ICOM-CC is coming to Norway
14 – 18 September 2026
ICOM-CC is coming to Norway
14 – 18 September 2026
Tuesday 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 | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Chair: Misa Tamura Chief Dragswolf’s war shirt returns home: Braiding together cultures, generations, and sovereign borders Amanda Watts | Textiles Chair: Maria Lourdes Po Conservation and restoration of Qing dynasty embroidered panels with gold-twined threads at the National Museum of China Liuxin Zhang | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation Chair: TBA Inheritance and evolution of traditional Chinese painting mounting techniques under modern cultural heritage conservation philosophies Qian Shi | Art Technological Source Research Chair: Claire Betelu Source research on matte-drying varnishes for easel paintings in German texts between 1800 and 1950 Wibke Neugebauer | Education and Training in Conservation Chair: Tanushree Gupta Confronting “It depends”: Navigating uncertainty in conservation education Madeline Hagerman |
| 09:30 to 10:00 | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Creating connections through conservation: Reflections on a collaborative project Megan Salas | Textiles Embracing two worlds: Exploring bicultural heritage through research, conservation and display of a Japanese ‘taireifuku’ Kaori Motaung | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation Paleo-inspiration as a promising approach for sustainable practices in heritage conservation Han Zhou | Art Technological Source Research The state of knowledge on historical stone adhesives: A cross-disciplinary review of written sources, finds and experimental reconstruction Silas Ploner | Education and Training in Conservation Sustainability in conservation: Green skills in practice, research, and education Tanja Kimmel |
| 10:00 to 10:30 | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Reasons to gather: Incorporating traditional Japanese tea practice into an art museum collection Ellen Chase | Textiles Planning Session | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation Navigating the past to understand the future: Conservation and heritage diplomacy in times of stress Caitlin O’Grady | Art Technological Source Research Planning Session | Education and Training in Conservation Co-creative approaches for developing modules for green education in conservation Clare Richardson |
| 10:30 to 11:00 | Break & Poster Sessions | ||||
| 11:00 to 11:30 | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Chair: Lucie Monot Collaborative conservation of Amazigh carpets: Integrating Indigenous knowledge in Moroccan heritage preservation Omar Id Tnaine | Documentation Chair: Aditi Nagar A conservation approach to digital image datasets: Safeguarding cultural integrity in the digital age Stefanie De Winter | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation Memento restauratum! Historical restorations of church interiors in Norway Susanne Kaun | Murals, Stone, and Rock Art Chair: Joshua Hill Current and past approaches in the study and conservation of wall paintings: The case of the 15th-century Raron chapel in Sion, Valais, Switzerland Francesca Piqué | Education and Training in Conservation Chair: Madeline Hagerman Time travel and root gurus: Reflecting on 25 years of conservation knowledge exchange in Bhutan Ayesha Fuentes |
| 11:30 to 12:00 | Objects from Indigenous and World Cultures Saltwater Bark Collection conservation management plan: Bridging the conservation science gap through traditional Indigenous and Western conservation two-way knowledge Jeffrey Fox | Documentation Developing a multimodal image analysis and visualisation tool for paintings Nina Eckertz | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation The subtle yet enduring influence of the Gilliérons on the development of archaeological conservation in Greece Maria Deli | Murals, Stone, and Rock Art Between two worlds: The conservation of four detached wall paintings from the collection of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Stephanie Bogin | Education and Training in Conservation Cultural connections between Egypt and Japan: JICA capacity development project in conservation at the Grand Egyptian Museum Conservation Center since 2008 to the present Mie Ishii |
