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Title: International Symposium on Conservation of Ancient Sites 2008 (ISCAS-2008)  
Dates: 22 - 24 September 2008
Venue: Dunhuang, China
Organizers: Commission on Preservation and Consolidation Engineering of Ancient Sites (CSRME); The Key Scientific Research Base for Ancient Wall Paintings Conservation of State Administration of Cultural Heritage and Key Laboratory of Mechanics on Disaster and Environment in Western China (Lanzhou University), Ministry of Education
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More info: http://www.dha.ac.cn/ and http://www.csrme.com/
Attachment: PDF 2nd Announcement.pdf
Summary:

Symposium Objectives

There are a great number of grottoes and ancient earthen historical sites located in northwest China. During the past 10 years, Chinese scholars have not only achieved a great deal of scientific research and engineering practice on the conservation of ancient sites, but also cooperated with many international organizations. The aim of the symposium is to demonstrate the latest improvements and achievements in the field of international conservation of ancient sites, and to provide a discussion forum for the participants of this symposium.


Symposium Themes

- Environment and conservation of ancient sites.
- Geological engineering and conservation of ancient sites.
- Research on main geological damages and mechanism of ancient sites.
- Research on materials and technologies for conservation of ancient sites.
- Research on deformation monitoring and stability analysis of ancient sites.
- Typical case histories relating consolidation engineering of ancient sites.

Working Languages

The official languages of the symposium are English and Chinese. Simultaneous interpretation will be provided.

Deadlines

31 March 2008: Submission of the registration form by e-mail, fax or post
Submission of the full paper for who had submitted their abstracts by E-mail, Fax or Correspondence before Mar. 31, 2008.
Submission of the abstract and the full paper for those not yet submitted their abstracts by E-mail, Fax or Correspondence before Mar. 31, 2008.

A PDF containing detailed information on the conference as well as the registration form can be requested at the contact address given below.

 

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