Conference on plastics--addendum

Plastics - Looking at the Future and Learning from the Past
Conference
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
23-25 May 2007

    **** Moderator's comments: See Conservation DistList Instance:
    20:36 Saturday, January 27, 2007 and the updated schedule of
    talks in Conservation DistList Instance: 20:45 Friday, March 16,
    2007

Delegates who  register for the conference by 9 May 2007 will
receive a personalised delegate wallet made from recycled plastic
with their name embossed on the front--courtesy of Easibind
International Ltd who are sponsoring the event.

Tickets UKP195 / UKP145 (students, concessions). Includes a full set
of post-prints and all refreshments, lunches, evening reception on
23 May 2007 and private morning visit to the Surreal Things
exhibition.

Poster Presentations:

    Identification of Plastics and Elastomers
    France Remillard, Centre de conservation du Quebec, Ministere de
    la culture et des communications, Gouvernement du Quebec, Canada

    Are PVA emulsions stable binders for artistic use?

        Joana Lia Ferreira
        Department of Conservation and Restoration, New University
        of Lisbon (UNL) and REQUIMTE-CQFB, New University of Lisbon,
        Portugal

        Ana Maria Ramos
        REQUIMTE-CQFB, New University of Lisbon, Portugal

        Maria Joao Melo
        Department of Conservation and Restoration, New University
        of Lisbon (UNL)

        Maria Jesus Avila
        Chiado Museum - National Museum of Modern Art (MC-MNAC),
        1200-444 Lisbon, Portugal

    On-site characterisation: the optimisation of NIR data
    acquisition for modern materials identification

        Emma Richardson
        Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton
        Winchester Campus, UK

        Graham Martin
        Science Section, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK

        Paul Wyeth
        Textile Conservation Centre, University of Southampton
        Winchester Campus, UK

    Making the ephemerous being substantive. The role of the
    conservator in the sculptured costume collection of the Athens
    2004 Olympic Games opening ceremony

        Tatiana Kousoulou, Yannis Pappas
        Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece

    Cleaning of  glass fibre reinforced polyester objects--Methods
    and Materials

        Clementine Bollard
        Sorbonne University, Paris, France

        Thea B. van Oosten
        Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
        PO Box 76709, 1070 KA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

    The (in) stability of glass fibre reinforced polyester resin

        Henk van Keulen, Thea B. van Oosten
        Netherlands Institute for Cultural Heritage (ICN)
        PO Box 76709, 1070 KA Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

    Analysis and documentation of the works of Oyvind Fahlstrom at
    Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden, with regard to materials and
    technique.

        Thea Winther
        Moderna Museet  Skeppsholmen, Stockholm

        Jonny Bjurman
        Institute of Conservation Goteborg University, Sweden

    Another one bites the dust?  A case study of Freddie Mercury's
    imitation leather trousers

        Doon Lovett
        The Textile Conservation Centre, Winchester

    The conservation of plastic components in the theatre sets of
    Oliver Messel

        Anne Greig
        Victoria and Albert Museum, London

    Investigation of the conservation of epoxy resin-bonded
    artificial stone

        Martina Huckova, Petr Kotlik
        Institute of Chemical Technology, Department of Chemical
        Technology of Monument Conservation, Technicka 5, 166 28
        Prague, Czech Republic

    Conservation of contemporary art at Museum Vorre

        Martha Athanasiadou, Chrisoula Katsimpra, Nikos Minos
        Museum Vorre, Athens, Greece

Full programme and registration details at:

    <URL:http://www.vam.ac.uk/whatson/tickets/product.php?xProd=290>

Dr Brenda Keneghan
Polymer Scientist
Conservation Department
Victoria and Albert Museum
South Kensington
London SW7 2RL
+44 20 7942 2119
Fax:  +44 20 7942 2092


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