8th European Conference on Research for Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage

The 8th European Conference on Research for Protection, Conservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 11th to 13th November 2008, supported by the European Union through its 7th Research Framework Programme (under the activity 6.3 "Environmental Technologies").

It follows the earlier conferences in Rome (1997), Aachen (1998), Santiago di Compostela (1999), Strasbourg (2000), Krakow (2002), London (2004) and Prague (2006).

The event will be organised, in close liaison with the European Commission, by the National and University Library of Slovenia, the "Construction Cluster" of Slovenia, and the University of Ljubljana.

Submission of Abstracts
of Oral Presentations and Posters
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Presentations on topics related to the four Conference thematic groups are welcomed. Oral presentations should not exceed 15 minutes – including discussion – and should signal and illustrate issues, problems, and solutions developed within local, national or international projects and activities relevant to the session topics. The talks should set base for general discussion.

Posters relevant to the following themes of the conference are warmly invited as further presentations of activities, or as an introduction to a wider discussion on specific issues, problems and solutions.
• Cultural heritage studies, including movable and immovable heritage, cities, villages, landscapes and archaeology
• Education and communication
• Technology transfer
• Policies, including tourism, economy, private‐public partnership, legislation, environmental
sustainability, culture and society.
• In addition, as networking is an underlying theme of the Conference, posters which illustrate the work
of multinational organizations concerned with cultural heritage research are also invited.
• Posters should be self‐explanatory.

In order to help with the selection process, please submit an abstract (250 words) and indicate whether you prefer your presentation to be in the form of an oral presentation or a poster. The text of the abstract should be in English, preferably in Rich Text Format. The abstract template is available from the conference web pages at www.chresp.eu.

The abstract should be sent no later than 14th March 2008.

The Expert Committee will select the oral presentations and posters by 19th May. The authors will be required to provide a two page extended abstract by 10th July and a full paper for the proceedings by 7th November 2008.

The Conference language is English.