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IIC is delighted to present the 23rd biennial IIC Congress, its first in the culturally rich and vibrant city of Istanbul. It is being held in partnership with the Sakıp Sabancı Museum and will be held in the Sabancı Centre, situated near the heart of the city, and will take place against the background of the varied and enticing Istanbul: European City of Culture 2010 programme.
- Technical programme part 1: Monday to Tuesday 20th & 21st September
- Visits within and beyond Istanbul: Wednesday 22nd September
- Technical programme part 2: Thursday & Friday 23rd & 24th September
A full programme of social events is planned, including two receptions and the Congress Gala dinner in the dramatic location of Istanbul’s historic cisterns. There will be poster displays and a trade show by suppliers and service providers.
Parallel meetings will include one for students and another for representatives of IIC regional Groups.
Conservation and the Eastern Mediterranean
The Congress will focus on the conservation of moveable and immovable heritage in or from the Eastern Mediterranean. This will include material held in collections around the world, the care and conservation of works of art, artifacts and sites, and the preservation of architecture, all reflecting the influences that have made this region one of the world’s richest centres of heritage.
The conference will bring together the international professional community to present and exchange ideas, to debate conservation practices and cutting-edge research, to consider exciting new developments and thought-provoking challenges, and to make new connections between this region and all corners of the world.
An impressive range of over 40 speakers is lined up to report on contemporary thinking, current research and examples of best practice. Topics will include:
- Site and urban conservation and management
- Conservation and research of textiles, sculpture, leather, and manuscripts
- Conservation of painted interiors and decorative surfaces
- Conservation of mosaics, wall paintings and tomb art
- Reviews of conservation history and techniques.
What registration brings you
The registration fee covers attendance throughout the event, lunch, morning and afternoon refreshments every day of the technical programme, the printed Congress Preprints (and CD), prior on-line access to the abstracts and papers, and attendance at the evening receptions. There will be an additional fee for the Congress Gala dinner and for the excursions on the Wednesday. Accompanying persons are welcome to the receptions at no cost; extra places on the excursions or at the Congress Gala dinner are available at the same cost as the main applicant to those events.
Registration for the Congress opens in February 2010. The registration fee is discounted for members of IIC. Consider joining IIC now, to save that money and get all the other benefits of membership straight away.
The language of the congress and its publications is English, but simultaneous translation into Turkish will be available at the Sabancı Centre. There will also be abstracts of the papers in Turkish in the Congress preprints.
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Sabancı Centre
Blue Mosque
The Cistern of a Thousand and One Columns
The Istanbul Congress is supported by:
