Call for papers--AICCM National Conference

Call for papers

AICCM National Conference
Canberra
19-21 October 2011

The very first AICCM Conference, "Conservation in Australia", was
held in Canberra in 1976. The intervening 35 years have seen many
changes in the organisation and the profession.

The 2011 National Conference will be a chance to look at those
changes and to consider where they have brought us. We will also
look to the future: one significant aim of the conference will be to
reposition the AICCM and the profession to ensure they are prepared
to take on the challenges of the future.

It will be a forum for new ideas, forward thinking, broadening scope
and building partnerships and will challenge members to revisit
their basic perceptions of the AICCM, the profession and the
definition of "conservator". From this a stronger, more focused,
more outward looking and more cohesive organisation will result.

The National Conference will present and promote a range of events
and activities that will raise the profile of conservation in the
national consciousness and engage society in supporting the
professionals who preserve cultural heritage.

There will also be sessions on conservation research, conservation
practice and conservation treatment, with an emphasis on subjects of
broad interest.

The organising committee now welcomes abstracts (maximum 300 words)
for papers on these themes.

To submit an abstract, or for further information, please contact:

    Ian Batterham
    Assistant Director, Preservation
    National Archives of Australia
    PO Box 7425, Canberra Business Centre, ACT, 2610
    +61 2 6212 3424
    ian.batterham<-at->naa<.>gov<.>au


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