IIC Congress Virtual Live Hubs
With groundbreaking translation in 50+ languages, our Congress Virtual Live Hubs are designed to bring the best of the IIC Congress into lively sessions, offering presentations and an interactive programme convenient to your own time zone. There will be an extended Q&A for each event.
All Congress attendees are welcome to attend any Virtual Live Hub session - so if you don't mind staying up late or waking early to hear more from other regions of the world - do come along.
IIC Europe Virtual Live Hub
Join us for a two-hour session at 9:00am BST/UK | 3:00am PET Monday, 23 September 2024.
Co-chairs: Lisa Swedberg (Sweden), Zoitsa (Zoe) Gkinni FIIC (Greece) and Lee Bilson FIIC (UK).
Livestream of papers and presentations from various sessions, includes an extended Q&A.
Poster Presentations:
- Conscientious conservation: using green chemistry principles to guide sustainable conservation practice
- Sharing Knowledge, Empowering Conservators: The Impact of an International Collaborative Initiative
- Going to Green in GoGreen: the Holistic Parameters in Practice
IIC Asia-Pacific Virtual Live Hub
Join us for a two-hour session at 06:00am BST/UK Tuesday, 24 September 2024 | 12:00am PET on Monday, 23 September 2024.
Co-chairs: Karma Yeshey (Bhutan), Sreekumar Menon FIIC (India) and Sanira Gani (Singapore).
Livestream of papers and presentations from various sessions, includes an extended Q&A.
Poster Presentations:
- Biodeterioration and sustainability for Southeast Asian collections in tropical climate
- Museum Pests and Climate Change – Parallel monitoring of fungi, insects and microclimate to find effective and sustainable solutions for the long-term protection of collections from biodeterioration
- Preserving Peru's Heritage: Wall Painting stabilization and monitoring as part of the Getty’s Seismic Retrofitting Project
IIC Central and North America Virtual Live Hub
Join us for a two-hour session at 8:00pm BST/UK | 2:00pm PET Wednesday, 25 September 2024.
Co-chairs: Fiona Graham (Canada), Rebecca Latourell FIIC (Canada) and Robert Waller FIIC (Canada).
Livestream of papers and presentations from various sessions, includes an extended Q&A.
Poster Presentations:
- Assessing and predicting sustainability for maintaining copper collections
- Polysaccharide gels for cleaning wooden gilded surfaces – An innovative, green and versatile option
- The Role of Traditional Building Craftsmanship in Rebuilding a Historic Bridge: A Case Study of the Baixiang Bridge in Fujian, China
IIC Pan-Africa Virtual Live Hub
Join us for a two-hour session at 09:00am BST/UK Thursday 26 September 2024 | 3:00am PET Wednesday, 24 September 2024.
Co-chairs: Freda Nkirote M’Mbogori (Kenia), Ogechukwu Okpalanozie FIIC (Nigeria) and Oscar Umwamzisiwemuremyi (Rwanda).
Livestream of papers and presentations from various sessions, includes an extended Q&A.
Poster Presentations:
- Sustainable Solutions in Art Conservation treatments and praxis: The MAT System and the Revaluation of Traditional Methods
- Enhancing Heritage Conservation through Accessible Museums in Northern Nigeria
- New open-access online tools for increased and sustainable accessibility in conservation and heritage science research