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Background and Content
The science, and in particular chemistry, plays an important role in the sustainable preservation of our cultural heritage through the investigation of ancient materials with the aim of understanding their technologies and degradation process. State of the art analytical instrumentations and methods, which are always improved, allow access to information from surviving works of art and provide the tools for the diagnostic and protection of Cultural Heritage.
EuCheMS, the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (http://www.euchems.eu/about-us/what-is-euchems/) aims to nurture a platform for scientific discussion and to provide a single, unbiased European voice on key policy issues in chemistry and related fields. The EuCHEMS Working Party on Chemistry for Cultural Heritage (ChemCH) was initiated with the 2010 International EuCHEMS congress promoting dialogue on the role of chemical science and technology for Cultural Heritage. Since then, the ChemCH conference is organized every other year with previous edition in Ravenna (IT) in 2010, Istanbul (TR) in 2012 and Vienna (AT) in 2014. The 4th conference ChemCH2016 will build on the legacy of these past symposia.
ChemCH2016 will be held in Brussels and will include the following issues and topics:
Chemical imaging
Modern art materials
New materials and methods in C/R
Development of non-invasive methods
Sample treatment
Alteration phenomenon: chemical interaction of environment and art works
Multi & trans-disciplinary studies of CH (case studies)
Chemometrics for interpretation
Spectroscopic & chromatographic method development