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Title: 1st World Conference on Global Climate Change and its Impact on Structures of Cultural Heritage  
Dates: 6 - 8 May 2008
Venue: Macau, SAR, China
Organizers: UNESCO Chair ECOLAND, Romania with the support of the Macau Institution of Engineers, the Laboratory de Engenharia Civil de Macau and the Structural Engineers World Congress India
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More info: http://www.cipremier.com/ciframeset.htm?index2.htm
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The last day for sending in your abstracts together with the full text is 21 March 2008 together with the payment of the registration fee.

The following papers have been accepted for publishing, presentation and discussion:

Special Session:

To be devoted to Leslie E. Robertson “the World Builder who has always built in future” on the occasion of his LXXX anniversary

Round Table Dialogue:

To be Led by Pere Roca on ISO13822:2001

KeyNotes:

  • Ramiro Sofronie, ECOLAND, Romania - The Spirit of Endless Column's Place
  • R Sundaram, Structural Engineer World Congress, India - To be advised
  • Ulrich Cubasch and Heike Huebener - 21st century global climate change and regional impacts as simulated by European climate models
  • Lyne Fontaine, Public Works & Govt Service, Canada - Canada Prince of Wales Fort and Climate Changes
  • Heike Huebener and Ulrich Cubasch - Expected future climate change in southern Morocco and possible impacts on local traditional buildings (Kasbah).
  • Stephen J Kelley, Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc, USA - The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans represent an interesting case study of the complexities of global climate change and our built heritage.

And another 30 expected important presentations papers

  • The World Monuments Fund and its Initiatives in raising public awareness of the impacts of climate change on cultural heritage
  • An Adaptive re-use of Structures and/or Buildings of Architectural,Cultural and Historical Values for Conservation
  • Evaluation of "Endless Column" Performance under Wind and Seismic Effect
  • The Restoration Of Historical Leather Objects
  • Global Climate Change And The Gate Of The Kiss Of Brancusi At Targu Jiu, Romania
  • The York Factory case study
  • The Influence of Lightning-Floods Generated By Climatic Changes over the Safety of Structures of Cultural Heritage
  • Losses of structural building cultures and its impact on climate change. A historical study of cement
  • Deterioration Processes and Extent of Decay of Stone Masonry of Historic Monuments
  • The Influence of Air Pollution on Cultural Heritage from Museum Collections
  • Numerical Simulation of Sea-surface Temperature Increase on Typhoon
  • Global climate change and its Impact on Reinforced and Prestressed concrete Structures
  • Rehabilitation & Conservation of different Archaeological Sites at Taxila (Pakistan) - a Case Study
  • In Situ Monitorisation Of The Frescoes Restoration Behaviour For Probota Monastery (Romania)
  • Impact Of Local Weather And Environment On Deterioration Of Mughal Era Buildings
  • The Baroque Town Dresden And Castle Pillnitz Under Elbe And Tributary Floods, August 2002, Germany
  • A need for Intervention to Preserve its Cultural and Built Heritage
  • Romanian Civilization And The Impact Of Deforestation

 

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