The IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly will join Steve Trow (English Heritage/Historic England) and Nancy Bell, co-chair of the National Heritage Science Forum as keynote speakers at the 1st international conference of the SEAHA (Science & Engineering in Arts Heritage & Archaeology) on 14-15 July 2015 at University College London (UCL).
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: ‘I’m delighted to have this distinguished opportunity to explore some of the major conservation challenges currently faced by the heritage sector. Not the least of these is the critical and urgent need to develop evidence-based standards in area-based, interdisciplinary conservation practice, an issue on which the SEAHA constituency is ideally placed to respond.’
Prof May Cassar, Director at the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage at The Bartlett School of Environment, Energy and Resources, writes: ‘The conference will focus on heritage science research, innovation and best practice in the interpretation, conservation and management of cultural heritage. We aim to provide a platform for scientists, engineers, professionals, entrepreneurs, and policy-makers, to engage and discuss emerging trends in the field.’
‘Following the full cycle of creation of data, the development of data into knowledge and of knowledge to enterprise, this conference will embrace the themes of Materials, Environmental and Digital Research in three sessions and twenty-three presentations over two days.’
The SEAHA programme is hosted by the UK’s EPSRC Centre for Doctoral training in Science & Engineering n Arts Heritage & Archaeology. It is a partnership between UCL, the University of Brighton and the University of Oxford, along with numerous cultural institutions and industry partners. Between 2014 and 2022, SEAHA will train 60 doctoral students.
The Centre is funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and marks the funding body’s single largest investment to date in heritage science and engineering research.’
For more information, please visit: www.seaha-cdt.ac.uk
