The Role of the Conserator and Resilience Symposium 2026
Save the Date 15-16 April!
Lunch 15 April to afternoon 16 April 2026.
Online/ On-site in Vasaparken, University of Gothenburg.
Registration opens early next year! NKF, IIC members, and those interested are invited.
NKF-S/IIC Nordic Group Sweden have invited Professor Jane Hendersson and Professor Salvador Muñoz-Viñas for a symposium and conversation on the future role of the conservator and the conservation profession. The symposium aims to continue the conversation based on the publication The End of Conservation (Muñoz Viñas 2024), Jane Hendersons #WhyDoIDoConservation, the conversation on What is it that we conserve (2025), the interview between Professor Salvador Muñoz-Viñas and Nina Olivier in Konserveringspodden, and the E.C.C.O. and ENCoRE Symposium in Prague 2025 on Trends and Challenges in Conservation-Restoration Education.
Lunch 15 April to afternoon 16 April 2026.
Online/ On-site in Vasaparken, University of Gothenburg.
Registration opens early next year! NKF, IIC members, and those interested are invited.
NKF-S/IIC Nordic Group Sweden have invited Professor Jane Hendersson and Professor Salvador Muñoz-Viñas for a symposium and conversation on the future role of the conservator and the conservation profession. The symposium aims to continue the conversation based on the publication The End of Conservation (Muñoz Viñas 2024), Jane Hendersons #WhyDoIDoConservation, the conversation on What is it that we conserve (2025), the interview between Professor Salvador Muñoz-Viñas and Nina Olivier in Konserveringspodden, and the E.C.C.O. and ENCoRE Symposium in Prague 2025 on Trends and Challenges in Conservation-Restoration Education.
Speakers
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Jane Henderson, BSc, MSc, PACR, FIIC, FRHisS,
Professor of Conservation, Jane is currently employed at Cardiff University where she sits on the University promotion panel and equal pay audit group. Jane is a member of Council for the UK National Trust and a member of its collections and access advisory panel. Jane Henderson is chair of the BSI standard group B/560 concerned with the conservation of Tangible Cultural heritage and a European expert for European standards body CEN TC 346. Jane serves on the editorial panel of the Journal of the Institute for Conservation, the Science Museum Journal and on the board of the Welsh Federation of Museum and Art Galleries. Jane was Secretary General of IIC from 2019- 2026. Jane was delighted and honoured to win the Plowden medal in 2021. |
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Salvador Muñoz-Viñas is a Professor at the Department of Conservation Studies of the Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain, where he teaches paper conservation and conservation theory. He is also responsible of the Paper Conservation Workshop or the university’s Instituto de Restauración del Patrimonio. He holds university degrees in Art History, Fine Arts and Paper Engineering. He has lectured in different centers and universities such as ICCROM, the Sorbonne, the British Museum, the Harvard or the NYU. His works on cultural heritage theory and conservation ethics have been published in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Korean and other major Western and non-Western languages.
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More speakers, schedule and information will follow early next year!
WELCOME!
On behalf of the NKF-S Board: Lisa Swedberg, Chair, Conservator (MSc, BSc, FIIC, NKF-S), [email protected].
Sara Roberts, Head of Conservation, Studio Västsvensk konservering.
Nina Olivier, Paintings Conservator at Nordiska museet.
WELCOME!
On behalf of the NKF-S Board: Lisa Swedberg, Chair, Conservator (MSc, BSc, FIIC, NKF-S), [email protected].
Sara Roberts, Head of Conservation, Studio Västsvensk konservering.
Nina Olivier, Paintings Conservator at Nordiska museet.
