Welcome to COMCOL Annual Conference, which will be held in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, 26-31 October 2015. The conference will be organised in cooperation with ICOM Korea and will be hosted by The National Folk Museum of Korea. We invite you to send proposals for papers, panels or workshops that address the conference theme: *COLLECTING AND COLLECTIONS THE POLITICS AND PRAXIS OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC AND INTELLECTUAL SUSTAINABILITY* What specific methodological approaches towards collection development does sustainability require? As specific aspects of this main theme we would like to address following topics: * What does sustainability mean for institutional collections? * What does sustainability mean for private collections? * What is the impact of collecting on the sustainability of ecosystems and communities? *What are proper (sustainable) methodologies of documenting the present in a participatory way? For further information and instructions, please visit and download the Call for papers from COMCOL's website http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/comcol/pdf/CfP_Ko rea__13032015.pdf * Submitting abstracts Submissions (between 250 and 300 words) should be sent to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> by April 20th, 2015. Approval of proposals will be announced by May 5th, 2015. Welcome to share your thoughts on and experiences of the sustainability of collecting and collections! Eva Fägerborg COMCOL Secretary http://network.icom.museum/comcol/ https://www.facebook.com/comcol.icom COMCOL is the International Committee for Collecting of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) which aims to deepen discussions, and share knowledge on the practice, theory and ethics of collecting and collections development. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html