| 12:00 to 12:30 | Metals Planning Session | Documentation Virtually connecting Bernini’s bronzes: Best practices, challenges, and preliminary results of processing a large database of 3D scans Lien Acke | Theory, History, and Ethics in Conservation Planning Session | Murals, Stone, and Rock Art Toward a long-term solution for recovering darkened lead white in wall paintings: Treatment development on mock-ups Giulia Russo | Education and Training in Conservation Paper conservation programme at the Tbilisi State Academy in Tbilisi, Georgia, in cooperation with the Cologne Institute of Conservation Sciences Andrea Pataki-Hundt |
| 12:30 to 13:30 | Lunch | ||||
| Møterom 4 | Møterom 1 | Sal A | Sal B | Sal C | |
| 13:30 to 14:00 | Metals Chair: Nicola Emmerson Assessing conservation practices for archaeological iron artefacts using a non-invasive multimodal imaging approach Laura Brambilla | Documentation Chair: Anil Dwivedi Specialized imaging techniques for conserving and studying Chinese calligraphy and paintings Tong Han | Preventive Conservation Chair: David Cohen The See Yup Temple: Chinese Australian collections, disaster recovery, and human-centred caretaking and conservation Nicole Tse | Education and Training in Conservation Chair: Tanushree Gupta Conservation ethics is not rocket science: Your step-by-step guide to conservation decisions Irene Brückle | |
| 14:00 to 14:30 | Metals Siderite crystal growth: A novel approach to treatment of archaeological iron Ruben With | Archaeological Materials and Sites Chair: Francis Lukezic A virgin find: Conservation and analysis of a unique discovery of medieval religious ivories Bettina Ebert | Preventive Conservation Shared custodianship as a tool for preventive conservation Ana Pastor Pérez | Education and Training in Conservation Adding a course on conservation ethics to the art conservation curriculum at the University of Delaware Nina Owczarek | |
| 14:30 to 15:00 | Metals Uncovering the history of the restoration of Tijou’s ironwork at Hampton Court Palace (a work of art, craft and science) Zoe Roberts | Documentation Renegotiating authenticity: Navigating terminology for art authenticity across cultures and contexts Eliza O’Donnell | Archaeological Materials and Sites Enhancing conservation in Antarctic archaeology: Informational resources on sealer sites Gerusa Radicchi | Preventive Conservation Flames at National Museum, Akure: The need for emotional management Ogechukwu Elizabeth Okpalanozie | Education and Training in Conservation Advancing stewardship, preservation practices, and cultural diplomacy with instructive graphic novels Lauren Hall |
| 15:00 to 15:30 | Break & Poster Sessions | ||||
| 15:30 to 16:00 | Metals Chair: Nicola Emmerson Comparative evaluation of application methods for archaeological copper bio-induced stabilization Patrycja Petrasz | Documentation Chair: Christine Müller-Radloff ConservKG: An AI knowledge graph platform for documenting and accessing conservation treatment knowledge Chongwen Liu | Archaeological Materials and Sites Chair: Francis Lukezic Developing a conservation strategy for Mycenaean earth structures at Kynos. A rare opportunity, a great challenge Maria Deli | Preventive Conservation Chair: Natalija ၬosić Response of the Cultural Heritage Disaster Risk Management Center, Japan, to cultural heritage damaged in the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake Ryusuke Kodani | Paintings Chair: Sue Ann Chui Climate tolerance for canvas paintings Cecil Krarup Andersen |
| 16:00 to 16:30 | Metals Controlling tarnish on silver threads on textiles David Thickett | Documentation Development and application of an AI-based automatic deterioration recognition system for the palm-leaf manuscripts collection in the Potala Palace Xiao Zhou | Archaeological Materials and Sites Contemporary archaeological artefacts: New challenges for conservator-restorers Jane Echinard | Preventive Conservation The role of collaboration and partnership in enhancing sustainability and resilience in the National Library of New Zealand Vesna Živković | Paintings Restoration and Democracy: “Mulatas à Mesa” by Di Cavalcanti Andréa Lacerda Bachettini |
| 16:30 to 17:00 | Metals Development of L-cysteine-incorporated green gels and their initial application on a 19th-century silversmithing masterpiece Qing Wu | Documentation Planning Session | Archaeological Materials and Sites Planning Session | Preventive Conservation ¡Ave María!: A look at Puerto Rican museums’ emergency preparedness before and after Hurricane María Patricia Navedo García | Paintings Some fundamentals on the adhesive strength of methylcellulose and low molecular weight hydroxypropylmethylcellulose: Influence of the degree of polymerisation, application technique, porosity and material polarity on the adhesive strength Karolina Soppa |