Programme

Day 0

28th September
Thursday
18:30 – 20:30

Registration and Welcome refreshments


Day 1

29th September
Friday
8:30

Welcome & Opening


9:00

Chair: Dr. Ian MacLeod (Australia)

Preliminary in-situ examination of an early 17th century Venetian shipwreck, Otočac Island, Croatia


9:30

Special guests: Patrick Höglund & Jim Hansson

Äpplet, Vasa’s sister ship


10:00

Coffee Break


Session 1: Learning from the Lost

10:30

Keynote: Dr. Martijn Manders (University of Leiden, Netherlands)

In situ or ex situ? Is lost really lost and preserved really preserved?

11:00
Philippe de Vivies (A-Corros, France)

 Learning from what is lost

11:15
Dra. Elena Pérez-Álvaro (Nelson Mandela University, South Africa)

The lost and the gained by climate changes

11:30
José António Gonçalves (CNANS / DGPC, Portugal)

The WRECKlessWOOD research: bonding biology and archaeology in the conservation of waterlogged wood

11:45
Dusanka Romanovic (Archaeological Museum os Zadar, Croatia)

What can we do when not all is lost?

12:00
Question time

12:30

Lunch


Session 2: Ex-situ Conservation

14:30

Keynote: DR. Chris Dostal (Texas A&M University, United States)

Shipwrecked in Texas: 25 years of Wooden Ship Conservation at the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University

15:00
Angeliki Bei (University of West Attica, Greece)

Characterization of corrosion layers in two bronze Venetian cannons from the marine environment

15:15
Victoria Folgueira (Spain)

Conservation of a 17th century astrolabe from the Viveiro I shipwreck

15:30
Eirini Mitsi (University of the Peloponnese & University of West Attica, Greece)

Designing a conservation strategy for a charred medieval shipwreck based on wood physical, chemical and mechanical properties

15:45
Anita Jelić (International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia)

Re-treatment, reassembly and 3D documentation of two medieval wooden ships

16:00
Question time
16:30

Break

17:00
Heather Berry (Silentworld Foundation and The University of Melbourne, Australia)

Understanding the Barangaroo and Windsor Boats: Conservation of Early Australian Colonial Vessels

17:15
Amelia Hammond (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Keeping an eye on copper alloys: VITAL Cu as a diagnostic tool for treatment-induced corrosion on cupreous wreck finds

17:30
Dr. Liisa Näsänen (National Museum of Finland, Finland)

Waterlogged 18th Century Leather Hides with a Scent: How to Conserve and Preserve?

17:45
Zdenka Vrgoč (International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar, Croatia)

In situ conservation of iron cannons from post-medieval wreck on Cape Franina, Croatia – cathodic protection method

18:00
Question time

20:00

Symposium Dinner


Day 2

30th September
Saturday

Session 3: In-situ Conservation

8:30

Keynote: Dr. Tomás Fernández Montblanc (University of Cadiz, Spain)

Marine sciences and technologies: a cornerstone for the study and conservation of Underwater Cultural heritage

9:00
Dr. David Gregory (National Museum of Denmark, Denmark)

ENDURE: Sustainable preservation of underwater archaeological sites: A novel approach to cultural heritage management

9:15
Carla Riera (Fundación Colombia Anfibia, Colombia)

Social Conservation of a Fortified Cultural Landscape: Awareness and Community Training Strategies to Strengthen the Protection of Maritime and  Underwater Archaeological Contexts in Bocachica, Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

9:30
Karen Lucero (Underwater research scientific group, Bolivia)

Photographic record of piers, as archaeological and historical evidence of navigation, in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.

9:45
Helen-Margarita Bardas (KORSEAI – Institute of Historical and Archaeological Research, Greece)

Long-term monitoring of UCH degradation: An applied methodology on ceramic cargo shipwrecks

10:00
Question time
10:30

Break

11:00
Dr. Jean-Bernard Memet (A-CORROS/DRASSM/LAPA/IPREM, France)

Save Our (metallic) Shipwrecks!

11:15
Andreia Romão (Neptune Search, Portugal)

Laqua-Lagos Underwater Archaeological Conservation

11:30
Gina L Hernández (Dirección General Marítima, Colombia)

Interinstitutional and Interdisciplinary Strategies for the Conservation of Historic Shipwrecks in the Bay of Cartagena de Indias, Colombian Caribbean

11:45
Mallory R. Haas (The SHIPS Project CIC, United Kingdom)

Filling in the Gaps; Helping to fill in the information gap in the marine heritage records in Plymouth

12:00
Question time
12:30

Lunch

14:30
Andrea Sanz (Institut Balear d’Estudis en Arqueologia Marítima, Spain)

Conserving Underwater Cultural Heritage: Toward a sustainable and responsible Theoretical Approach

14:45
Kieran Hosty (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)

Endeavoring to find Endeavour – The race to identify and preserve an iconic shipwreck.

15:00
Alicia Johnson (Alexandria Center For Maritime Archaeology and Underwater Cultural Heritage, Egypt)

Effective Management of Archaeological and Historical Shipwreck Sites in the Red Sea, Egypt

15:15
Peter Holt (The SHIPS Project CIC, United Kingdom)

Experiments in Ultrasonic Thickness Measurements on Historic Ship Hulls Underwater

15:30
Question time


Day 3

1st October
Sunday

Session 4: New Techniques

8:30

Keynote: Dr. Vasilike Argyropoulos (University Of West Attica of Athens, Greece)

New techniques, materials and digital methods applied to the conservation & restoration of underwater cultural heritage

9:00
Tamar Davidowitz (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Netherlands)

A turning point in visualization: An innovative rotary photography system developed for the documentation of three-dimensional objects

9:15
Dr. Marta Domínguez-Delmás (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)

Compatibility of invasive dendrochronological research and museum display: maximising the knowledge gain from shipwreck assemblages through collaborative efforts

9:30
James Hunter (Australian National Maritime Museum, Australia)

Digitally ‘Preserving’ an Imperilled Shipwreck: The South Australian Virtual Reality Experience

9:45
Elisa Ahverdov (The National Museum of Finland/The Finnish Heritage Agency, Finland)

Hahtiperä Wreck: Optimizing Conservation

10:00
Angelos Manglis (Skopelos Dive Center/Atlantis Consulting S.A./University of Calabria, 3D Research s.r.l./SRSE, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki/CERTH, Greece)

Novel digital approaches to enable virtual accessibility to Underwater Cultural Heritage

10:15
Question time
10:45

Break

11:15
Rawda Abdelhady (Raquda Foundation for Art and Heritage, Egypt)

Non-Destructive Methodology for Analysing the Land-sliding Impacts on Maritime and Underwater Stones

11:30
Irini Malliaros (Silentworld Foundation, Australia)

In love with the shape of wood: 3D digital imaging in conservation – an early colonial Australian boats perspective

11:45
Riccardo Mancinelli (C.S.R. Restauro Beni Culturali S.a.s., Italy)

Materials and methods for the preservation and in situ restoration of the Underwater Archaological Heritage: over twenty years of experience testing hydraulic mortars for consolidation of Roman structures

12:00
Natalia Perez (Instituto de Geociencias – CSIC, UCM, Spain)

Multi-approach methodology for the determination of the degradation pattern of partially submerged heritage in reservoirs

12:15
Question time
12:45

Closing symposium


12:30

Lunch


16:30

Free time

Beach club

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