IIC 2018 Turin Congress

During the last quarter of a century preventive conservation has developed greatly, moving to the centre stage of museum, site and heritage management. This year’s 27th Biennial Congress is set to attract the best minds in conservation from around the world. Hundreds of people coming together to generate discussion and explore the biggest issues that exercise our field.

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The Congress is fully booked and registration is closed. For enquiries about registration please contact the IIC Office on [email protected] 

Programme Overview

The full programme is available to download alongside information on special tours and social events including receptions in two of Turin’s Royal palaces, plus the Congress Grand Dinner at the splendid Palace of the Venaria Reale, just outside the city.

Details of papers, posters and student posters are now available here. There will be a poster display, including students’ posters and exhibition by suppliers and service providers.

We are also pleased to announce that XpectralTEK is supporting two Poster Prizes that will be awarded to a Poster and Student Poster. A judging panel will review all the accepted posters for the Congress and will choose the winners based on innovation in research related to technology and preventive conservation. The prizes will be presented at the Closing Ceremony on Friday 14 September 2018 by IIC’s President Sarah Staniforth CBE.  Further details can be found on the Poster and Student Poster pages.

A special feature of this year's Congress will be a joint IIC ‘Point of the Matter’ Dialogue on Wednesday 12 September 2018, 11am to 12.45pm - Culture Cannot Wait: Integrating Cultural Heritage First Aid with Humanitarian Assistance in Crises, organised in collaboration with ICCROM (the International Conservation Centre in Rome). You can read more about the Dialogue on our blog here.