Conservation Research Innovation

PROGRAMME

CONSERVAZIONE RICERCA INNOVAZIONE
CONSERVATION RESEARCH INNOVATION

17-21 March 2025

• Training and Innovation for Conservation: Skills for the Ecological and Digital Transition
  Esmeralda VALENTE, Head of Service III Protection of the Historical, Artistic and Architectural Heritage, Directorate-General for Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape - Ministry of Culture, Italy
• Heritage in Motion: Evolving Intercultural Training for Resilient Conservation Skills
  Tomàs MERAZ CASTAÑO, Movable Heritage Project Officer, ICCROM
• European Training in the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage: Aligning Competences and Skills to Current Professional Needs 
  Laura FUSTER-LÓPEZ, Chair European Network for Conservation Restoration Education (ENCoRE)
• The training of cultural heritage restorers: the experience of the Single-Cycle Master's Degree in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage (University of Turin/Centre for Conservation and Restoration "La Venaria Reale")
  Diego ELIA, President, Master's Degree Course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Turin

FORMAZIONE E CONSERVAZIONE PROGRAMMATA E PREVENTIVA
TRAINING AND PLANNED AND PREVENTIVE CONSERVATION
Chair: Michela CARDINALI, Director of Conservation Laboratories and Advanced Training and Study School (SAF)

• Interpersonal Skills for Multidisciplinary Collaboration
  Stefano DELLA TORRE, Politecnico di Milano, UNESCO Chair, Mantova Campus
• Current Developments and New Challenges for the Preventive Conservation Master's Program at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (1994-2025) 
  Claire BETELU, Director of the Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage Department, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University
• The challenge of preventive conservation: research and training perspectives
  Dominique SCALARONE, Director, Special Educational Structure in Conservation Sciences, Restoration, Valorization of Cultural Heritage (SUSCOR), University of Turin 
• The history of cultural maintenance and the social practices of planned conservation
  Andrea LONGHI, Full Professor of History of Architecture, Rector’s Representative for Strategic Management and Maintenance-Conservation Planning of the Castello del Valentino, Politecnico di Torino

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CONSERVARE L’ARTE CONTEMPORANEA
CONSERVING CONTEMPORARY ART
Chair: Sara ABRAM, Secretary General

• The General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity: action lines and tools for the protection and conservation of contemporary art, between challenges and future perspectives
  Fabio DE CHIRICO, Head of Servizio II Arte Contemporanea, Direzione generale Creatività Contemporanea, Ministero della Cultura, Roma
• How restoration takes place in institutional and epistemic contexts defined by two different contexts
  Andrea VILIANI, Direttore Museo delle Civiltà (MUCIV), Roma
• Tiziana MAFFEI, Direttrice Reggia di Caserta
• From unfinished to planned obsolescence
  Francesco MANACORDA, Director, Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art
• Elements of relationship and compensation between the artist's intent and the artwork conservation
  Francesca SERRATI, Direttrice Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova
  Paolo SCACCHETTI, Conservatore Museo di Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genova
• Luca VITONE, Artista visivo

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COOPERAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE PER IL FUTURO DEL PATRIMONIO CULTURALE
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR THE FUTURE OF CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chair: Silvia SABATO, Head of Strategic Plan and Internationalization

• Cultural Heritage: shaping a sustainable and resilient future
  Aruna Francesca Maria GUJRAL, Director-General, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, ICCROM
• Conservation and Multi-Culturalism: a journey through the renovation of the Africa Hall in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  Antonio BAIO, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), Ethiopia
• Royal Commission for AlUla’s International Strategy for Cultural Heritage
  Myrto TSITSINAKI, , Royal Commission for AlUla, Saudi Arabia
• Italy-Morocco cooperation for restorer training: bridging craftsmanship and cultural heritage conservation in Morocco
  Loubna TAHIRI, Académie des Arts Traditionnels de Casablanca, Morocco
• Cooperation for conservation and training
  Damasia GALLEGOS and Fernando MARTE, Centro TAREA, Escuela de Arte y Patrimonio de la Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM), Argentina
• The role of the university in international knowledge exchange for younger generations in the enhancement and management of UNESCO sites
  Yulan HU, School of Art and Archaeology, Zhejiang University, China

TAVOLA ROTONDA
ROUND TABLE
Chairs: Sara ABRAM, Secretary General, and Silvia SABATO, Head of Strategic Plan and Internationalization

• Christian GRECO, Director, Museo Egizio, Turin
• Davide QUADRIO, Director, Asian Art Museum (MAO), Turin
• Cecilia PENNACINI, Director, Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography of the University of Turin
• Francesca DE FILIPPI, Vice Rettrice Aggiunta per la Cooperazione Internazionale, Politecnico di Torino
• Emilio CABASINO, Funzionario di Cooperazione – Patrimonio Culturale, Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)
• Davide GANDOLFI, Head of International Relations and Cooperation, Piedmont Region
• Maria BOTTIGLIERI, International Cooperation and Peace Service, City of Turin

