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Announcing the 17th International Conference
on Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and
Historic Environment (IAQ 2027)

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Campus Holmen Campus Holmen


IAQ 2027 Conference Venue

The Royal Danish Academy, Institute of Conservation, is pleased to organize the 17th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality in Heritage and Historic Environments, IAQ 2027.

The conference provides an interdisciplinary forum for discussions on the influence of indoor air quality on heritage objects, collections and historic interiors, including museums, libraries, archives, historic houses, and churches and other places of worship. It is traditionally attended by a diverse audience of conservators, curators, scientists, students, collection managers and other stakeholders.

IAQ 2027 will be held in a at the Royal Danish Academy's Campus Holmen near the Copenhagen harbor front, on March 16-17, 2027.

Information about registration will be updated here in due time.

We look forward to welcoming you to Copenhagen!


Call for abstracts

The call for abstracts has closed. Authors will be notified shortly, please see list of important dates below.


Important dates:

  • 01 Oct 2026: Abstract submission deadline
  • 30 Oct 2026: Notification to authors
  • 15 Nov 2026: Provisional program online
  • 15 Nov 2026: Registration open
  • 15 Jan 2027: Detailed program online
  • 16-17 March 2027: Conference in Copenhagen

Enquiries: 2027@IAQ.dk


Scientific Committee

Lorraine Gibson, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Martina Griesser, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
Eva Menart, National Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Olivier Schalm, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Tomasz Sawoszczuk, Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, Poland
Matija Strlič, University of Ljubljana, Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana, Slovenia
Irena Kralj Cigić, University of Ljubljana, Heritage Science Laboratory Ljubljana, Slovenia
Jean Tétreault, Ottawa, Canada
Peter Brimblecombe, School of Environmental Sciences, UEA Norwich, UK (emeritus)
David Thickett, English Heritage, United Kingdom
Eric Breitung, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Julia Bakker Arkema, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
Signe Hjerrild Smedemark, National Museum of Denmark

Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, Royal Danish Academy - Conservation, Denmark (also local organizer)

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Campus Holmen

All photos: Royal Danish Academy - Architecture, Design, Conservation


About previous IAQ Conferences: (https://IAQ.dk/iap.htm)

About The Royal Danish Academy: (https://royaldanishacademy.com/en)

For inquiries about IAQ2027, email: 2027[at]IAQ[dot]dk

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