[accessibleimage] ACCU Initial Conference "Access for All to Cultural Heritage ? Challenge and Opportunity"

Hi,
Fowarding from another list
Regards,
Lisa

Http://www.accessculture.org/


Please find attached and following an announcement for a
major European
conference on access to cultural heritage.  Details of the
UK part of the
ACCU project are available at
http://www.surreymuseums.org.uk/interesting/Travellers.htm.

ACCU Initial Conference, May 12 2005, Schwerin Castle

"Access for All to Cultural Heritage ? Challenge and
Opportunity"

Draft agenda

Moderator ? Sari Salovaara (Project Adviser, Finnish
National Gallery)

8:30-8:40   Welcoming remarks ? Friedrich Lüth (Director,
The
            Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Agency for the
Management of the
            Built Heritage)
8:40-8:55   Opening Speech ? (e.g. Ministry of Education,
Sciences and
            Culture Mecklenburg-West Pomerania)

SESSION 1: Current situation and framing the problems (Where
are we now?)
This session provides a general view of actual problems and
discussions, in
an international / European context. The topic is approached
from different
aspects of accessibility;

9:00-9:30   Adrian Cave (Architect and Access Consultant,
UK): A paper
            exploring the current understanding of barriers,
issues and
            solutions in museums and other heritage
organizations in
            "listed" buildings
9:30-10:00  Diana Walters (Programme co-ordinator of the
International
            Museum Studies, Göteborg University, Sweden): A
paper exploring
            the current barriers, and methods to remove or
minimise them,
            to sensory, intellectual, and socio-cultural
accessibility to
            cultural heritage
10:00-10:30 Anna Brill (Chairman, Association for Blind and
Partially
            Sighted People Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany):
Accessibility
            to cultural heritage, a view of the actual
problems and current
            discussions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

            10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK

11:15-11:45 Ulla Salmela (Co-ordinator, National Board of
Antiquities,
            Finland): "Access to Cultural Heritage (ACCU),
European
            cooperation on accessibility"
11:45-12:00 Geir Linnerud (ACCU Norway): Launch of the
ACCU-website

            12:00-13:00 LUNCH BREAK

SESSION 2: Approaches and Solutions (Best practice).
Presentations from
experts in the field. This session presents actual
approaches in an
international/ European scale and is a forum for an
international
discussion.

13:00-13:30 Nina Baptiste (Access Development Manager,
Yorkshire Museums,
            Libraries and Archives Council YMLAC, UK): A
regional (and
            national) approach to promoting good practice
13:45-14:15 Russell Walters (Head of Operations, English
Heritage, UK): An
            access strategy for a national heritage
organisation
14:30-15:00 Hoelle Corvest (Head of Visitor Services, Museum
of Science and
            Industry Complex, Paris / La Cité des Sciences
et de
            L'industrie, France): Promoting good practice on
accessibility
            in the Museum of Science and Industry Complex,
Paris

            15:15-15:45 COFFEE BREAK

15:45-17:45 Panel discussion

            "Access to Cultural Heritage ? One Way for
Everyone?"

            Moderator ? Pat Reynolds (Development Officer,
Surrey Museums
            Consultative Committee, UK)

            Panel:
            International Experts;
            Local politicians (e.g. Ministry of Education,
Sciences and
            Culture Mecklenburg-West Pomerania; City of
Schwerin);
            Representatives of disability organisations
(i.a. Anna Brill,
            Chairman, Association for Blind and Partially
Sighted People
            Mecklenburg-Vorpommern);
            Local representatives of immigrant and minority
organisations
            (Annette Köppinger, Immigrant Commissioner, City
of Schwerin ?
            enquired);
            Representatives of Monument and Museum
Administration(s) (i.a.
            Klaus Winands, The Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State
Agency for the
            Management of the Built Heritage)

17:45       Closing remarks ? Sari Salovaara (Finnish
National Gallery)



Further details will be available from
Eeva Rantamo
Project coordinator

Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern/
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern State Agency for the Management of
the Built
Heritage
Domhof 4/5
19055 Schwerin
Germany
Tel: +49 385 56 90 46
Fax: +49 385 5214 198
Email: rantamo@xxxxxxxxxxx
www.kulturerbe-mv.de

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