Monday 9 October
1600-2000 Registration
Tuesday 10 October
In the Chair: John Winter
1015-1100
Forbes Prize Lecture
Sarah Staniforth, Advisor on Paintings Conservation and Environmental Control at the National Trust (UK)
1100-1130 Coffee
1130-1230
Penelope Edmonds and Elizabeth Wild
New obligations: conservation policy and treatment approaches for Aboriginal collections in Bunjilaka, the Aboriginal Centre, Melbourne Museum
Helen Lloyd and Sarah Staniforth
Preventive conservation and 'a madness to gaze at trifles': a sustainable future for historic houses
1230-1400 Lunch break
In the Chair: Marcelle Scott
1400-1530
Mikkel Scharff
Insight into early nineteenth-century painting conservation in Denmark
E. Oberthaler and M. Griesser
Titian's 'Madonna with the Cherries' — a conservation history reconsidered
Jane Henderson and Diane Dollery
Growing pains — the development of a conservation profession in the UK
1530-1600 Coffee
1600-1730
Mille Stein, with contributions from Richard Francén, Verner Thomsen and Lis Sejr Eriksen
To regild or not: evaluation of an inter-Scandinavian restoration project
Eric Miller, Nicholas J. Lee, Kenneth Uprichard and Vincent Daniels
The examination and conservation of the Rosetta Stone at the British Museum
Alexandra Kosinova and Charlotte Hubbard
The Boppard Altarpiece: research on original techniques and recent conservation
Evening Reception
Wednesday 11 October
In the Chair: Nicholas Stanley-Price
0900-1030
G. Alessandrini, L. Toniolo and C. Colombo
Partially fluorinated acrylic copolymers as coatings for calcareous stone materials
C.R.T. Young and R.D. Hibberd
The role of canvas attachments in the strain distribution and degradation of easel paintings
Hubertus A. Ankersmit, Graham Noble, Laura Ridge, Diane Stirling, Norman H. Tennent and Simon Watts
The protection of silver collections from tarnishing
1030-1100 Coffee
1100-1230
Ian Donald MacLeod and Jeffrey Beng
The contribution of alloy composition to the fate of foundered vessels
Hazel Newey
Conservation and the preservation of scientific and industrial collections
Sheila Fairbrass
The conservation of a V2 rocket
1230-1400 Lunch break
In the Chair: Robyn Sloggett
1400-1530
Lynn B. Brostoff, Tara J. Shedlosky and E. René de la Rie
External reflection study of copper–benzotriazole films on bronze in relation to pretreatments of coated outdoor bronzes
James Coddington and Suzanne Siano
Infrared imaging of twentieth-century works of art
David Saunders, Andreas Burmester, John Cupitt and Lars Raffelt
Recent applications of digital imaging in painting conservation: transportation, colour change and infrared reflectographic studies
1530-1600 Coffee
1600-1730
Martina Griesser, Andrea Denker, Helga Musner and Karl Hugo Maier
Non-destructive investigation of paint layer sequences
A. Xavier-Rowe, D. Imison, B. Knight and D. Pinniger
Using heat to kill museum insect pests – is it practical and safe?
Stephen P. Koob
New techniques for the repair and restoration of ancient glass
Evening Reception
Thursday 12 October
In the Chair: David Saunders
0900-1030
David Erhardt, Charles S. Tumosa and Marion F. Mecklenburg
Natural and accelerated thermal aging of oil paint films
Aviva Burnstock and Raymond White
A preliminary assessment of the aging/degradation of Ethomeen C-12 residues from solvent gel formulations and their potential for inducing changes in resinous paint media
Dusan Stulik, Valerie Dorge, Herant Khanjian, Narayan Khandekar, Alberto de Tagle, David Miller, Richard Wolbers and Janice Carlson
Surface cleaning: quantitative study of gel residue on cleaned paint surfaces
1030-1100 Coffee
1100-1200
E. René de la Rie, Suzanne Quillen Lomax, Michael Palmer, Lisha Deming Glinsman and Christopher A. Maines
An investigation of the photochemical stability of urea–aldehyde resin retouching paints: removability tests and colour spectroscopy
Mark Leonard, Jill Whitten, Robert Gamblin and E. René de la Rie
Development of a new material for retouching
Afternoon Excursions
Friday 13 October
In the Chair: Colin Pearson
0900-1030
Vinod Daniel, Colin Pearson, Ivan Cole, Wayne Ganther and Steve King
Behaviour of museum buildings in tropical climates
Nigel Blades, May Cassar, Tadj Oreszczyn and Ben Croxford
Preventive conservation strategies for sustainable urban pollution control in museums
Louise Bacon and Graham Martin
Out of Africa! Display case strategies — the theory and the reality
1030-1100 Coffee
1100-1230
Andrew Thorn
Titanium dioxide: a catalyst for deterioration mechanisms in the third millennium
T.M.A. Ogilvie, J.F. Carter and R.P. Evershed
Spices in the display environment
Rachel A. Mustalish
Optical brighteners: history and technology
1230-1400 Lunch break
In the Chair: Sarah Staniforth
1400-1530
Ann Galbally, Angela Kerry and Robyn Sloggett
Art conservation and art fraud: dissecting the thin blue line
Melanie Rolfe, Lyndsey Morgan and Tom Learner
