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WELCOME
 Welcome from the Chairperson - N.O.C. & Minister of Tourism
(Govt. of India)
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Welcome to
incredible India
On behalf of NOC
and Government of India, it is my privilege to welcome you to New Delhi
and Incredible India, a glorious and eternal land seeped in history and
culture - a culture that spans more than 5000 years of human history, a
country where tradition meets modernity. India is abode to some of the
finest monuments, historic sites and artifacts belonging to various
periods of history.
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ICOM-CC 2008 in New
Delhi will provide an opportunity to all the museum professionals,
conservators and art connoisseurs to meet, interact and devise
strategies to furthering the cause of heritage conservation and also to
have a glimpse of Indian culture in its various manifestations and many
dimensions.
I look forward to an active participation in the conference in
September 2008 in New Delhi.
Ambika Soni
Chairperson - N.O.C. & Minister of Tourism
(Govt. of India)
Welcome from the Chair of ICOM-CC
Dear Colleagues, Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Directory Board of the Committee for Conservation of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM-CC) feels very honored by
the firm commitment of the National Research Laboratory for
Conservation of Cultural Property to act as the official host
and organiser of the 15th Triennial Conference of ICOM-CC in New
Delhi, India, and is grateful for this opportunity offered by
the Ministry for Culture, Government of India, to enhance the
visibility of ICOM-CC on a world wide basis. There is no doubt
that having the ICOM-CC conference in New Delhi will generate
great excitement among ICOM-CC members and other professionals
in the cultural heritage sector.
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Until now, 14 ICOM-CC Triennial
Conferences (formerly called Meetings) have been organised, yet it will
be the first time that such an event will be held on the culturally rich
Asian continent. I am confident that this conference will play an
important role in the networking and sharing of information and ideas
between Asian - especially Indian - cultural heritage professionals and
the ICOM-CC membership at large. It will also be a unique opportunity
for India to share its tremendous conservation and cultural heritage
expertise with the rest of the world.
ICOM-CC, with close to 1600 members from every specialty of the
conservation profession, is the largest international committee of the
International Council of Museums (ICOM). ICOM-CC aims to promote the
analysis, investigation and conservation of culturally and historically
significant works and to further the goals of the conservation
profession. ICOM-CC is made up of 23 specialist Working Groups, which
actively communicate with their members through newsletters, interim
meetings and at the Triennial Conference. The Triennial Conference
brings members of ICOM-CC and other relevant professionals together to
report and to review current research. Over 1000 peer-reviewed papers
have been published in the Conference’s Pre-prints in the past twenty
years. Normally, an ICOM-CC conference is attended by between 600 and
1000 participants. We hope very much that the number of participants at
the conference in New Delhi will belong to the higher part of this
spread.
By organizing the 15th Triennial Conference of ICOM-CC in New Delhi,
India, an important opening will be created for Asian professionals to
share expertise, based on tradition, innovation and participation, which
would contribute considerably to strengthening strategic partnerships on
the Asian continent and beyond, to improving educational activities and
to strengthening co-operations with international organizations such as
ICOM and its International and National Committees and Regional and
Affiliated Organizations, and ICCROM. These objectives are in line with
those of the new Unit of the UNESCO Division of Cultural Objects and
Intangible Heritage, with special responsibility for developing museums
and protecting movable cultural heritage.
Whether you are an invited speaker at the Conference, a Working Group
coordinator or member, a speaker at a Working Group’s session, a
presenter of a poster, an ICOM member or any other participant coming to
listen, to learn and to share, I would like each of you to feel a
respected and welcomed member of the world wide multicultural community
aiming at and contributing to the preservation of cultural heritage at
the 15th Triennial Conference of ICOM-CC.
Dr. Jan Wouters
Chair, ICOM-CC
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