INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM: CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN TIMES OF RISK - 15-17 NOVEMBER, 2012 . ISTANBUL . TURKEY

YIDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY - ICOMOS ICORP INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
CULTURAL HERITAGE PROTECTION IN TIMES OF ‘RISK’: Challenges and Opportunities
15-17 NOVEMBER . 2012 . ISTANBUL . TURKEY

AIM AND CONTEXT

In recent years natural and human induced hazards have increasingly turned into disasters of increasing frequency and intensity. These disasters pose threats to prominent cultural and natural heritage sites of the world. The aim of this symposium is to contribute towards reducing slow as well as catastrophic risks in short and long term, by sharing various case studies carried out or planned for mitigating their impacts and developing solutions with the cooperation of professionals working in this area.
The symposium aims to adopt a comprehensive approach that includes all kinds of risks of natural and human origin that threaten/might threaten cultural heritage. Various themes and topics would include all kinds of direct or indirect risks, including wars and local conflicts, large-scale projects that fail to recognize cultural heritage, effects of mass tourism, legislations and policies and their consequences which sometimes do not consider cultural heritage at all or in limited wayare within the scope of the symposium.

SYMPOSIUM TOPICS
In the field of cultural heritage:
- Mitigating risks from natural disasters
-Mitigating risks from human induced disasters - armed conflict, war, terrorism
-Reducing risks from urbanization pressure
-Policies and legislations for risk reduction
-Reducing risks from tourism pressure
-Responding and recovering from disasters
-Role of media in disaster risk management
-Awareness and training for disaster risk reduction

IMPORTANT DATES
Deadline for abstract submission
20 March 2012
Notification of abstract acceptance
20 April 2012
Deadline for full paper submission
29 June 2012
Notification of full paper acceptance
7 September 2012
Deadline for full paper submission for printing
6 October 2012
Symposium dates
15-17 November 2012

MAIN ORGANISERS
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY
ICOMOS ICORP (International Council on Monuments and Sites – International Committee on Risk Preparedness)

PARTNERS
ICOMOS TURKEY
Ritsumaikan University Disaster Management Center

Honorary Committee
İsmail Yüksek, Rector of Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Murat Soygeniş, Dean of Yıldız Technical University Faculty of Architecture, Turkey

Advisory Committee (in alphabetical order)
A. Zeynep Ahunbay,
İstanbul Technical University
Former President of ICOMOS, Turkey
Can Ş. Binan
Chair of Yildiz Technical University
Restoration Department, Turkey
Cevat Erder
Former President of ICCROM, Turkey
Kenzo Toki
Director of Toki Labarotory
RDBMS Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Nevzat İlhan
Trakya University, Turkey
Former President of ICOMOS Turkey
Nur Akın
İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Former President of ICOMOS Turkey
Rohit Jigyasu
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
President of ICOMOS – ICORP
Yegan Kahya
İstanbul Technical University
President of ICOMOS Turkey

Scientific Committee (in alphabetical order)
A. Zeynep Ahunbay
İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
Ahmet Ersen
İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
Ali İhsan Ünay
Gazi University, Turkey
Can Ş. Binan
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Christopher Marrion
ICOMOS-ICORP, USA
Demet Binan
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
E. Füsun Alioğlu
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Fuat Gökçe
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
Görün Arun
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Giovanni Boccardi
UNESCO World Heritage Center, France
Feridun Çılı
İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
İclal Dinçer
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Kai Weise
PAHAR - Planners' Alliance for the Himalayan and Allied Regions, Nepal
Kanefusa Masuda
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
M. Cengiz Can
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Nuran Zeren Gülersoy
İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
Nevzat İlhan
Trakya University, Turkey
Nur Akın
İstanbul Kültür University, Turkey
Oğuz Ceylan
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Turkey
Robyn Riddet
ICOMOS-ICORP, Australia
Rohit Jigyasu
Ritsumeikan University-President of ICOMOS-ICORP, India
Stephen Kelley
President of ICOMOS-ISCARSAH, USA
Takiyuki Okuba
Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Yegan Kahya
İstanbul Technical University, Turkey
Zekiye Yenen
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey
Zeynep Gül Ünal
Yıldız Technical University, Turkey

Organizing Committee
Banu Çelebioğlu
Burcu Can Çetin
Ebru Harman Aslan
Nilgün Erkan
İrem Yaylalı Gençer
Ebru Omay Polat
Mujdem Vural
Nur Umar
Uzay Yergün
Zeynep Gül Ünal - Head of the Organizing Committee