Call for papers--Colloquium on wet wood conservation

Call for Papers

Conference

Wet Wood Conservation Colloquium
May 12-14, 2016
Germany

Conference accompanying the major exhibition on the UNESCO World
Heritage "4.000 years lake dwellings" in the Baroque monastery of
Bad Schussenried (Upper Swabia, Germany)

International conference covering research, projects, and reviews of
the state of the art in conservation of wood and other wet organic
finds.

The conference is scheduled shortly before the Interim Meeting of
the ICOM-CC WOAM Group from May 16-21, 2016, in Florence, Italy to
allow visitors from overseas to take part in both events.  It is
part of the annual series of Stuttgart objects conservation
colloquia with varying themes.  For the latest conference 2015, see

    <URL:http://www.objektrestaurierung.abk-stuttgart.de/glass-deterioration>

Renowned invited speakers will review the state of research in their
fields:

    Vicki Richards
    Fremantle

    Hartmut Kutzke
    Oslo

    Zarah Walsh
    Strasbourg

    Kristiane Straetkvern
    Copenhagen

    Quoc Khoi Tran
    Grenoble

Please consider to contribute as well.  We do not expect
exclusivity: you are free to offer work which will or has already
been reported elsewhere.  To submit a contribution, e-mail a short
abstract (300-400 words) to gerhard.eggert<-at->abk-stuttgart<.>de

As a number of participants will also take part at the WOAM meeting
please do not submit anything which you plan to present there.

Conference language: English

Programme Committee:

    Gerhard Eggert
    Chair, Objects Conservation
    Stuttgart, Germany

    Emily Williams
    WOAM Coordinator
    Williamsbug, USA

    Ingrid Wiesner
    Conservator/Researcher
    LAD BW Esslingen, Germany

Deadline: September 30, 2015
Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2015

Submission of extended abstracts: January 31, 2016

We do not publish full papers, but print an extended abstracts
booklet with ISBN number (maximum 2.000 words per contribution, b/w
illustrations possible, every figure counts as 100 words).  We will
put this also online on the conference webpage for free download.

Conference organizers:

    State Academy of Art and Design Stuttgart, Objects Conservation
    Landesamt fur Denkmalpflege Baden-Wurttemberg

in collaboration with

    ICOM-CC Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Working Group
    UNESCO World Heritage Prehistoric Lake Dwellings

Gerhard Eggert
Chair, Objects Conservation
State Academy of Art and Design
Stuttgart, Germany


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