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I GRANDI CANTIERI DI RESTAURO
THE GREAT CONSERVATION SITES
Chair: Michela CARDINALI, Director of Conservation Laboratories and Advanced Training and Study School (SAF)

• The Carracci Gallery at Palazzo Farnese in Rome: from the restoration site to the Carracci ConservArt research project
  Rachel GEORGE, Researcher, École Française de Rome, CarracciConservArt Project
  Emanuela OZINO CALIGARIS, Officer Conservator, Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of BI, NO, VCO and VC, CarracciConservArt Project
• Da Raffaello a Laureti. Il restauro della Sala di Costantino
  Fabio PIACENTINI, Conservator of Easel and Wall Paintings, Vatican Museums
• Palazzo Pirelli a Milano, 1956-2025. Un grande cantiere tra progetto, costruzione e restauro, in vista della conservazione programmata incluso il miglioramento energetico
  Pietro PETRAROIA, Art historian, former Superintendent for Artistic and Historical Heritage for Western Lombardy and the Pinacoteca di Brera.
  Simona SALVO, Associate Professor of Architectural Restoration, Sapienza University of Rome

TAVOLA ROTONDA. LE RESIDENZE SABAUDE COME CANTIERE VIVENTE
ROUND TABLE. THE SAVOY RESIDENCES AS LIVING CONSERVATION SITE
Chair: Sara ABRAM, Secretary General

• Chiara TEOLATO, Director, Savoy Royal Residences Consortium
• Stefano TRUCCO, Architect
• Filippo MASINO, Direttore Residenze Reali Sabaude – Direzione Regionale Musei del Piemonte
• Carlotta MATTA, Architet Officer, Musei Reali, Turin
• Marcella BECCARIA, Deputy Director, Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea

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NOTRE-DAME. LA SCIENZA ALL’OPERA
NOTRE-DAME: SCIENCE AT WORK
Institutional greetings: Emanuele Menotti CHIELI, Consul honoraire de France à Turin, e Alfonso Frugis, President of the CCR

• Pascal LIÉVAUX, Head of the Department of Research, Valorization, and Intangible Cultural Heritage, Direction générale des Patrimoines et de l'Architecture, Ministère de la Culture, France

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GLI OGGETTI D’ARTE COME LABORATORIO INTERDISCIPLINARE
ART OBJECTS AS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOP
Chair: Stefania DE BLASI, Head of Communication and Documentation Area

• The furniture and furnishings of the Quirinal Palace: maintenance and restoration
  Luisa MOROZZI, General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Rome
• The desk of Louis XIV: technical innovations for an exceptional choice
  Mirelle KLEIN, Chef du Département Restauration, Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), Paris
  Frédéric LEBLANC, Restaurateur de Mobiliers, Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), Paris
• The furniture collection of Jean-Pierre Latz at the Saxon Court: an interdisciplinary research, restoration and exhibition project of the Museum of Decorative Arts of the Dresden State Art Collections
  Anne Ilaria WEISS, Scientific Assistant, Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden
• The conservation and restoration project of the Quirinale carriage collection
  Marco LATTANZI, General Secretariat of the Presidency of the Republic, Quirinal Palace, Rome
• Innovation and research for the conservation of historic vehicles: from the BELCAIRE Project to the creation of the European Hippomobile Heritage Network
  Andrea MARCHETTI, Senior Researcher, University of Antwerp / Royal Museums of Art and History
• The conservation of wooden furnishings in the museum of furniture at Stupinigi: from restoration to prevention
  Marta FUSI, Director, Fondazione Ordine Mauriziano, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin

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CONSERVARE L’ANTICO
CONSERVING ANTIQUITY
Chairs: Diego ELIA, President of Master's Degree Course in Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, University of Turin, and Michela CARDINALI, Director of Conservation Laboratories and Advanced Training and Study School (SAF)

• From conservation to enhancement: in situ and museum projects of the Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica
  Alessandro D’ALESSIO, Director, Archaeological Park of Ostia Antica
• Preserving Pompeii: management models and integrated systems for heritage maintenance
  Vincenzo CALVANESE, Head of the Functional Area Technical Office, Archaeological Park of Pompeii
• Museum. Shape of the time
  Enrico FERRARIS, Curator, Museo Egizio, Turin
• Open Museum: behind the scenes at the conservation laboratories of the National Archaeological Museum of Greece
  Georgianna MORAITOU, Head Conservation and Archaeometry Department, Hellenic National Archaeological Museum, Atene
• In the Matter, somewhat elevated:colour, appearance and function of ancient greek and roman sculpture 
  Giovanni VERRI, Conservation Scientist, The Art Institute of Chicago

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STRATEGIE, RICERCA E PRATICHE PER LA PREVENZIONE E LA SOSTENIBILITÀ
STRATEGIES, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICES FOR PREVENTION AND SUSTAINABILITY
Chair: Roberta GENTA, Deputy Director of Conservation Laboratories

