[Archport] European Conference On Biodeterioration of Stone Monuments (ECBSM2016)

[Vera Moitinho <veramoitinho@gmail.com>]

European Conference On Biodeterioration of Stone Monuments (ECBSM2016)
Institut d¹Etudes Avancées" Université de Cergy-Pontoise, Cergy-Pontoise France
November 17-18 2016

ECBSM2016 is co-organized by The University of Cergy-Pontoise and the University of Milan.

The meeting is organized to provide an overview of the hot topics related to monument colonisation and biodeterioration by microorganisms.
ECBSM2016 is an opportunity to bring together academic and industrial experts working on biodeterioration of historical monuments.

The presentations will cover the following topics:

• Biofilm formation on monuments
• Biodeterioration and climate change
• Innovative cleaning techniques
• Nanocoatings for preserving surfaces of monuments

More detailed information will be provided in a second announcement later.
In addition, updates will be regularly posted on the conference web site
http://ecbsm.u-cergy.fr/ <http://ecbsm.u-cergy.fr/> .

Confirmed invited speakers:
- Prof. Heather Viles, School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
- Prof. Anna Gorbushina, Department of Earth Sciences / Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany.
- Dr. Romain Briandet, INRA-AgroParisTech, UMR1319 MICALIS, Massy, France.
- Dr. Patricia Sanmartín, Departamento de Edafoloxía e Química Agrícola Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
- Dr. Robert J. Koestler, Museum Conservation Institute, Smithsonian Institution, Suitland.
- Dr. Cesáreo Sáiz Jiménez, Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville, Spain.
- Dr. Silvestro A. Ruffolo, Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Biologia, Ecologia e Scienze della Terra (DiBEST), Arcavacata di Rende, Italy.

We kindly invite you to register as soon as possible at the web site of the conference (http://ecbsm.u-cergy.fr/ <http://ecbsm.u-cergy.fr/> )

Please, spread this information among your colleagues who may be interested in this Conference.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Cergy-Pontoise.

Kind regards,
The organizing committee