Call for papers is now open until 16th of November 2009!

The title of the conference is Reusing the Industrial Past. Theme is expected to be broad enough covering various approaches. Please note that the there are many possibilities to propose sessions/papers from the different disciplines. The perspectives on social-, culture- or for ex. on regional and environmental issues are welcome to the conference. The conference venues will be The University of Tampere and the old Finlayson factory area by the Tammerkoski rapids in the centre of Tampere. Tampere is easily accesible. It is located in Southern Finland, 175 km north of Helsinki. There are excellent flight connections to Finland and Tampere from all parts of the world. Tampere has an international airport, served by Blue1/SAS (Star Alliance), Finnair (One World Alliance) and Ryanair.

The programme will include scientific and plenary sessions (with keynote speakers like prof. Håkon With Andersen, prof. Patrick E. Martin and dr. Anna Storm), excursions to living industrial heritage sites and also sites of modern technology. Social events include a jazz consert, a unique boat cruise to beautiful lake landscape and a Finnish Sauna evening. In the post conference programme there will be an arranged trip to UNESCO world heritage site Verla Groundwood and board mill.

The fee for the conference is 190 EUR (early student fee: 90 EUR) covering
    * Scientific program
    * Conference material
    * Lunch and coffees daily during the conference
    * Universitys reception on Tuesday, August 10
    * Jazz night on Wednesday, August 11
    * Afternoon excursions on Thursday, August 12
    * Walking tour on Saturday, August 14
    * Free entrance during the conference with your conference badge to the museums in Tampere
    * Information desk services on site

There are plenty of options for the topics in the Call for papers. Just to give you an example subtheme number two includes the following:
Artefacts and Experiences in Transition: Challenges for Industrial Heritage
    Canonisation of the symbols of industrial revolutions
    Living and dead industrial landscapes
    Regeneration through heritage
    Reuse of industrial environments
    Societal aims for the conservation of industrial heritage
    Adapting technology and reforming industrial heritage
    Contested pasts - the heritage of science, technology and industry in geo-political conflict

We also encourage sessions or roundtable proposals.

Read more about the conference subthemes and programme from the conference web page

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