• Adapt to needs and complexity. Active preventive conservation practices: some case studies
  Matteo ROSSI DORIA, Restorer of Conservazione Beni Culturali (CBC) and Member Team ICOM - Conservation, Rome
• Preventive conservation: balancing the risks at Historic Royal Palaces
  Kerren HARRIS, Preventive Conservation Manager, Historic Royal Palaces, London
• For preventive and sustainable conservation of collections: new practices and new challenges
  Juliette REMY,  Head of Department of Preventive Conservation, Centre de Recherche et Restauration des Musées de France (C2RMF), Paris
• ARGUS. Smart and remote monitoring for cultural heritage preservation
  George PAVLIDIS, Research Director, Athena Research Centre, Xanthi
  Mara MENNELLA, Content Analyst, Kneia SL, Barcellona
• iPhotoCult: safeguarding the future of our past
  Annie GIAKOUMAKI, IPhotoCult project Coordinator, Project Manager, Foundation for Research and Technology – Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Heraklion
• Conservation as a tool for sustainability, a case study: fountains and monuments in the public space of the city of Turin
  Laura FORNARA, Secretary General Fondazione 1563 per l’Arte e la Cultura, Turin

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NUOVE FRONTIERE NELLA RICERCA SCIENTIFICA APPLICATA AI BENI CULTURALI
NEW FRONTIERS IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE
Chair: Federica Pozzi, Director of Scientific Laboratories

• Cutting-edge technologies for cultural heritage: from the neu_ART project to new developments within the Cultural Heritage Network (CHNet)
  Nadia PASTRONE, Research Director, National Institute of Nuclear Physics (INFN), Turin
• The Tarocchi Research Project – Collaboration and Cultural Heritage
  Frank TRUJILLO, Drue Heinz Book Conservator, Morgan Library & Museum, New York
• Networking and resource sharing experiences for sustainable research: the accessibility of advanced imaging techniques through the E-RIHS program
  Francesco Paolo ROMANO, Senior Researcher, Institute of Heritage Science - National Research Council (ISPC-CNR), Catania
• Omics techniques for the study of cultural heritage: embracing the future through challenges and opportunities
  Beatrice DEMARCHI, Full Professor and Director of the ArchaeoBiomics Laboratory, Department of Life Sciences and Systems Biology, University of Turin
  Rivka CHASAN, Assegnista di Ricerca, Università di Torino

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LA RONDA DI NOTTE DI REMBRANDT
REMBRANDT’S THE NIGHT WATCH
A true collaboration between disciplines. the conservator as a material historian, connoisseurship of materials is pivotal in the future
Robert VAN LANGH, Responsabile del Dipartimento di Conservazione e Ricerca scientifica, presidente del Netherlands Institute of Conservation, Art and Science (NICAS), Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

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IL VALORE DELLA CONSERVAZIONE: UN OSSERVATORIO LUNGO VENT’ANNI
THE VALUE OF CONSERVATION: A TWENTY-YEAR LONG OBSERVATORY
Chair: Sara ABRAM, Secretary General
Official greetings: Alfonso FRUGIS, President

• Federico MOLLICONE, President of the Culture Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, Rome
• Luigi LA ROCCA, Director-General Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape, Ministry of Culture, Rome
• Michele COPPOLA, Central Director, Art, Culture and Historical Heritage of Intesa Sanpaolo, and Director, Gallerie d’Italia
• Michele BRIAMONTE, President, Savoy Royal Residences Consortium
• Luigi OLIVA, Director, Istituto Centrale del Restauro (ICR), Rome
• Paola CASAGRANDE, Former Regional Director, Directorate for Coordination of European Policies and Funds, Piedmont Region
• Alessio RE, Secretary General Santagata Foundation for the Economics of Culture

TAVOLA ROTONDA
ROUND TABLE
Chair: Nicolas BALLARIO, Journalist and Art Critic

• Mario TURETTA, Secretary General Ministry of Culture
• Alberto CIRIO, President of the Piedmont Region
• Stefano LO RUSSO, Mayor of the City of Turin and Metropolitan City of Turin  
• Fabio GIULIVI, Mayor of the City of Venaria
• Giulia Anastasia CARLUCCIO, Vice Rector, University of Turin 
• Marta BOTTERO, Professoressa Ordinaria, Funzioni aggregate al Prorettore, Polytechnic of Turin
• Matteo BAGNASCO, Responsabile Obiettivo Cultura, Fondazione Company of St. Paul, Torino
• Anna Maria POGGI, President Fondazione CRT, Turin 

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VISIONE E METODO
Riunione aperta del Comitato Scientifico
VISION AND METHOD
Open Scientific Committee Meeting
Chair: Alfonso FRUGIS, President

• Corrado AZZOLLINI, Superintendence of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the Metropolitan City of Turin
• Francesca CASADIO, The Art Institute of Chicago
• Mireille KLEIN, C2RMF and Ministry of Culture and Communication, Paris
• Marco LEONA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Valerie MAGAR, ICCROM
• Joanna NORMAN, Victoria and Albert Research Institute, London
• Massimo OSANNA, Directorate-General for Museums, Ministry of Culture, Roma

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