Symposium 2000 - The Conservation of Heritage Interiors
The Canadian Conservation Institute
Ottawa, Canada
May 17 - 20, 2000

Call For Abstracts
You are invited to submit an abstract for Symposium 2000 - The Conservation
 of Heritage Interiors. This symposium, hosted by the Canadian Conservation
Institute of the Department of Canadian Heritage, will be held on
May 17 - 20, 2000, in Ottawa, Canada.

The conservation of the interior of an historic building provides a meeting
place for the preservation architect and the conservator. CCI’s
Symposium 2000 will emphasize the kinds of professional collaboration
required to plan and execute successful conservation projects in historic
interior spaces. This three-day international symposium will offer a chance
to share information about innovative recording and treatment practices,
current professional practices, and recent advances in the material
sciences
that will benefit those who are responsible for the preservation and
rehabilitation of heritage interiors. Participation is encouraged from
professional conservators, preservation architects, conservation
scientists,
craft and trades people, engineers, technicians, and designers in heritage
preservation.

Program
The program will include subject matter focussing on architectural
interiors and the materials that compose them, both moveable and fixed.

Topics could include the following:

     -  case studies of interior conservation projects, and conservation
processes for the preservation of interior finishes
     - analysis, monitoring and recording of materials (furnishings or
building materials) used in historic interiors
     - conservation versus reconstruction: how much is too much
     - conservation of the structural elements of a building as they
relate to the heritage interior
     - collaboration, professional ethics, and the interface between
the professions of architecture and conservation (the New Orleans
Charter - who should be consulted?)
     - rehabilitation of functional working structures versus the
creation of  living museums?
     - adaptive re-use of  historic spaces versus the preservation of
original interior function
     - developing strategies for promoting the preservation of
architecturally/historically significant commercial spaces

Papers should be of 30-minute duration (including time for introduction
and questions) and will be published as preprints. The official languages
of the symposium will be English and French.  Simultaneous translation
will be provided.

Call for Posters
In addition to formal presentations, submissions for a poster session are
also welcome.

Call for Demonstrations and Videos
Submissions for demonstrations and videos are also encouraged. The length
of time for demonstrations is flexible, but should be no longer than 1
hour.

Edited abstracts of posters, demonstrations, and videos will also be
published
in the preprints and should be furnished by the presenter following the
overall
timetable and deadlines.

Abstracts (300 - 400 words) for formal presentations, poster sessions,
demonstrations, and videos should be submitted by April 9, 1999. Edited
abstracts will be published in both languages. All submissions will be
reviewed by the External Advisory Committee who will make the selection
of papers, posters, demonstrations, and videos.

Authors will be notified of acceptance by May 31, 1999, and will be sent a
guideline for text, poster, demonstration, or video. Final texts of papers
for
the preprints will be required by August 30, 1999.

All submissions should consist of the speaker's name, address, Internet or
e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, a short one-paragraph biography,
the title of the submission, and an abstract (300 to400 words).

Please send your submission to:

Symposium 2000
Canadian Conservation Institute
Department of Canadian Heritage
1030 Innes Road
Ottawa ON  K1A 0M5
Canada
Tel: (613) 998-3721
Fax: (613) 998-4721
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