IIC Congress Scholars 2024-2025

Innovate: Sustainability and Leadership for New Times, is new international leadership course will build on the success of ‘Adapt’ and will be open to mid-career conservation professionals (with at least five years' post qualification experience) from priority regions.

This six-month online programme will start during the IIC Lima Congress in September 2024 and will run to February 2025, averaging a commitment of four or five hours per month, and with a variety of engaging online live events with course leaders, small groups, mentors and coaches. By the end participants will be equipped with new networks and contacts, new insights into their own leadership style - plus a certificate of participation.

The core online programme that everyone will complete includes:

• Four online workshops to develop leadership skills and awareness. Topics will range from leading innovation, finding new strategies, fundraising and effective communication.
• An online future focused 'round table' event to take place during the Congress live week exploring ‘sustainability and leadership in new times.’
• Optional elements include mentoring and taking part in three interactive online workshops that will blend training (sharing skills and tools around leading change/ influencing) with peer to peer learning, reflection and planning conversations to help find solutions and put learning into action.

We are pleased to present the IIC Congress Scholars for 2024-2025, showcasing a diverse group of professionals committed to advancing conservation practices.

• Abdelmoniem Mohammed Gomaa, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University, Egypt
• Muhammad Abubakar Abdulqadir, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria
• Ahmad N. Abu Baker, Department of Conservation and Management of Cultural Resources, Faculty of Archaeology and Anthropology, Yarmouk University, Jordan
• Aïda Menouer, Palace of Dar Hassan Pacha, Algeria
• Alaa Ababna, Autonoma de Barcelona University, Jordon
• Alejandra Lechuga Alvarez, Chief Heritage Conservator, University Museum of Contemporary Art (MUAC-UNAM)
• Anjaneya Sharma, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam University, India
• Anuar Ridzuan Arshad, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia
• Bhasha Shah, Chief of the Collection, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur
• Carlos Izurieta, Freelancer heritage, Ecuador
• Daniel Gyawu, Ghana Museums and Monuments Board
• Glenda Maíra Silva Melo, Lacicor (Conservation science laboratory), Brazil
• Ina Hergert, Museu Paulista of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Josefina Pichardo, Museum director, Casa Fuerte Juan Ponce de León (Ministerio de Cultura)
• Lalitha Thiagarajah,  Islamic Art Museums Malaysia
• Linda Neruba, Curator and Conservation Education Programme lead, Uganda Museum
• Lone Michelle Monagen, Curator/education, Botswana National Museum and Monuments
• Mariana Valdez, Dirección Nacional de Museos, Secretaría de Cultura de la Nación Argentina
• Mercedes Isabel de las Carreras, Researcher, Management department, National Museum of Fine Arts in Buenos Aires
• Michaela Novotna, Friends of Art in the Andes Amigos de Arte Andino, Peru
• Myoungju Choie, Senior Book conservator, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage (NRICH) South Korea
• Nathalie Hanna, Beirut Museum of Art, Lebanon
• Omar Idtnaine, Azart Association – Agadir, Morocco
• Rajeev Choudhary, Museum of Art and Photography, India
• Rodah Lange, National Museums of Kenya
• Shanice Martin, National Museum Jamaica
• Stephanus Le Roux, Curator and Conservation Scientist, DK conservators
• Terence Besaka, National Museum of Cameroon/ Ministry of Arts and Culture, Cameroon
• Valentina Castillo, Conservator & Founder and Director of Restaura-Chile
• Varsha Wilson, Senior Conservator, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghralaya (CSMVS)

The IIC Congress Scholars programme is kindly funded through Connecting Professionals/ Sharing Expertise: