ICOM-CC is coming to Norway
14 – 18 September 2026
ICOM-CC is coming to Norway
14 – 18 September 2026
Thursday Working Group Session Details
This program is subject to change. Please check the respective pages on the conference website for information regarding registration, technical visits, social events, and pre- and post-conference tours.
Please note that each Working Group session block will run 5 parallel sessions (rooms: Møterom 4, Møterom 1, Sal A, Sal B and Sal C) comprising the listed Working Groups.
| Møterom 4 | Møterom 1 | Sal A | Sal B | Sal C | |
| 09:00 to 09:30 | Leather and Related Materials Chair: Rosie Bolton Large-scale multi-technique characterization of construction and previous conservation materials on gilt-leather wall coverings Pablo Londero | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Chair: Mohamed Moustafa The Dolphin Chairs from Ham House: Finding connections with the past through a deep understanding of materials and craftsmanship Nicola Shreeve | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Chairs: Jack Soultanian & Deepakshi Sharma The Safety Project: A tiered risk assessment and non-destructive testing approach to structural safety in outdoor sculptures Terje Syversen | Preventive Conservation Chair: Ogechukwu Elizabeth Okpalanozie Developing a lighting policy for a contemporary art museum Anna E. Bülow | Education and Training in Conservation Chair: Madeline Hagerman World culture conservation and communities: A new collaborative elective Jessica Hensel |
| 09:30 to 10:00 | Leather and Related Materials Art technology analysis of two tobacco pouches from the International Foundation of Indonesian Culture and Asian Heritage (IFICAH): Leather origin and manufacture details Andrea Pataki-Hundt | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Technical investigation and comparison of 17th-century dummy board figures conserved in Sweden: The artwork as primary source Annika Roy | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Radiant gold or imitation? Exploring the painter’s use of yellow-glazed gildings in medieval Europe Kaja Kollandsrud | Preventive Conservation Increasing access while minimizing risk: Lanhydrock’s rare book collection Charlotte Newman | Education and Training in Conservation Continuous and stable supply of traditional tools and materials essential for conservation Iwataro Oka |
| 10:00 to 10:30 | Leather and Related Materials A tale of two frames: Conserving late 19th-century South Australian women’s ‘fancy work’ Rosemary Heysen | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Testing climate damage predictions for furniture David Thickett | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Face-to-face: A participatory approach to meaning and treatment decision-making for puppets at the Toone Théâtre Emmanuelle Mercier | Preventive Conservation Asbestos in museums: A conservator’s perspective on managing hazardous risks Therese Espeland | Education and Training in Conservation Improving the teaching and learning of materials identification and analysis skills in conservation master’s students through self-directed learning experiences Davina Thompson |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Break & Poster Sessions | ||||
| 11:00 to 11:30 | Leather and Related Materials Chair: Rosie Bolton From complicating factors to new perspectives. The integral conservation treatment of gilt leather wall hangings from the Alderman’s Chamber of the ’s-Hertogenbosch town hall Julia Hartmann | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Chair: Mohamed Moustafa Evaluating the mechanical and working properties of bulked Lascaux 498HV and its suitability for filling non-structural splits in wood Abigail Tudor | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Chairs: Kaja Kollandsrud & Beate Fücker The creation of the divine face: The polychrome technique for wooden sculptures in Yvo Strigel’s “altarpiece factory” around 1500 Stefan Zimbühl | Preventive Conservation Chair: Ingrid Frederick The risks and rewards of lending technology artifacts: A National Air and Space Museum study Elizabeth Beesley | Education and Training in Conservation Planning Session |
| 11:30 to 12:00 | Leather and Related Materials Planning Session | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Context-driven cleaning approaches: Flexible polysaccharide emulsion gels for removal of gold imitation paint over wooden gilded surfaces Rita de Cássia Cavalcante | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration More than clay: Conservation challenges and sustainability lessons from the study of monumental terracruda sculpture Mònica López-Prat | Preventive Conservation Pervading imbalances in museum loan negotiations and strategies between tropical and temperate climate zones Adriana I. Páez Cure | Paintings Chair: Laura Hartman Picturing Barbados: Conservation, collaboration, and cross-cultural exchange Kendall Francis |
