ICCROM FORUM 2013

Conservation Science

Alison Heritage Conservation Research SpecialistCatherine Antomarchi Unit Director, Collections Unit

The ICCROM Fora

A strategic think tank meeting about the relevance & impact of conservation science

Why a Forum on Conservation Science?These are critical times for heritage conservation

Increased challengesglobal threats to heritage

increasing needs worldwide fewer resources

Increased opportunities through science skills, tools, and knowledge

How can we use science innovationto protect cultural heritage?

A new way of working

Each partner contributed an equal funding share raising in total 160 000 euros

The ICCROM Forum Consortium

15 partners from 14 countries• Belgium - The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage• Brazil - The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-CECOR• Canada - The Canadian Conservation Institute• China - The National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University• France The Centre de recherche et de restauration des Musèes de France• Korea, Republic of - The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage• Netherlands, The - The Cultural Heritage Agency• Portugal - The Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, UNL • Qatar - The University College London Qatar• Sweden - The National Heritage Board• Switzerland - Bern University of the Arts• UK - The AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme• USA - The Getty Conservation Institute• USA - The Smithsonian Institution

A new way of workingThe ICCROM Forum Consortium

Planning and preparing

Each partner had an equal share

• goals

• themes• participants

information, documents, contacts• interns

literature, research, education, practice• networks

• working groups

Active contributionof the partners

Evidence-based discussion

Trends in conservation

science research

Access and use of science by

conservators

Training paths for science in

conservation

+1200 respondents worldwide

78 training programmes

49 organisations

Trends in conservation

literature

Review of existing strategy

documents

+3350 articles analysed

+40 documents reviewed

Overview of the labour market

89 Job ads surveyed

Evidence-based discussion

80 people from 27 countries

Participant selection: balanced diverse groupregion, discipline, gender and career stage

How can conservation science be of greater benefit to conservation practice?

How can conservation science contribute to wider societal priorities?

How can we build an integrated and impactful future for science in conservation?

Themes

HERE!

16-18 October 2013, Istituto per la Grafica, Palazzo Poli Rome

A format for stimulating creative discussion

small discussion groups

producers and users of science information

all regions of the world

Spirit

Inspiring Keynotes

Lidia BritoDirector of Division Science Policy and Capacity-Building UNESCO

Voices from outside cultural heritage conservation

“A society centered approach means bringing citizens into the scientific process in a more meaningful way to achieve the engagement of society. It is not just science for society, but society for science.”

Inspiring Keynotes

Johan KuylenstiernaExecutive Director Stockholm Environmental Institute

Voices from outside cultural heritage conservation

“if you don’t see the impact it is very hard to get people engaged. …the Climate and Clean Air Coalition was successful because it was not just about climate but also human health, agriculture – and suddenly governments were buying into it because they saw numbers that made sense to them”

Inspiring Keynotes

Lynne Meskell,Stanford University

Voices from outside cultural heritage conservation

“we need the full integration of archaeological science, the insights of social science, a strong commitment to conservation and also local community involvement. Today such a position should be thought of as neither revolutionary or a luxury but a baseline for all projects”

Guest politician

Mrs Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortinez, MEP

A dedicated website

http//forum2013.iccrom.org

Reaching a wider audience

• online streaming, newsfeeds, social media & blogs

• a team of web reporters

Outcomes

An international community of producers and users of conservation science knowledge

Consensus

Conservation Science- inclusive of all relevant sciences - responsibility to support conservation practice- responsibility to respond to societal needs

Recommendations

solution orientedstrategic

evidence-based

Strategy development

Data gathering

Knowledge sharing

Communication

How to continue the Forum?

Next steps

maintain the Forum platform

initiate further conversations

collect worldwide indicators

enlarge the consortium

Thank you

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