ABOUT 

The 2022 Annual Conference consisted of NZCCM hosting the International Institute of Conservation (IIC) Council to present the 2022 IIC Congress which took a hybrid format this year, promoting a more sustainable and 'climate friendly' event.

The Congress theme - ‘Conservation and Change: Response, Adaptation and Leadership’.

The role of conservation in shaping, saving and sharing our cultural heritage is sometimes represented as an opposition to change, as being tied to maintaining and reinforcing the status quo. This conference aims to challenge such a pre-conception. The 29th Congress will explore how and why conservators respond to, adapt to or lead change.

The programme topics covered:

• Challenging conservation approaches in response to historical, social and environmental challenges
• The changing role of conservation in communities
• The development or implementation of shared, collaborative or co-designed conservation treatments, approaches or methodologies.
• Mitigating or adapting to the effects of climate change
• Role of conservation in sustainable development
• The role of conservation in repatriation of cultural materials and challenging colonial practice
• Scientific research that promotes or informs changes in conservation practice
• Traditional vs. new approaches to leading and managing conservation

For the full programme please visit the IIC webpage: https://www.iiconservation.org/congress/wellington