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Programme

9:15 Technical introduction for audience, Danube University Krems

9:30 Opening Session

Alessandro Balboni – Councillor for Relations with University, Environmental Policies, Animal protection, European Projects, Municipality of Ferrara, Italy

Maria Cristina Facchini – Director Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR- ISAC), Italy

9:45 Risk assessment and sustainable protection of Cultural heritage in changing environment – ProteCHt2save (Interreg Central Europe) – ProteCHt2save Video Projection

Alessandra Bonazza, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Italy

10:10 Risk prevention and safeguarding of Cultural Heritage in emergency

Antonia Pasqua Recchia, Counsellor of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT)

10:30 Ranking the vulnerability of Cultural Heritage in a changing environment

Riccardo Cacciotti, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, The Czech Academy of Sciences (ITAM), Czech Republic

10:50 Copernicus in support of the safeguarding of Cultural and Natural Heritage at risk

Daniele Spizzichino, Italian Institute for Environmental Protection and Research (ISPRA), Italy

11:10 – 11:20 Break

11:20 Risk mapping for the protection of Cultural Heritage exposed to climate extremes

Alessandro Sardella, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC), Italy

11:40 Managing Cultural Heritage at risk within the Sendai Framework for Action

Pier Paolo Campostrini, CORILA, Italy

12:00 Preparedness strategies and evacuation plans for safeguarding Cultural Heritage at risk

Raffaela Woller, Center for Cultural Property Protection, Danube University Krems, Austria

12:20 ProteCht2save pilot sites: lessons learnt

Maciej Bereda, Crisis Management Centre, Bielsko-Biala District (BBD), Poland

12:40 Cultural Heritage at risk: taking cooperation forward

Christophe Ebermann, Interreg Central Europe

13:00 Discussion

Edinburgh World Heritage plays a central role in the management and protection of the Old and New Towns of Edinburgh, a UNESCO designated World Heritage Site. Our current Director, Adam Wilkinson, is leaving us in June to take up a post abroad and the Board of Trustees is looking to appoint a Director who will build on our achievements and lead us in the next stage of our development.

This exciting opportunity is one of the most important leadership roles in the heritage sector in Scotland, if not the UK. The successful candidate will play a key role in partnership with the Board in shaping and contributing to the conversations in the City as we navigate the opportunities and challenges facing the World Heritage Site.

We are seeking a strategic and inspirational leader who can work with the Board and partners to develop our future direction, influence key stakeholders and represent and promote the interests of the charity to a wide range of communities. Key attributes will include the ability to work collaboratively and across organisational and sector boundaries, lead the team, think strategically and follow through to delivery. Full details of the role can be found in the application pack here.

CyArk is a non profit organization founded in 2003 to digitally record, archive and share the world’s most significant cultural heritage and ensure that these places continue to inspire wonder and curiosity for decades to come.

See the vast array of projects here.

After 10 years of European funding, 400 students and 65 countries, applications for the Advanced Masters in Structural Analysis of Monuments and Historical Constructions are opened up to May 20, 2020. This is the leading international course on conservation of heritage structures, winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage “Europa Nostra”, and a unique opportunity to meet people from all over the world.

This Master Course, which is running its 13th Edition, is organized by a Consortium of leading European Universities/Research Institutions in the field, composed by University of Minho (coordinating institution, Portugal), the Technical University of Catalonia (Spain), the Czech Technical University in Prague (Czech Republic), the University of Padua (Italy) and the Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Czech Republic).

The course combines the most recent advances in research and development with practical applications.

A significant number of scholarships, ranging from 4,000 to 13,000 Euro, are available to students of any nationality.

Please find full details on the MSc programme, as well as electronic application procedure, on the website www.msc-sahc.org

Find further information at http://blog.msc-sahc.org and www.linkedin.com/school/sahcmasterscourse/

Find here the first book about the SAHC Master Course (Historic Construction and Conservation: Materials, Systems and Damage).

The IHBC will host a Virtual School on 19 June 2020, to be in the format of a morning session and an afternoon session.  The School will reflect and speculate on the impact of the pandemic on historic town centres and the high street.

Further details can be found here.

Europa Nostra – the European Voice of civil society committed to cultural and natural heritage – and its partner organisation, the European Investment Bank Institute, have announced today the7 Most Endangered monuments and heritage sites in Europe for 2020:

National Theatre of Albania, Tirana, ALBANIA
An outstanding example of modern Italian architecture from the 1930s, which is one of the most prominent cultural centers in the country, faces the imminent threat of demolition.

Castle Jezeří, Horní Jiřetín, CZECH REPUBLIC
A Baroque castle, which was the scene of the first private performance of Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony in 1804, is in an advanced state of deterioration.

Castle of Sammezzano, Tuscany, ITALY
A strikingly beautiful eclectic style historic building, typical of the Orientalist fashion of the late 19th century, has fallen victim to neglect and vandalism.

Y-block, Government Quarter, Oslo, NORWAY
A Modernist building from the 1960s, featuring iconic murals by Picasso, was damaged by the 2011 terrorist attack and is now set to be demolished.

Szombierki Power Plant, Bytom, POLAND
A Modernist power plant from the 1920 is threatened by the risk of demolition, in spite of several efforts to make the site a breeding ground for creative industries.

Belgrade Fortress and its Surroundings, SERBIA
The authenticity and integrity of an impressive fortress – included on the Tentative List of UNESCO as part of the biggest pan-European transnational world heritage property, the Frontiers of the Roman Empire – is threatened by a harmful cable-car project.

Plečnik Stadium, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA
One of the earliest buildings of its kind in Europe, built in 1925 to a design by the renowned architect Jože Plečnik, is at risk of being lost due to unsuitable development.

The CBA has been dedicated to publishing the best in British archaeology for more than 60 years and we continue to make archaeological research widely available. Many of our publications have been available to download through the Archaeological Data Service (ADS) but we have decided that we will temporarily make all of our publications available to download for free.

Find here a complete list of every CBA publication and links download where available. Some publications are still available for purchase and you can browse our shop here. Please contact us at info@archaeologyuk.org for publications enquiries.

Historic Environment Scotland – Adapt Northern Heritage Virtual Conference 2020

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Climate change is threatening historic places across the world, especially in the world’s Northern regions.

The international Adapt Northern Heritage Virtual Conference 2020 will explore practices and research concerned with:

• assessing the environmental impacts of climate change and their associated risks on historic places
• planning and/or implementing adaptation measures to make historic places more resilient to climate change, where possible, or alternatively manage their loss

This conference offers themed sessions over the course of two days with speakers joining us with live-streamed and pre-recorded presentations from across the globe.

The conference will explore the following themes:

• Assessing the risks of climate change to historic places
• Engaging communities with regard to historic place adaptation
• Planning adaptation of historic places to climate change
• Management of loss of historic places due to climate change

Over the coming months we’ll be hosting a series of webinars – helping to keep the industry moving and talking during a period of uncertainty, enabling people to talk and build relationships whilst helping to maintain industry confidence and demonstrating thought leadership.

This webinar will focus specifically on historic buildings – from large scale restorations to the regeneration of heritage buildings into new homes and employment hubs, ensuring we don’t lose unique and historical assets. Speakers will be invited to discuss key issues and challenges, whilst sharing intel on their current and future development programmes.

This event will run in a similar manner to all of our physical events – with short presentations from several key speakers and opportunities for live Q&A and interaction.

Find more information on the Webinar here.

Historic buildings have particular susceptibility to the dangers of fire.  Ingval Maxwell and Paul Chatham draw out some of the key lessons to inform a better strategy.

Read the RIBA Journal article here.