Conference on preventive conservation

"Advanced Tools for Preventive Conservation"
Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History
Brussels, Belgium
28-29 April, 2016

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Joint conference of the conservation studies, chemistry and computer
science department of the University of Antwerp, Royal Museum of
Fine Arts Brussels, and Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of
Military History

National and international experts will present overviews about
current evolutions, challenging case studies and new possibilities
of state-of-the-art monitoring systems.  The presentation of the
midterm results of the AIRCHECQ (Air Identification and Registration
for Cultural Heritage: Enhancing Climate Quality) project is used as
an opportunity to organize this colloquium about advanced measuring
tools, improved methods and new concepts for preventive
conservation.

The colloquium seeks for answers on the following questions:

    How to measure air aggressiveness?
    How to calculate the IAQ-index from the measurements?
    How to evaluate the collection's sensitivity?
    How to mitigate the IAQ for mixed collections?

Information and registration at

    <URL:http://www.uantwerpen.be/airchecq>

Conference will be held in English

Program:

Thursday April 28, 2016
9 am - 5 pm

    Olivier Schalm
    University of Antwerp, Conservation studies

        Welcome

    Jean Tetreault
    Canadian Conservation Institute

        Past and present pollutant concentration targets and how
        they are used or misused

    Elke Otten
    Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History

        Large and mixed collections in the Royal Army Museum of
        Brussels: How to deal with it?

    Diana Leyva Pernia
    University of Antwerp, Department of Mathematics, Computer
    Sciences

    Caroline Meert
    Royal Museums of Fine arts of Belgium

        What is the meaning of 'Indoor Air Quality'? Risk management
        or mathematical algorithm approach

    Hannelore Ramich
    New York University, The Conservation Center of the Institute of
    Fine Arts

        Environmental impact dosimeters: what are the possibilities
        of glass sensors and light dosimeters?

    Johanna Leissner
    Fraunhofer EU Office Brussels

        What is the impact of climate change on cultural heritage?
        Implementing climate models and building simulation for the
        prediction of risks, changes in monitoring strategies and
        target values

    Diana Leyva Pernia
    University of Antwerp, Department of Mathematics, Computer
    Sciences

        AIRCHECQ: Demonstration software

Followed by round table discussions and a guided tour at the Royal
Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels

Friday April 29, 2016
9 am - 4:30 pm

    Joost Vander Auwera
    Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

        Welcome

    Bart Ankersmit
    Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands

        How can we use the history of the collection to determine
        target values for environmental parameters?

    Koenraad Van Balen
    University of Leuven, Building Materials and Building Technology
    Section

        The importance of systems thinking in the preventive
        conservation of heritage collections

    Willemien Anaf
    Royal Museum of the Army and of Military History

    Ayalew Eyasu Mekete
    University of Antwerp, Department of Chemistry

        AIRCHECQ: How do we measure the Indoor Air Quality? Result
        of the first measuring campaigns.

    Stefan Simon
    Yale University, Institute for the Preservation of Cultural
    Heritage

        How to monitor the behaviour of a building?

    Marjolijn Debulpaep
    Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, preventive
    conservation unit

    Veerle Meul
    Dienst Erfgoed, Adviseur erfgoeddepots

        Why do museums monitor mostly temperature, relative humidity
        and light intensity while nowadays it is easy to monitor
        other parameters?

    Olivier Schalm
    University of Antwerp, Conservation Studies

        AIRCHECQ: Demonstration monitoring unit

Followed by round table discussions


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