CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for the3rd international IPM Conference in Museums, Archives, Libraries and Historic Buildings that will take place on 13-15 September 2016 at the Auditorium of the Louvre Museum, Paris.
This conference is aimed at heritage institution professionals involved in preventive conservation or pest management (insects, microorganisms, rodents, birds ...).
The IPM strategy is part of a preventive conservation approach and risk management. It will prevent, reduce and control pest problems with minimal impact on people, property and the environment. The conference will present current practices and prospects on IPM strategies: detection, prevention and the fight against pests as applied to cultural heritage.
The conference languages will be French and English, with simultaneous translation.
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 April 2016.
Abstracts can be either in French or English. Please submit your abstract accordingly.
Typing instructions: 3,000 characters maximum, including spaces, no figures or tables.
Practical information will be e-mailed to you upon acceptance of your abstract for oral communication or poster.
Proposed themes (not restrictive) :
- Definition of IPM
- The new legislative framework concerning biocides and plant protection products
- Norms and standards
- Risk management and IPM strategy in heritage institutions and during renovation or building work
- New technologies and techniques of assessment, monitoring and prevention
- Non chemical and chemical treatment methods
- Case studies on different environments, different biocontaminants (archives, monuments, museum), different biocontaminants (moulds, insects, vertebrates)
- IPM emergency response plan and damage management
- Pests in evolving ecosystems (global warming…)
Scientific secretariat
ARACHNet Association
Association for Reseach and Assessment of Cultural Heritage - the Network
Maisons des Associations
23, rue Greneta
75002 Paris - France
E-mail: [email protected]
