CHEMCH – 6th International Congress Chemistry for Cultural Heritage 2022

The 6TH International Congress on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage, organized by the University of Bologna – Microchemistry and Microscopy Art Diagnostic Laboratory
(M2ADL) in collaboration with the Italian Chemical Society (SCI) and its Division of Environmental and Cultural Heritage Chemistry, is particularly aimed at providing an international platform for presentation and discussion on all the above mentioned issue.

Congress Chair
Rocco MAZZEO, Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
International Scientific Committee
Silvia PRATI, Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
Giorgia SCIUTTO, Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna, Italy
Meric BAKILER, Mimar Sinan Fine Art University, Istanbul, Turkey
Elena BADEA, Faculty of Sciences University of Craiova Romania
Oliver HAHN, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und prüfung, Germany
Koen JANSSENS, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Lucia BURGIO, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Orhideja GRUPČE, University “Ss Cyril & Methodius”, Republic of Macedonia
Hadi ÖZBAL, Bogazici University, Turkey
Meric BAKILER, Turkish Chemical Society
Jana SANYOVA, Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique (IRPA), Belgium
Domagoj SATOVIC, Academy of Fine Arts, Croatia
Milena REHAKOVA, Slovak Chemical Society
Radovan TINO, Slovak Chemical Society
Anna VILA ESPUNA, Societat Catalana de Quimica
Rita WIESINGER, Austrian Chemical Society
Barbara LYDZBA-KOPCZYNSKA, Polish Chemical Society
Harmut KUTZKE, Norwegian Chemical Society

• Session 1: Advanced diagnostic techniques applied to cultural heritage (Chemical imaging, Development of non-invasive / microinvasive analytical methods for artworks)
• Session 2: Data processing for cultural heritage investigations (Big data, Chemometrics, Artificial intelligence)
• Session 3: New materials and methods for the conservation of cultural heritage (Sustainable materials and methods for conservation and restoration)
• Session 4: Interaction and degradation of cultural heritage and Preventive Conservation (Alteration phenomena: chemical interaction of environment and artworks, Chemical aspects of biological alteration phenomena, Environmental chemistry aspects in heritage conservation)
• Session 5: Relevant case studies (Multi and transdisciplinary studies of cultural Heritage) Plenary lectures for each session/sub-session:
• Session 1: Advanced diagnostic techniques applied to cultural heritage Dr. Costanza Miliani, Director of the CNR institute of Heritage Science, Naples (IT)
• Session 2: Data processing for cultural heritage investigations Prof. Haida Liang, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham (UK)
• Session 3: New materials and methods for the conservation of cultural heritage Prof. Giuseppe Lazzara, Department of Physics and Chemistry, University of Palermo (IT)
• Session 4: Interaction and degradation of cultural heritage and Preventive Conservation Prof. Matija Strlic, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana (SLO)
• Session 5: Relevant case studies Prof. Katrien Keune, University of Amsterdam, Conservation & Science Department of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)

DETAILS WILL BE REPORTED IN THE CHEMCH2020 CONGRESS WEBSITE https://eventi.unibo.it/chemch2022