[Nhcoll-l] Abstracts Due Aug 1st - Safety & Cultural Heritage Summit, Washington DC

[Kathryn Makos]

DUE AUGUST 1ST!! 

Accepting Abstracts for the 2019

Safety and Cultural Heritage Summit:

Preserving Our Heritage and Protecting Our Health

Fall Professional Development Seminar

 

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. 

 

 

Wednesday, 30 October 2019

9:00 am – 5:00 pm

McEvoy Auditorium

Smithsonian American Art Museum 

G and 8th Streets, NW, Washington DC 

 

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. We welcome case studies and
encourage joint presentations by conservators, collections care
professionals, AND health & safety professionals!

 

Previous Summit topics can be found here:
<https://www.potomacaiha.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&g
id=179&Itemid=91> 2018 Summit Program Abstracts. Other examples include:  

*	Safety challenges in gallery exhibit installation, 
*	Exposure assessments and remediation of unique hazards in museum
collections, 
*	Hazardous material abatement in historic houses, 
*	Risks posed by conservation treatments and safe work policies for
conservation laboratories, 
*	Preparedness and emergency response in collections.

 

Presenters have 2 submission options:

1.	A podium presentation of 20 minutes, with 5-10 minutes for
questions. (30 min. max)  
2.	A lightning round presentation of 5 minutes.  Q/A segment may follow
as a group.

 

Posters will be accepted but only if content can be reduced to a readable 8
½ x 11 or folded 11 x 17 sheet handout, as there is no available space at
venue for mounted poster presentations. 

 

Abstracts must specify your submission preference and should not exceed 300
words. 

Questions Welcomed!  Please send your presentation and poster abstracts to

safety-summit at washingtonconservationguild.org by COB August 1, 2019.

 

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