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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:center;background:#0070C0'><a name="_Hlk524000478"><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white;mso-ligatures:none'>8<sup>th</sup> Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit </span></b></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;background:#0070C0'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><i><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white;mso-ligatures:none'>Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health</span></i></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:white;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'><img width=428 height=99 style='width:4.4583in;height:1.0333in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01DC2BBF.3494B0E0" alt="Logos for Smithsonian National Collections Program, Office of Safety, Health, and Environmental Management, SAAM Lunder Conservation Center, Washington Conservation Guild, and AIHA Potomac Section"></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid gray 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-top:6.0pt;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><br></span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Co-presentations by IH/Safety and Conservation/Collection Care Professionals</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>The Potomac Local 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 </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#C00000;mso-ligatures:none'>Professional Development Seminar </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>with the theme of Control of Health and Safety Hazards in Museums, Historic Sites, Conservation Treatment and Collection Care.</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Location:</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> <b>Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>G and 8th Streets, NW, Washington DC<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#EE0000;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><i><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#EE0000;mso-ligatures:none'>NEW! </span></i></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Collections Salvage Workshop Thursday, November 6, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>(In-Person Only; Main Conference registration required)<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>10am-12pm ET, MacMillan Educational Center<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Main Conference Friday, November 7, 2025</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>9:00 am – 5:30 pm ET,</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> <b>McEvoy Auditorium<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Both In-Person and Virtual</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>_________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Workshop (11/6)</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>:</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='color:black;mso-ligatures:none'> </span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Ready to get up close and personal with archive, library, and museum stunt-double collection items? The </span></span><a href="https://ncp.si.edu/PRICE"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Preparedness and Response In Collections Emergencies (PRICE) team</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> will introduce specific methods for handling collection items during normal operations and in emergencies. Information will also be shared by the </span></span><a href="https://culturalrescue.si.edu/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'> on their Save Your Family Treasures program.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><a name="_Hlk145083728"><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Main Conference (11/7): </span></b></a></span><a href="https://www.potomacaiha.org/Summit-Abstracts"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145083728'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Click here for the list of presentations.</span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145083728'></span></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145083728'><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none'> </span></span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145083728'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Presentations are also listed below.<span style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk145083728'></span><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='font-size:6.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Please register at </span></b></span><a href="https://www.potomacaiha.org/event-6127510"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none'>Summit Registration</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><a name="_Hlk524720483"><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>In-Person Conference only – $40<span style='color:black'> (Includes lunch and Art Gallery tour)</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></a></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524720483'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>In-Person Conference plus pre-Conference Workshop - $45 <o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></li><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524720483'></span><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Virtual Conference – $20<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none'>Student/pre-program intern (student ID or internship letter required) – </span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none'>$20 In-Person or Virtual Conference</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;margin-left:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo3'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:windowtext;mso-ligatures:none'>$25 In-Person Conference plus pre-Conference Workshop</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk524000478'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#EE0000;mso-ligatures:none'>Register for In-Person by October 22, 2025 – NO ON-SITE REGISTRATION</span></b></span><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#EE0000;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Virtual Conference Registration by November 3, 2025<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>2025 Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit Presentations<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Exposure Assessment and Controls<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Interpreting PCB regulatory language for artifacts on display<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Museum occupational exposure assessment study.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>The critical role of health and safety collaboration in hazardous collections surveys.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Valentine’s Day vandalism in the National Archives rotunda: A collaborative recovery effort.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Mitigating mercury: Analyzing, documenting and stabilizing a collection of mercury tall clock pendulums<a name="_Hlk206609881">.<o:p></o:p></a></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo6'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk206609881'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Germicidal Ultraviolet Disinfection of Public Spaces. </span></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'>Health/Safety/Sustainability Programs<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Developing a sharable guide based on experience in adapting established OEHS practices to a museum setting. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Moving toward a balanced approach to the screening, interpretation, and reporting hazardous residues on the collections at NMAI.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Applying systems thinking to the preservation of light sensitive materials.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Paper trails & safety tales: Power BI for instant health & safety insights in book and paper conservation. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Going Greener: A comparative inventory of greener products for the preservation site in the European legislative and research framework.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Reducing energy while preserving experience and engagement.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:.25in;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo9'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none'>Statewide effort to improve safety for staff and collections (case studies from Ready or Not: Cultural Heritage Disaster Preparedness Project. <o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none'><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'>Kathryn A Makos </span></i><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>MPH CIH<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>