Local Live Hubs
Our aim is to make this Congress as accessible and inclusive as possible, extending our global reach with in-person 'Local Live Hubs' in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Uruguay, offering the opportunity for shared dialogue, networking and experience of the unique culture and heritage that the region has to offer.
Argentina
TAREA Centre’s purpose is the conservation and restoration of cultural heritage, as well as research and training within this disciplinary field. In this sense, within the framework of celebrating its twentieth anniversary at the National University of San Martín, it opens its doors to host the thirtieth Congress of the IIC. In this way, it aims to bring together students, undergraduate and graduate, and professionals from the region to share this rich experience. Likewise, in addition to the broadcast of the IIC Congress, local activities will be carried out to promote a discussion around topics of local interest.
Institution hosting the event:
Centro TAREA, Universidad Nacional de San Martín
Brazil
The Brazil Hub of the IIC Lima 2024 Congress is organized and hosted by seven key institutions across the country: UFMG in Belo Horizonte, UFRJ in Rio de Janeiro, UFPel in Pelotas, UFPA in Belém, IFMG in Ouro Preto, IMS in São Paulo, and the Câmara dos Deputados in Brasília. This initiative engages all Brazilian undergraduate Conservation programs, with significant contributions from professors and students. Hub Brazil fosters an inclusive environment for Conservation students and professionals, offering free attendance for all the nearly 400 expected participants. It will serve as a platform for meaningful networking, interactions, and discussions, providing access to the IIC Lima Congress and promoting additional activities such as talks, round tables, pitch presentations, and interactive visits.
Institutions hosting the events:
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Pelotas – UFPel, Pelotas, Brazil
Universidade Federal do Pará – UFPA, Belém, Brazil
Instituto Federal de Minas Gerais - IFMG/OP, Ouro Preto, Brazil
Instituto Moreira Salles – IMS, São Paulo, Brazil
Câmara dos Deputados, Brasília, Brazil
Please connect with the local hub’s social media:
iichubbrasil https://cecor.eba.ufmg.br/hub-brasil-iic
Chile
The Hub Chile of the 30th IIC Lima 2024 Congress is organized by the ICOM Chile Conservation Working Group with the support of the Universidad San Sebastián, whose facilities will host this activity. The Hub Chile has focused mainly on providing free access to heritage conservation students, giving them the opportunity to participate in this internationally relevant activity and thus providing them with significant experience in their training. In addition, it has been conceived as an inclusive event, extending the invitation to conservation professionals and those interested in the discipline. The Chile Hub has prepared activities at the local level such as talks by conservation specialists, round tables to discuss contingent and locally relevant issues, a poster session, workshops and visits to museums, as well as spaces for conversation and camaraderie.
Institution hosting the event:
Universidad San Sebastián
Please connect with the local hub’s social media:
icomchile.conservacion
Colombia
The 2024 IIC Meeting Colombian Hub was created to promote in-person discussions among professionals, institutions, and academia, about the recent trends and challenges of the sustainable conservation of cultural heritage in the frame of an international event, to provide a space for inspiration, networking, and updating. Hosted by the Cultural Network of the Central Bank of Colombia, has a complementary call for posters from the Externado University and the logistical support of Fundación Conservar. We are also celebrating that professional training in our country is 50 years, creating a space for the engagement of our community.
Institution hosting the event:
Red Cultural del Banco de la República en Colombia
Please connect with the local hub’s social media:
hub_colombia_conservacion_iic
Uruguay
The main purpose of the Uruguay hub of the congress has been to create awareness in Uruguay of the need to offer training and carry out research on Cultural Heritage in order to know it, value it and preserve it properly. To this end, it has joined enormous efforts from different institutions and local professional associations to bring together participants from the different departments of the country and facilitate their participation through scholarships. Among the local activities organized are technical visits to the conservation and storage areas of museums and guided visits to laboratories of the Faculty of Chemistry that have collaborated in analysis and study projects of cultural property. The IIC congress will also be a privileged opportunity to bring together professionals and technicians at local roundtables to discuss the major conservation issues for Uruguay in the Latin American and global context.
Institution hosting the event:
School of Chemistry, Universidad de la República
Please connect with the local hub’s social media:
conservacionpreventivauy