With increasing global interest in conservation worldwide it is essential to open the debate on more inclusive definitions of significance and on more articulated concepts for safety and for acceptable and reliable technologies, in an attempt to reconcile and integrate further the activity of all the professions involved in conservation. The main aim of this conference is to promote this debate on an international scale, by the exchange of knowledge and approaches among researchers and practitioners in the different professions involved in conservation and from diverse cultural backgrounds. Novel methodologies for assessment and evaluation and for repair and preservation, together with internationally renowned case studies will form the subject of keynotes lectures, while original papers are invited for submission under the following themes:

• definition of significance and attribution of value
• codes and guidelines for safeguarding safety and significance
• historical aspects and documentation
• novel conservation engineering technologies, restoration and strengthening
• use of traditional, alternative and innovative materials
• vulnerability to natural hazards and retrofitting
• monitoring, non destructive evaluation and testing
• assessment and analytical techniques
• conservation practice
• experimental studies

CALL FOR PAPERS AND IMPORTANT DATES

Authors interested in presenting a paper should submit an extended abstract (400-600 words) before 31 May 2007. Contributions must be in English and must include the contacting author details (affiliation, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail). The abstracts shall be submitted via the electronic submission form at the conference website: http://conference.bath.ac.uk/sahc08

DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS 31st MAY 2007
DEADLINE FOR FULL PAPERS 1st DECEMBER 2007
DEADLINE FOR REVISED PAPERS 1ST MARCH 2008