AIC annual meeting

Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery
AIC Annual Meeting
June 1-7, 1998
Arlington, Virginia

The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic
Works (AIC) will host its 26th Annual Meeting in the greater
Washington, DC metro area June 1-7, 1998 with the general theme
"Disaster Preparedness, Response and Recovery."  Lynne Nicholas,
author of The Rape of Europa, will kick off the program as this
year's Keynote Speaker. Workshops and presentations by international
disaster management experts and conservators will be featured during
two day-long sessions on Preparedness and Response.  Sessions
conducted by AIC specialty and subgroups--Architecture, Book and
Paper, Objects, Paintings, Photographic Materials, Research and
Technical Studies, Textiles, Wooden Artifacts, and Conservators in
Private Practice--will continue with the theme of Recovery during
the remainder of the week.  Conservation suppliers will be available
to answer questions about their products and services in the Exhibit
Hall, June 3-6.  Any individual or institution with an interest in
preserving artistic and cultural property and learning how to
prepare for and respond to disasters and emergencies is encouraged
to attend.

For registration materials, information about becoming an exhibitor
or other questions about the Annual Meeting, please contact the AIC
office:

    American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
    1717 K Street, N.W., Suite 301
    Washington, DC 20006
    202-452-9545
    Fax: 202-452-9328
    InfoAIC<-a t->aol< . >com
    <URL:http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/aic/>

Jeanette Spencer
Marketing Manager
AIC

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                  Conservation DistList Instance 11:55
                 Distributed: Friday, December 19, 1997
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