2nd International Workshop on Heritage Stones

21st-23rd / 09 / 2020, Torino, Italy - Politecnico di Torino (Castello del Valentino Salone d’Onore), Università di Torino (Rettorato) - Flyer_HS2020 application/pdf (5,09 MB)

WORKSHOP POSTPONED  5th-7th October 2021 

Following the I Workshop on Heritage Stones in Salamanca in October 2018, Torino (Politecnico and University) will host the II International Workshop on Heritage Stones 2020, supported by the IUGS Heritage Stone Sub commission. Three days of seminars, round tables and field trips will be organized to promote the heritage stones and their proper preservation, thanks to the participation of scientific experts and young researchers.

Oral presentations will be selected by the scientific committee among the received abstracts.

The participation of young researchers (minor than 35) is recommended in order to encourage the working session among Heritage Young Researchers.

PROGRAM

Day 1 - at POLITO Castello del Valentino - Salone d’Onore

8.30 - 9.30: Registration

9.30 - 10.00: Welcome Speech

10.00 - 10.40: Keynote “The red imperial porphyry: the history of use, quarries and petrology of the most important and ubiquitous stone of antiquity” - Lorenzo Lazzarini

10.40 - 11.00: Coffee break

11.00 - 12.45: Working session - Heritage Stones from Europe: Case studies

12.45 - 14.00: Light lunch

14.00 - 16.00: Working session - Historical quarries: uses, protection, regulatory limits, resources

16.30 - 18.30: TourinStones (geoturistic field trip in Turin)

19.00: Networking aperitif-dinner

Day 2 - at UNITO Rettorato

10.00 - 13.00: Egyptian Museum visit

13.00 - 14.00: Light lunch

14.00 - 14.30: Keynote “The latest state of the art in diagnostic, recording, monitoring and management of stone cultural heritage” - Alenka Mauko Pranjić

14.30 - 16.30: Working session – Heritage stones worldwide: state of the arts and representative samples from Asia, Africa, America, Oceania

16.30 - 17.00: Coffee break

17.00 - 17.30: Poster session

17.30 - 18: Conclusions

Day 3

Vicoforte sanctuary field trip and historical quarries visit

           

CONTACT:  heritagestonesto@polito.it