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International Expert Workshop on the Heritage of Science
21-23 January 2008
Venue: The Wellcome Trust
An Expert Workshop aimed at contributing to the development of guidelines and criteria for the review of sites of interest for the heritage of science and technology on the World Heritage List will be held at The Wellcome Trust in London on 21 to 23 January 2008.
Speakers:
- Rt Hon Margaret Hodge MBE MP: Minister of State for Industry
- Guy Debonnet: Programme Specialist, World Heritage Centre
- Prof. John Beddington CMG FRS: Chief Scientific Adviser and Head of the Government Office for Science
- Dr. Christina Cameron: Chair, World Heritage Committee
- Prof. Helmuth Albrecht: Professor of the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, TU Freiburg
- Prof. Alexander Boksenberg CBE FRS FInstP: Chair, UK National Commission for UNESCO
- Prof. Michael Cotte: Adviser, International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
- Tim Badman: Special Adviser, World Heritage, The World Conservation Union (IUCN)
- Dr. Gamini Wijesuriya: Project Manager, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration and Cultural Property (ICCROM)
- Prof. Clive Ruggles: Emeritus Professor of Archaeoastronomy, University of Leicester
- Phyllis M Elin: Cultural Resources Specialist, US National Park Service
- Monika Minnhagen-Alvsten: National Heritage Board, Sweden
- Prof. Yukio Nishimura: Department of Urban Engineering, University of Tokyo
- Prof. Alexander Gillespie: University of Waikato Law School
