PROGRAM OVERVIEW
(subject to change)

in cooperation with the
National Geographic  Society

US participation in the global heritage community"

May 28 - 31, 2008 in Washington, DC

Theme & Issue Areas for Discussion

Single-Day Registration Now Available (pdf file)

CONFERENCE VENUE
Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society
 

17th and M Streets, NW (entrance on M Street)

ACCESSIBLE BY METRO

Farragut West Station (Blue, Orange lines)

or

Farragut North Station or Dupont Circle Station (Red line)

WEDNESDAY, MAY 28
Early arrivals, registration, and evening public lecture

Great Hall
National Building Museum

5:00 pm

6:30 pm

THURSDAY, MAY 29
Presentations and Evening Young Professionals Reception

Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society

FRIDAY, MAY 30
Panel Breakout Sessions, Afternoon Field Tour

9:00 am

John Fowler, Panel Chair

Rick Ruth, Director, Office of Policy and Evaluation, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs; Director, Public Diplomacy Evaluation Office, Office of the Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs

Kristal Buckley, ICOMOS Australia

Gustavo Araoz, Executive Director, USICOMOS, and Vice President, ICOMOS

10:15 am

10:30 am
to
1:00 pm
 

Read about the Theme & Issue Areas for Discussion

Leadership, John Fowler, Chair
Grosvenor Auditorium, National Geographic Society

Capacity Building, Kirk Cordell, Chair
Sumner School (across the street from NGS)

Community Building, Heather MacIntosh, Chair
Sumner School (across the street from NGS)

Stewardship, Jonathan Poston, Chair
Sumner School (across the street from NGS)

Charles Sumner School

2:00 pm
to
5:00 pm

Embassy Open House
in the Dupont Circle/Kaloramy/Embassy Row neighborhoods

The Public/Cultural Affairs offices of a number of Embassies have been invited to open their doors to guests of the US/ICOMOS International Symposium.  Maps will be provided.

Dinner and remainder of the evening on your own.

SATURDAY, MAY 31
US/ICOMOS Annual Meeting, Presentations, Panel Summaries

8:30 am

US/ICOMOS members may take part in the US/ICOMOS Annual Meeting in the morning.  During the annual meeting, old and new business will be discussed, elections will be held for new members of the Board of Trustees, and the new Fellows will be introduced.

9:30 am

Ning Wang (USA/China) - "The Status Quo and Outlook of the Collaboration between the US and China in Historic Preservation"

9:50 am

Soehardi Hartono (Indonesia) - “Historic Preservation as Economic and Development Tools: How U.S. Can Assist Indonesia”

10:10 am

10:30 am

11:00 am

Burbuqe Bakija-Deva (Kosovo) - “The Reconstruction of Serbian Orthodox Site in Kosovo”

11:20 am

Barbara Little (USA) - “NPS/State Dept. Partnership for Afghan Heritage”

12:00 noon

1:30 pm

Read about the Theme & Issue Areas for Discussion

Session chairs will summaries of the previous day's discussions and present a series of recommendations for programs, projects, partnerships, and initiatives for further action.  Ample time is allotted for additional discussion from the floor during this plenary session. The results of these presentations and discussions will be compiled in a post-conference report for distribution to policy makes, agencies, funders, and other interested parties.

3:30 pm

3:45 pm

CLOSING REMARKS/WRAP-UP

Invitation to the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly in Quebec (Fall 2008)
by Francois LeBlanc, Acting President, ICOMOS Canada

Invitation to the 12th US/ICOMOS International Symposium
in New Orleans (Spring 2009), Jonathan Poston, Chair, US/ICOMOS Conference Committee

Adjournment

Woodrow Wilson House Museum & Garden
(2340 S Street, NW, five blocks northwest of Dupont Circle)

$25  per member registrant; $35 per non-member registrant; $50 for all others

In recognition of the 25th anniversary of the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program, we invite you to attend this reception honoring current and former US/ICOMOS Interns. Since the US/ICOMOS International Exchange Program was created in 1984, more than 600 young preservation professionals and over 70 countries have participated in this program.  The program promotes understanding of international preservation policies, methods and techniques and enables interns to make professional contacts and form personal friendships that will ensure a continuing dialogue between countries.

Woodrow Wilson House & Garden

The Woodrow Wilson House is a national historic landmark and house museum that focuses on President Woodrow Wilson's "Washington Years (1912-1924)". The last the home of President Woodrow Wilson, the property was given to the National Trust for Historic Preservation by Edith Bolling Wilson in 1961. The rich legacy of President Woodrow Wilson's vision and ideals is preserved at Woodrow Wilson House, and its collections provide an opportunity for all Americans and visitors to the only presidential museum in Washington, D.C. to reflect on his life as educator, president, world statesman and peacemaker. In 2005 the Woodrow Wilson House successfully completed an award winning $1 million interior and exterior restoration. Wilson House was a recognized by the White House Millennium Project as a designated Save America's Treasures site.