Announcement of the MIMIC Final Workshop
(Microclimate Indoor Monitoring in Cultural Heritage Preservation)
EVK4-2000-22058

Padova, Italy: November 8-9, 2004

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Please note: Please respond by e-mail to Marianne Odlyha (m.odlyha@bbk.ac.uk) if you wish to attend the meeting so that we can get a headcount for the catering during the meeting including the dinner on the first day of the meeting

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Preliminary programme:

Monday November 8th

11.00 Registration

14.00 Welcome Address Dr Johanna Leissner
European Commission, Scientific Officer, Belgium

14.15 Mikkel Scarff School of Conservation, Copenhagen
Effect of Environmental Parameters on Canvas-supported paintings

15.20 Guillermo Andrade
Effect of environment and effect of transit on works of art

15.55 David Thickett, English Heritage
Effect of Environment on Objects in Historic Houses

16.30 Coffee

17.00 Michel Dubus, Conservation Dept.,Louvre
Environmental Monitoring in Museums

17.35 David Howell , Historic Royal Palaces
Damage assessment of Historic Tapestries

18.05 Jaap Boon, FOM Instituut voor Atoom-en Molecuulfysica, The Nederlands
Concept of Dosimetry ERA project

Tuesday 9th November 9.00 Coordinator M. Odlyha Introduction to the MIMIC project

9.15 V. Smith (El Alcazar) / L. Bullock
Environmental Monitoring at the National Museum of Denmark; El Alcazar, Spain; Sandham Memorial Chapel, UK and the Uffizi Palace, Italy

10.00 M. Ryhl-Svendsen / T. Padfield
Data collection and reduction

10.45 F. de Santis
Pollutant Monitoring at sites

11.15 Coffee and poster session

11.35 M.Picollo
Colour measurement of paint dosimeters at Uffizi

12.05 E.Ferreira / J.J.Boon
Analysis of paint tempera (DTMS)

12.40 R.Campana & M.Odlyha
Analysis of strip palettes (FTIR)

13.00 Lunch

14.00 J. Slater
Background to piezoelectric quartz crystal technology

14.35 N. Wade
Preparation of coated crystals for MIMIC damage dosimeter

14.50 K.Pratt
Calibration of dosimeters

15.25 M. Odlyha
Data obtained from the damage dosimeters

16.00 D. Thickett, M. Dubus and G. Andrade
Potential fields of application

Discussion

Closing Remarks

Changes to the program may occur

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The workshop takes place just before the IAQ2004 conference, also in Padova, Italy, so participants to the IAQ conference may take the opportunity to participate also in the MIMIC workshop. From the website of the IAQ2004, links for accommodation and information on the city of Padova can be found (http://www.isac.cnr.it/iaq2004/)

There will be a registration fee of Euro 100.

For enquiries and registration please contact:

Dr. Marianne Odlyha
School of Biological and Chemical Sciences
Birkbeck College, University of London
Malet St., Bloomsbury
London WCIE 7HX, UK
Tel +44 20 7079 0792 (Office)
Fax +44 20 7631 6246
E-mail: m.odlyha@chem.bbk.ac.uk

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