Why a Forum on Conservation Science? Increased opportunities through science skills; tools; knowledge Increased challenges Global threats to heritage Resource inequalities Depleting resources Increasing needs worldwide Conservation science is at a critical moment of its development What is the relevance and impact of conservation science?

HERE! Where, when? October 2013, Palazzo Poli Rome

Each day 8 small discussion groups comprising both producers and users of science information: conservators, educators, managers, scientists etc. from all regions of the world What? ICCROM FORUM 2013 Conservation Science A three day strategic think tank meeting about the relevance & impact of conservation science

Who? 80+ people from 25+ countries… Plus an online audience of over 1800

ICCROM Forum Consortium 15 Partners from 14 countries Belgium - The Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage Brazil - The Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais-CECOR Canada - The Canadian Conservation Institute China - The National Heritage Center of Tsinghua University France The Centre de recherche et de restauration des Musèes de Franc Italy - The National Research Council, Korea, Republic of - The National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage Netherlands, The - The Cultural Heritage Agency Portugal - The Faculdade de Ciencias e Tecnologia, UNL Qatar - The University College London Qatar Sweden - The National Heritage Board Switzerland - Bern University of the Arts UK - The AHRC/EPSRC Science and Heritage Programme USA - The Getty Conservation Institute USA - The Smithsonian Institution How?

3 online “flash” surveys Background research Trends in conservation science research Access and use of science by conservators Training paths for science in conservation respondents worldwide

3 in depth reviews Background research Trends in conservation literature Review of existing strategy documents articles analysed +40 documents reviewed Overview of the Labour market 89 Job ads surveyed

Forum Themes DAY 1 How can science connect with and be of greater benefit to conservation practice? DAY 2 How can conservation science connect with and contribute to wider societal priorities? DAY 3 How can we build an integrated and impactful future for science in conservation?

Inspiring Keynotes Lidia Brito, Director of the Division of Science Policy and Capacity-Building, UNESCO Johan Kuylenstierna, Executive Director of the Stockholm Environmental Institute Voices from outside cultural heritage conservation

Guest politician Mrs Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortinez, MEP

Goals of the Forum

Outcomes An international community of producers and users of heritage conservation science keen to discuss, share, and work together.  This community is composed not only of scientists, but also conservators, educators, & managers, from Europe, N America, Asia & Pacific, Latin America and Africa.

Consensus  Heritage conservation science is an applied science domain, in which the natural, social and formal sciences all play a role  This domain has a responsibility to support conservation practice  This domain has a responsibility to respond to societal needs Outcomes

Conclusions As a field, we need to become more solution orientated, and more strategic, and provide evidence of the benefits heritage conservation science brings to society, in order to deliver better science, make better use of science, serve our communities, and achieve greater visibility. To do this we need to: Undertake strategy development, gather data, share knowledge within our field, and communicate with priority stake holders and policy makers

Strategy Development – Define a common vision and mission describing the shared aims of this professional community – Develop institutional and national research strategies – Advocate at every level for strategic investment – Provide evidence of the benefits of heritage conservation science Recommendations

Assess & Measure Use existing tools & develop metrics (using social sciences) to measure/map: 1) Needs –Map end-user research needs (local and international) 2) Capacity –Map the existing professional community & resources 3) Impact –provide evidence of the benefits of science for heritage conservation –provide evidence of the social, environmental and economical benefit for the community Recommendations

Share –Promote access to information: –physically (through open access initiatives), and –Culturally/linguistically (adapting content for different audiences) –Develop participative science (include the public in projects, citizen science, crowd sourcing) –Create a knowledge infrastructure, from local groups to global networks, integrating other communities and the society at large –Provide credible/trustworthy evidence to inform standards –Develop interactive teaching tools and platforms, based on science to meet needs in practice. Recommendations

Broaden the Scope –Improve the response to societal needs by cultivating an interdisciplinary approach –Initiate new and more sustainable approaches to address conservation problems –Use science to assess & support the use of existing (traditional) knowledge –Consider intangible heritage aspects of tangible heritage –Work with the public, for the public Recommendations

Reaching a wider audience The Forum aimed to reach as wide an audience as possible, via online streaming, newsfeeds, social media and blog posts. A team of emerging conservation professionals worked as web reporters throughout the Forum to communicate with the outside world.

ICCROM FORUM WEBSITE 2,537 unique visits 4,335 return visitors 14,686 page views 1800 following live streaming TWITTER 700 posts using #iccromforum 93 people used #iccromforum 78,933 people saw our tweets with #iccromforum FACEBOOK 12,800 people reached (3 posts)

How to continue the Forum? The Forum has established a community of interest, which will be strengthened through the Forum website. This community will work together to contribute to papers and resources arising from the Forum which will be made available on the Forum website

Next steps We now need to look at extending this partnership, and building organizational structure to support the community in its work At a time of critical challenges, reducing resources, and massive inequalities worldwide, we need to work together to build global capacity. This will take time, but a first step has been made.

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