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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 align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E74B5'>Abstracts Due Aug 1 for the </span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>2023 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit:</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:#C00000'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><i><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'>Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health</span></i></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#C00000'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2E75B5'>Professional Development Seminar</span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The <b>Potomac Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association</b>, the <b>Washington Conservation Guild</b>, the <b>Smithsonian Institution’s Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management (OSHEM)</b>, and the<b> Smithsonian National Collections Program </b>will once again collaborate with the<b> Lunder Conservation Center</b> to host a Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit. </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#2E74B5'>Friday, 27 October 2023 Hybrid Event: In-Person and Streamed On-line</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='color:black'>We are now accepting abstracts</span></b><span style='color:black'> 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. <b>We welcome case studies and action plans, and we encourage joint presentations by conservators, collections care professionals, AND health & safety professionals!</b> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_0" ID="130134576"></w:Sdt><span style='color:black'>Topics and themes</span><span style='color:#D13438'> </span><span style='color:black'>for consideration</span></u><u><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><span style='color:black'>include but are not limited </span><w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_2" ID="1553882503"></w:Sdt><w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_3" ID="1670453795"></w:Sdt><span style='color:black'>to</span></u><span style='color:black'>: </span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Gallery Exhibits: Installation and management safety challenges--working at heights or outdoors; with heavy, large, or hazardous objects; with touchable/interactive exhibits.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='color:windowtext'><w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_5" ID="-489030152">Hazardous Collections: Exposure determinations and risk controls</w:Sdt><w:Sdt ShowingPlcHdr="t" SdtTag="goog_rdk_7" ID="684484672"> </w:Sdt> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Conservation Laboratories <span style='color:windowtext'><w:Sdt SdtTag="goog_rdk_19" ID="498701700"><span style='color:black'>and Treatments</span></w:Sdt>: safe work policies for</span> object- and material-specific hazards. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Emergency preparedness and response in collections, with action steps. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><span style='color:windowtext'>Maximizing sustainability without compromising safety</span>.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>Scalable solutions for small/large institutions or private practices, with small or large budgets. <o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'>NAGPRA Due Diligence: Contaminant Testing, Reporting and Disclosure Policies<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><u><span style='color:black'>Presenters have 3 submission options</span></u><span style='color:black'>:</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>A podium presentation of 20 minutes, with 5-10 minutes for questions. (30 min. max) </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>A lightning round presentation of 5 minutes. Q&A segment may follow as a group.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:47.0pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2;background:white'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='color:black'>A 60- or 90-minute panel with multiple speakers; either time-frame must allow for 15 minutes for speaker/audience discussion. Abstracts must include names of moderator and panelists.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><u><span style='color:black'>Posters will be accepted</span></u><span style='color:black'> only if content can be reduced to a readable 8½ x 11inch or folded 11 x 17 inch sheet handout. There is no available space at the venue for mounted poster presentations.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:14.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:14.0pt;margin-left:0in'><b>Abstracts must specify: your submission preference, a provisional title, names and contact information for each submitter, panelist(s) & moderator, and not exceed 400 words. Presentations will be delivered in person. <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:#C00000'>Questions are welcome! Please send your presentation abstracts to</span></b><span style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="mailto:summit-abstracts@washingtonconservationguild.org">summit-abstracts@washingtonconservationguild.org</a><span style='font-family:"Quattrocento Sans",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><b><span style='color:#C00000'>by close of business on Tuesday, 1 August 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>Kathryn Makos, MPH CIH <o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-ligatures:none'>(Retired:Smithsonian Institution)<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>