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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Reminder! Abstracts due Aug 9, for the 2021 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit: Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Potomac Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the Washington Conservation Guild, the Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Safety, Health and Environmental Management, and the Smithsonian National Collections Program will once again collaborate with the Lunder Conservation Center to host a Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Half-days <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tuesday, 19 October, and Wednesday, 20 October 2021<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Presented On-line – FREE Registration!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are now accepting abstracts focusing on controlling health and safety risks from preparing, treating, managing, and exhibiting artistic, historic, and natural science collections as well as abating structural hazards and responding to disasters impacting collections, including challenges of the pandemic. We welcome case studies and action plans, and we encourage joint presentations by conservators, collections care professionals, AND health & safety professionals! <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Presenters have 4 submission options: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>1. An abstract for a 20-minute presentation. Additional time will be allotted for questions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>2. An abstract for a 10-minute presentation. Additional time will be allotted for questions. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>3. An abstract for a 60 or 90-minute panel with multiple speakers; either time-frame must allow for 15 minutes for speaker/audience discussion. Abstract to include names of moderator and panelists. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4. An abstract for a virtual poster. Poster format requirements will be provided after your submission is accepted. The poster will be included on the Summit Virtual site; no presentation needed. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Abstracts must specify your submission preference, a provisional title, names and contact information for each submitter, panelist & moderator, and not exceed 400 words. Presentations may be delivered live or prerecorded.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please send your presentation abstracts to <a href="mailto:summit-abstracts@washingtonconservationguild.org">summit-abstracts@washingtonconservationguild.org</a> by COB August 9. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Kathryn Makos, MPH CIH <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(Ret) Smithsonian Institution OSHEM<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair, AIHA Museum & Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>