The 7^th Indoor Air Quality 2006 Meeting will take place in Braunschweig, Germany, from 15-17 November 2006.

The conference is to set the state-of-the-art in the field of pollutants in museums and archives, especially research on pollutants, their sources and their effects both on collections and on human health. Other topics are interacting forms of indoor air pollution, deterioration mechanisms, the development of assessment methods, control strategies as well as national and international regulations. The format of the conference includes plenary sessions, short oral presentations and posters. The official language of the conference is English.

On 17 November 2006 the first workshop of COST Action D42 "Chemical Interactions between Cultural Artefacts and Indoor Environment (Enviart)" will take place. General information about the Action D42 will be given and the members of the Management Committee (MC) will present themselves and their professional fields.

Location

The venue will be the Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute (WKI), Braunschweig/Germany. The institute is about 60 minutes from Hanover Airport and about 15 minutes from the central station and the city centre. Braunschweig is connected to the German bullet train system.

Scientific Committee

Peter Brimblecombe, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Morten Ryhl-Svendsen, National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tunga Salthammer, Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute (WKI), Braunschweig, Germany

Alexandra Schieweck, Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute (WKI), Braunschweig, Germany

Jean Tétreault, Canadian Conservation Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Simon F. Watts, School of Biological and Molecular Sciences Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK

Post Conference Trip

- Cancelled -

Registration and Fees

Registration form (pdf)

Please use the registration form (one form for each delegate). Registrations will be confirmed in writing including our invoice.

The fees for participating in the conference are:

The conference fee includes conference material (booklet with abstracts, list of participants), lunch, beverages, guided tour (November 15, Dankwarderode Castle and Cathedral).

Please download our template for abstracts (MSWord).

Fraunhofer Wilhelm-Klauditz-Institute (WKI), Braunschweig in collaboration with the Internationaler Verein für Technische Holzfragen e.V. (iVTH), Braunschweig.

Contact:
Alexandra Schieweck

alexandra.schieweck@wki.fraunhofer.de

• Peter Brimblecombe, UK:
  Composition and chemistry of museum air
  
• Yoshika Sekine, Japan and Simon F. Watts, UK:
  Air quality standards for cultural heritage

Hotels near the central station:

• Mercure Hotel Atrium ****
• Hotel garni "An der Stadthalle"

Hotels located in the historical heart of town:

• Mövenpick Hotel ****
• Best Western Hotel Stadt Palais ****
• Courtyard by Marriott ****

For further accomodations please visit :

www.braunschweig.de/touristservice/hotels/index.html