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Cornelius Vanderbilt

James K. Reap is a Public Service Associate in the College of Environment and Design at the University of Georgia and Fellow, Dean Rusk Center, International, Comparative and Graduate Legal Studies.  An attorney, he teaches law, planning, and international heritage conservation issues in the graduate preservation programs of the University of Georgia and Georgia State University.  He is a 2005-2006 Fulbright Scholar at the Jordan University of Science and Technology in Irbid, Jordan.

Mr. Reap is a trustee of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, co-chair of Georgians for Preservation Action, and a member of the board of directors of Easements Atlanta.  He serves on the board of the National Alliance of Preservation Commissions and conducts training for local preservation commissions throughout the United States.  Mr. Reap is a trustee of US/ICOMOS and chairs the US/ICOMOS Legal Committee.  He is president of the ICOMOS International Committee on Legal, Administrative and Financial Issues (ICLAFI) and represents ICLAFI on the ICOMOS Scientific Council of international committees.  He has conducted research and heritage conservation projects in the Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia and is author of a number of articles and publications in the field.

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Maria de las Nieves Arias Incolla (Argentina)

Historic Buenos Aires as a World Heritage Cultural Landscape

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Luisa de Marco (Italy)

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Victor Shmyrov (Russia)

Preserving the meaning of the gulag

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Ashley De Vos (Sri Lanka)

The rehabilitation of the tsunami-devastated city of Galle

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Annie Harris (USA)

Historic cities: the role of heritage and history in their preservation and economic vitality

Annie C. Harris is the Executive Director of the Essex National Heritage Commission. The Commission works to preserve and promote the heritage of Essex County, Massachusetts, for the purpose of improving the quality of life for all who live and work in the region. Prior to joining the Essex National Heritage Commission, Ms. Harris served for 10 years as the Executive Director of The Salem Partnership, a public-private coalition of business leaders dedicated to promoting economic development in Salem and the surrounding communities.  Before this, Ms. Harris worked for 15 years in real estate development and finance along the eastern seaboard.  She specialized in historic preservation and adaptive re-use projects.

Ms. Harris lives in Salem, Massachusetts with her husband Andy Lippman and her daughter Julia.  She is very active in local civic organizations.  Ms. Harris has an MBA from Harvard University and a Master of Architecture from MIT.

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Alberto Martorell (Spain/Peru)

Complexity of the Route of Santiago as a World Heritage site

Alberto Martorell Carreño (1969) was conferred a Bachelor in Jurisprudence degree and the professional title of Lawyer by the Santa Maria Catholic University of Arequipa (Peru, 1991). He holds a Master degree in Protected Natural Areas from the Autonomous University of Madrid, Complutense University of Madrid, University of Alcala and Europarc (Spain) joint  program.  Alberto Martorell is Vice-President of ICOMOS Peru and Vice-President of the Scientific Committee on Legal, Administrative, and Financial Affairs of ICOMOS (ICLAFI). He is Deputy Secretary General of the Iberoamerican Sub-Committee on Cultural Cities (CIHIB). He is also member of the ICOMOS Committee on Cultural Routes (CIIC),

Martorell is author of specialized books and articles in the field of his specialization. He has participated as organizer, lecturer and attendant in several national and international meetings on cultural and natural conservation issues.  Martorell is doctor candidate in the Program on Political Sciences of the Autonomous University of Madrid and in the Program on Cultural Law of the Open University of Madrid and the Institute for Cultural Communication of the University Charles III of Madrid.

Martorell has contributed with evaluations of the state of conservation of WHS in Peru, Argentina and Spain and carried out researching works in cultural and natural management issues. He was member of the evaluation teem of the state of conservation of the Route of Santiago de Compostela (French Route). During the ICOMOS Scientific Symposium held in Xi’an (China, 2005) he delivered the paper “The Route of Santiago in Spain (Camino Frances) as WHS”.

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Kat Imhoff (USA)

The importance of palce: viewshed protection at Monticello

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Elena Molina (Peru)

The social appropriation of the heritage in the Historic Center of Lima

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Ira Gorodskoy (Canada)

Landscape as palimpsest:
the cultural landscapes and land patterns of the Russian Orthodox monasteries in the Holy Land

Irina (Ira) Gorodskoy attained a Master of Architecture degree from the National Academy of Fine Arts & Architecture in Kiev, Ukraine in 1984. She has been practicing as an architect for nearly two decades, working on projects in Ukraine and Israel including health care and commercial facilities,residential and religious buildings. Ira has been also involved in landscape design with several Canadian companies. To broaden the scope of her professional practice in Canada and internationally, Ira is currently undertaking a Master of Landscape Architecture degree at University of Guelph,Ontario.  Her historical curiosity mixed with nostalgia encouraged Ira to explore the Russian monasteries in Jerusalem where a character of the Czarism-Orthodox influences has been preserved from generation to generation. With a special concern as to the impact of the Israeli security wall on a network of pilgrimage routes and  holy places, her current research focuses on exploration of multi-layered cultural landscapes in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian political struggle. If one could locate every person's Axis mundi on a geographic map, the Russian Orthodox Monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem would be Ira's spiritual pivot where she found her inspiration and enthusiasm for the research.

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Aysil Yavuz (Turkey)

World Heritage sites: natural versus mise-en-scene

Aysil Yavuz received a Certificate in Conservation from the Institute of Advanced Studies at York University in the United Kingdom and a PhD in Conservation from the Instanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture in Turkey.  Dr. Yavuz has held a number of faculty posts, including, since 1993, a Professorship in the Faculty of Architecture, Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.  Dr. Yavuz was a member of the Human Sciences Committee of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO from 1993 to 1996, a member of the Cultural Heritage Committee of Turkish UNESCO from 1997-2002, and Director and member of the Steering Committee of the Association of Restoration and Conservation Architects (KORDER) from 1998 to 2002.  Currently, Dr. Yavuz is a member of the  Consulting Committee of the Ministry of Culture for the UNESCO Istanbul-Goreme International Campaign (since 2000) and a mebmer of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on International Cultural Routes (since 2004).