Speakers have been announced for the first day of the international joint conference on heritage investment, ‘Investing in the Past – Funding Heritage Projects, Global and Local’, to take place in Glasgow on 18-20 November 2010, with speakers to include:
– Loyd Grosmann, cultural heritage ambassador to government and the media,
– conservation funding expert Dr Rob Pickard, IHBC, and
– Ratish Nanda of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture, among other international authorities on heritage projects.
Seán O’Reilly, Director of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), one of the partner organisations leading the conference, said: “We’re delighted to have had such a positive response from this remarkable group of international experts. Their understanding of the interactions between communities, investment and regeneration ranges from across the world, and will help anyone interested in heritage projects respond to the ‘shifting sands’ of their own national and local economies.
Delegates from all parts of the globe can come to Glasgow in November and benefit from an equally international range of insights into heritage projects and finances. This conference is the best, and probably the only way to explore such a diversity of perspectives on the universal heritage challenge: developing conservation projects that are sustainable both for local communities and in light of wider economic imperatives.”
Welcoming the initiative, Baile Hanzala Malik, Glasgow City Council’s Executive Member for International Affairs, and Chairman of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, (GCHT), another partner in the event, said: “Sourcing sustainable funding for regeneration projects is a vitally important topic, and we welcome this opportunity to bring together key international experts to explore case studies and solutions from across the world. We also looking forward to showcasing examples of award-winning heritage regeneration projects here in Glasgow to an international audience.”
The conference is brought by a partnership of the Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the Association of Preservation Trusts (UKAPT), and the Glasgow City Heritage Trust (GCHT). Supporting organisations include Historic Scotland, ICOMOS UK, the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB), and Glasgow’s City Council, altogether helping make an event that will deliver global and local answers to the biggest challenge for our historic places: investment.
The programme for the second and third days of the conference will focus on national issues and case studies from across the UK, and will be published in August.
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