Palace estate. Her priority at the moment is to collection migration plan the move to the new Lambeth Palace Library in 2020. Her expertise is in Parchment Conservation; her management skills lie in change, conservation programming and project development; and she provides practical conservation and preventive training to her team and interns, as well as teach. -- Icon Book & Paper Group <https://icon.org.uk/groups/book-paper> ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to [email protected] Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