| 12:00 to 12:30 | Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Chair: Ida Hovmand From records to responses: A mixed-methods analysis to explore the conservation of archaeological bark materials in the last 50 years Johanna Klügl | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Planning Session | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Practising preventive conservation for performing procession sculptures Camille Dankmeyer-Dullaart | Preventive Conservation From design to reality: Optimizing energy use and climate conditions in CCNL Bart Ankersmit | Paintings What lies beneath: An exploration of the applications and limitations of XRF scanning for critical interpretation of condition, technique and attribution of paintings from the Courtauld Gallery Aviva Burnstock |
| 12:30 to 13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| Møterom 4 | Møterom 1 | Sal A | Sal B | Sal C | |
| 13:30 to 14:00 | Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Chair: Ida Hovmand Relocating the five Skuldelev Viking Age shipwrecks to preserve and display them for future generations Jesper Stub Johnsen | Wood, Furniture, and Lacquer Chair: Mohamed Moustafa Studying the manufacture of a lacquer plate inscribed with “The Buddha’s Light Shines Forever” Tong Zhang | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Chair: Deepakshi Sharma Early plaster casts of the Alhambra: A technical study and collaborative conservation project Flavia Ravaioli | Preventive Conservation Chair: Ogechukwu Elizabeth Okpalanozie The Danish/Vejle model optimised: Sustainable construction of low-energy museum storage facilities Lise Æder Knudsen | Paintings Chair: Mine Diri Still life: Not so still. The complex composition and degradation process of a rare painting technique from Anne Vallayer-Coster, and its subsequent treatment Maude Daudin-Schotte |
| 14:00 to 14:30 | Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Study on the mechanism of dimensional stability in the trehalose method for waterlogged archaeological wood: Reinforcement of cell walls by crystallization Shuyin Xiao | Photographic Materials Chair: Janka Krizanova Then and now: The continued preservation of backlit photographs Kate Lewis | Sculpture, Polychromy, and Architectural Decoration Planning Session | Preventive Conservation From climate control to carbon footprint: The long-term impact of low-energy museum storage in Denmark Morten Ryhl-Svendsen | Paintings Panel painting preparation with canvas and fibers in the Late Middle Ages: New insights from the German-speaking regions Beate Fücker |
| 14:30 to 15:00 | Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Planning Session | Photographic Materials Remote visions: Hercule Florence’s photographic innovations in Brazil Art Kaplan | Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Chair: Anna Laganà Preserving plastics, protecting the planet Yvonne Shashoua | Glass and Ceramics Chair: Polytimi Loukopoulou The illusion of cleaning unstable historical glass? Results of a test series on artificially aged glass samples Ulrike Rothenhaeusler | Paintings The impact of old conservative treatments on panel paintings conservation. The case study of “St. Anthony from Padua” by Cosmè Tura: Wooden structure restoration and new research perspectives Luciano Ricciardi |
| 15:00 to 15:30 | Break & Poster Sessions | ||||
| 15:30 to 16:00 | Natural History Collections Chair: Marion Dangeon The impact of different cleaning methods on aged pennaceous feathers J. P. Brown | Photographic Materials Chair: Janka Krizanova Evaluating alternatives for surface cleaning of albumen prints: Polyvinylalcohol–borax formulations Barbara Hank Palatínusová | Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Chair: Suzan de Groot A second bloom: The decision-making process and conservation strategies for Ferdi Tajiri-Jansen’s Hortisculpture “Labia Virginica Grandiflora” (1968) Ellen Jansen | Glass and Ceramics Chair: Polytimi Loukopoulou Taking a second look: A multi-axial study of red-anchor period Chelsea porcelains Sarah Barack | Paintings Chair: Nikita Shah Unveiling František Kupka’s “Divertimento I” Diana Hartman Drumm |
| 16:00 to 16:30 | Natural History Collections Sticky Cetacea: Conservation challenges of a collection of historic Cetacea skins from the Natural History Museum in London Fabiana Portoni | Photographic Materials Surveying collections of chromogenic film photographs: Insight from Portuguese collections Lénia Oliveira Fernandes | Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Preserving the living artwork “Blütezeit?!”: Interdisciplinary collaboration as a method and conservation measure Aglaja Kneer | Glass and Ceramics Recent advances in the use of 3D technology in glass conservation: Reconstruction of complex and large areas of loss Owen Ooievaar | Paintings Restoring radiance: The conservation of Emmanuel Phillips Fox’s “Autumn Showers” and its frame Barbara Dabrowa |
| 16:30 to 17:00 | Natural History Collections Planning Session | Photographic Materials Planning Session | Modern Materials and Contemporary Art Interdisciplinary connections to foster new ways of looking: The Conservation Study Days at the Getty Research Institute Rachel Rivenc | Glass and Ceramics Planning Session | Paintings More than bubbles! Evaluation of an innovative foam-based cleaning method for paintings: Enhancing effectiveness while reducing water and mechanical impact Moritz Geissmann |