AIC 48th Annual Meeting: Call for Presentations Abstract Submission Portal Open
The American Institute for Conservation's 48th Annual Meeting will be held in Salt Lake City, UT, May 19-23, 2020. Pre-sessions will take place on May 19 and 20 and will consist of workshops, seminars, and study tours. The main conference on May 21-23 will feature general and specialty sessions focused on the following theme: Conservation - Reactive and Proactive. For more information on the meeting theme, please visit the Annual Meeting webpages: https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions/specific-specialty-call 2020 Call for Presentations We seek abstracts for four separate Calls for Presentations for the 2020 annual meeting. All abstracts should be no more than 500 words with a separate 300-word biography. All abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 22, 2019. The four calls include: Concurrent General Session, Specialty Session, and Poster Session Abstracts submitted to the main conference for concurrent or specialty/network sessions should conform to our standard arrangement of no more than 2 speakers presenting in a 30-minute time slot. Visit linked pages to view all of the proposed topics. Opening General Session For 2020 we are seeking short, idea-focused talks that address the concept of Navigating Change. Following a format begun in 2019, these 12-minute talks should include only a few slides in a style similar to TED talks. We hope to feature talks from a diversity of voices and perspectives, addressing big-picture issues in conservation and collections care. Please note that submitting an idea-focused talk to the opening session does not preclude submission of a separate abstract to the concurrent general sessions or to the specialty group sessions. Pre-meeting or Lunch-time Sessions We are also considering topics for a half-day pre-meeting session or for 60 to 90 minute panel presentations that don’t really fit in the other categories for pre-session for lunch time programing. Workshop Proposals Workshops can be a half day, full day, or two days long and may take place in a conference center meeting room or in a lab or facility at a cultural institution in Salt Lake City. We work to develop workshops of high quality and on a broad range of topics to enhance continuing education for conservation professionals. Workshops may focus on specific materials, specialties, or processes useful to the conservation profession at large; adapt knowledge from allied professions that is pertinent to a general conservation audience; advance the field of conservation; or focus on skills useful to conservators as a refresher course. All abstracts are due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Please visit our Call for Submissions webpage to submit your abstract for any of the four call listed above: https://www.culturalheritage.org/events/annual-meeting/current-meeting/call-for-submissions More on the Annual Meeting Theme: Conservation - Reactive and Proactive We work in a rapidly changing world. Globally, the economy is volatile, the marketplace demanding, and the negative impact of climate change looms large in conservation. Many collecting institutions have shifted their priorities to preventive conservation for collections and interactive learning in exhibitions, which can decrease emphasis on traditional conservation treatment and the supremacy of original display materials. Conservation professionals are drawing from a wide skill set to respond to these challenges in creative and productive ways. From offering conservation services that go beyond treatment, to focusing on sustainability, to utilizing materials science and technical art history in public education, our field is adapting and evolving. In 2020, we’ll explore ways we can anticipate and embrace change. Ruth Seyler Meetings & Advocacy Director american institute for conservation Preserving Cultural Heritage rsey...@culturalheritage.org (t) 202.661.8062 | (f) 202.452.9545 727 15th St NW | Suite 500 | Washington, DC | 20005 ****** Unsubscribe by sending a message to consdistlist-le...@cool.conservation-us.org Searchable archives: http://cool.conservation-us.org/byform/mailing-lists/cdl/