Saving the New Generation for the next generation: traditional approaches and radical solutions in the conservation of large painted sculpture of the 1960s
Charles S. Rhyne
Changing approaches to the conservation of Northwest Coast totem poles
1530 IIC Keck Award
Evening IIC 50th Anniversary Dinner
Saturday 14 October
In the Chair: E. René de la Rie
0900-1030
Sharon K. Rutledge, Bruce A. Banks, Virgil A. Chichernea and Christy A. Haytas
Cleaning of fire damaged watercolour and textiles using atomic oxygen
Paul M. Whitmore, Catherine Bailie and Sandra A. Connors
Micro-fading tests to predict the result of exhibition: progress and prospects
Boris Pretzel
Determining the colour fastness of the Bullerswood carpet
1030-1100 Coffee
1100-1230
John Larson, Martin Cooper and Samantha Sportun
Developments in the application of laser technology for conservation
Caroline P. Kyi and Robert E. Drew
Bioremediation of soluble nylon: investigations of genetic information and enzymatic activities associated with the utilization of soluble nylon as a nutrient substrate
Walter Gneisinger and David Watkinson
Innovative uses for aqueous foams in conservation practice
1230-1400 Lunch break
In the Chair: David Bomford
1400-1500
Alison Lister
Indeterminate problems: exploring the potential of problem-based learning in conservation education
Jonathan Ashley-Smith
Developing professional uncertainty
1500-1600
Discussion followed by Close
Evening Reception
Posters
Roberto Bellucci and Cecilia Frosinini
Specific development and refinement for the cleaning methods of the 'lost' Intercession Polyptych by Gentile da Fabriano
Julian Bickersteth
Conservation of the Hall of Memory glass tile mosaic, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Jon Braenne
New light on traditional paint
Stephania Chlouveraki
Traditional techniques of site consolidation: a review of materials and methods used on Central and East Crete over the last 30 years
C. Colombo, L. Toniolo and U. Casellato
Polychrome terracotta statues of the seventeenth century: microscopic and spectroscopic characterization
Sabine Cotte
From one restoration to another: travelling within a conservator's studio
Luciana da Silveira
The treatment of folk pageant costumes from northeastern Brazil
Katherine Eremin, Stuart Adams and Jim Tate
Improved monitoring of dust deposition in museums
Anke Freund and Gerhard Eggert
Why not to bleach ivory with ammoniacal hydrogen peroxide
Roy Garner
A novel technique for cleaning natural history and ethnographic artifacts
Kathryn Gill
A 1950s upholstered chair: combining the conventional and the innovative in both manufacture and conservation
Mark Gittins, Giovanna Martelotti, Sybille Nerger and Elio Paparatti
The conservation of Roman wall decoration in Nero's Golden House, Rome: the Sala della Volta Dorata
Teresa M. Heady
Assessment of conservation methods old, new and indigenous applied to thangkas
R.D. Hibberd, D.J. Carr and C.R.T. Young
The failure mechanisms of model nineteenth-century primed canvases
Janet Hughes, Vinod Daniel, Colin Pearson and Ivan Cole
Environmental factors affecting deterioration of historic buildings in Antarctica – a case study
Nobuyuki Kamba
Toward standardization of a high-performance display case
Valerie Kaufmann
Wax models, portraits and sculptures – problems encountered and practical solutions devised
Kimio Kawaguchi and Masahiko Tsukada
Seismic isolation and conservation work on Rodin's 'The Gates of Hell'
Narayan Khandekar and Michael Schilling
A technical comparison of two versions of the portrait of Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse by Joshua Reynolds
Steffen Laue, Claudia Sommer, Käthe Klappenbach and Jörg Kirschstein
Grottos in the Royal Gardens of Potsdam, Germany: the Grottensaal of the New Palace and the grotto in the New Garden – decoration and conservation
Paula Mills and Rose Kerr
A study of ruby-pink enamels on Chinese porcelain: with a comparison of Chinese pink glass, and European pink enamels on ceramics
Sadatoshi Miura
Development of preventive measures against earthquakes: Japanese experiences
Ichiro Nagasawa, W.T. Chase, Tsukasa Shida, Naoki Fujita and Masako Koyano
Conservation of a Japanese polychrome Buddhist sculpture
Tadateru Nishiura, Masaya Masui and Takao Ebisawa
New conservation method for stone remains applying traditional mud-wall technique – conservation treatment of remains at Ranigat site, Gandhara, Pakistan
Jenny Potter, David Singleton and Helen Tayler
A new versatile support system for Egyptian cartonnage
Mark Sandy and Louise Bacon
Investigation into the degradation of Raphia palm leaf material used in ethnographic objects
T.K. Strang, J. Mitchell, A. Pearce and C. Pearson
Low-cost heating methods for insect pest control
G.J. Troup, D.R. Hutton, Robyn Sloggett, F. Lotti, M. Picollo and A. Casini
ESR spectroscopy can help with paint pigment provenance
David Wise, Vincent Otieno-Alego and Ingrid Ford
The identification of yellow dyes using Raman microspectroscopy
