4th Cultural Heritage Conservation Forum: Preventive Conservation of Collections February
09-12, 2009, Caracas, Venezuela.               

Forum dates: February 9-12, 2009

Workshop dates: February 3-8, 2009

Place: Institute for Advanced Studies, Caracas, Venezuela. Carretera Nacional Hoyo de La Puerta Baruta 1080, Estado Miranda. +58 212 903 5155, agonzalezy@yahoo.com

Forum host: Fundación Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural, Calle Chivacoa 1-60, San Roman 1060, Caracas, Venezuela. +58 212 991 5256, fundacionconservacion.org.ve


Forum partners:        

  • United Nations University Programme Biotechnology for Latin America and the Caribbean, Caracas, Venezuela.


  • UNESCO- ICCROM (International Centre for the Study and the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property), Rome, Italy.


  • Institute for Advanced Studies, Caracas, Venezuela.


Background:           

Previous preventive conservation forums have focused on applied conservation sciences, the latest techniques in preventive conservation and creating alliances. Expanding on this legacy, there will be over 30 speakers, addressing the worldwide issues and solutions to conservation in tropical countries.

Forum program:        

3.5 days of presentations, discussion tables, focus groups and workshop results, starting Monday morning and ending Thursday afternoon. Opening reception, poster presentations, opportunities for networking, tours to important sites.  There will be 34 speakers – 19 invited international and national experts and 15 additional speakers, selected on the basis of abstracts submitted to the Foundation.

Participants:              

200 international and national professionals and students in the fields of art, architecture, archives, and patrimonial collections

Languages: Spanish and English

Forum cost:                

  • Early registration (01/09/2008 to 30/11/2008)   125 $USD / Bs.F. 270
  • Late registration (01/12/2008 to 15/01/2009)    165 $USD / Bs.F. 355

The deadline for the forum applicatioin as well as the applications for abstracts and scholarships has been extended to November 30, 2008 due to website updates.

Workshop cost:         

  1. Conservation of Collections, Gael de Guichen       
    300 $USD / Bs.F. 645


  2. Applied Sciences of Archives & Photography, James Reilly           
    300 $USD / Bs.F. 645


  3. Applied Sciences of Collection Conservation, Nieves Valentin    
    300 $USD / Bs.F. 645

Forum application form

Certificates: Awarded at the end of the forum