The «International Conference of Lausanne on Palmyra» wishes to give a detailed overview of the ongoing initiatives that are dealing with the heritage preservation of Palmyra, and it desires to prepare the documentation that will be valuable in the near future. Its purpose is not to debate on the relevance of the ongoing initiatives, but rather to get acquainted with them in order to evaluate the possible creation of useful synergies. The meeting will be scientific and apolitical.

Monday 16 December

09H00 – 09H50 | OPENING
• Anne Bielman & Patrick Michel (Collart Palmyre Project)
• Nouria Hernandez (Rector of the University) & Dave Lüthi (Dean of the Faculty of Arts)
• Cesla Amarelle (State Councillor, Head of the Department of Education, Youth and Culture, Canton of Vaud)
• Benoît Dubosson (OFC)
• Nicolas Mathieu (Swiss Commission of UNESCO)
• Youmna Tabet (UNESCO)
• Zaki Aslan (ICCROM)
• Valery Freland (ALIPH)
 

10H00 – 12H00 | 1ST SESSION : FOREIGN ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSIONS
Chair : Denis Genequand

10h00 France
Christiane Delplace : The Suburban Market of Palmyra: the Excavation of the French
Archaeological Mission of Palmyra. (communication in French)
Jacques Seigne : Archive Documents and Future Researches.

10h20 Japan
Saito Kiyohide : Japanese Archaeological Works in the Past and for the Future in Palmyra.

10h50 Poland
Michal Gawlikowski : Polish Excavation in Palmyra, 1959–2011. (in absentia, read by D. Wielgosz-Rondolino)
Dagmara Wielgosz-Rondolino : Polish Studies on Palmyrene Sculpture.
Bartosz Markowski : Rescue Conservation Works of the Stone Sculptures in the Museum of
Palmyra After the Last Destruction in 2015.

11h10 Switzerland
Denis Genequand : An Overview of the Swiss Projects in Palmyra (1954 – 2011).

11h20 Italia
Gioia Zenoni : The Activities of the Syro-Italian Archaeological Mission in Palmyra (Pal.M.A.I.S)
from Fieldwork to Public Engagement.

11h30 Panel discussion

12h00 – 14h00 | Lunch Break, Restaurant de Dorigny, Unicentre

14H00 – 16H30 | 2ND SESSION : ONGOING PROJECTS
Chair : Nicolas Mathieu

14h00 DGAM
Lina Kutiefan : Buffer Zone as a Tool for Protecting Palmyra.
Houmam Saad : Archives Serving the Restauration of Palmyre.

14h30 ICCROM
Aslan Zaki : Risk management and Conservation of Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis.

14h45 Centre for Urban Network Evolutions, Aarhus University
Emanuele E. Intagliata : Archival Studies in Time of Conflict – Research on Late Antique and Early
Islamic Palmyra at the Fonds d’Archives Paul Collart (UniL).

15h00 National Archaeological Museum, France
Thomas Sagory : Digital Approach for Palmyra and the « Archaeology of the Middle East ».

15h15 ICONEM
Yves Ubelmann : Les technologies 3D au service de la documentation d’urgence.

15h30 Collart-Palmyre Project, UniL
Patrick Michel: Collart-Palmyre Project at the University of Lausanne, 3D Modelling
and Databases.

15h45 Renovatio
Pascal Brocard : Study of a Monument, Aimed at its Recovery, in a Post-War context.

16h00 Orient Institut Beirut
Felicia Meynersen: Politics of Archives. Between Yesterday and Tomorrow.

16h15 Panel discussion

17H00 – 18H30 | 3RD SESSION : DIGITAL TREATMENT
Chair : Andrea Balbo

17h00 Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
Wassim Alrez, Claudia Buhrig, Benjamin Ducke: Palmyra and Open Research Data:
a Collaborative Digital Preservation and Publication Effort.

17h25 Digital Library of the Middle East
Graham Wayne: DLME: The Strength, Capacity, And Promise of Digital Libraries.

17h40 Syrian Heritage
Hiba Bizreh: Digital Archiving of the Syrian Cultural and Natural Heritage.

17h55 Panel discussion

16h40 – 17h00 | Afternoon Break
19h30 | Official Diner, Brasserie de Montbenon, Lausanne

Tuesday 17 December

09H00 – 09H20 | 4TH SESSION : ILLICIT TRAFFICKING AND OBJECT ID

09h00 ICOM Austria
Elke Kellner : The role of Museums & Museum Professionals Fighting Illicit Trafficking of Cultural
Objects.

09H30 – 11H30 | 5TH SESSION : REDACTION OF A LIST OF PROPOSITIONS
Chair : Patrick Michel & Youmna Tabet

09h30 DGAM
Mahmoud Hamoud, D. G. of the Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums.

09h40 Institute of Classical Archaeology, University of Vienna
Andreas Schmidt-Collinet : No Temple in Palmyra ! (in absentia, read by F. Meynersen)

09h50 Redaction of the List of Proposition