Speakers
Senior Tutor & Conservator of Paintings, University of Melbourne & Private Practice
Alex is passionate about conservation advocacy. During her role as President of the Victorian Branch of AICCM, the Australian equivalent of AIC, from 2006 to 2010 she played a major role in the organisation's 2009 Victorian bushfire effort aimed at assisting the public and collecting institutions providing information and donated materials for storage of salvaged materials. She is the AICCM Representative to Blue Shield Australia, of which AICCM...
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Administrator, Heritage Emergency National Task Force, FEMA | Smithsonian Institution
Lori Foley is an emergency management specialist in the Readiness Branch of FEMA’s Office of Environmental Planning and Historic Preservation, the office that deals with the protection of natural and cultural resources and historic properties. Prior to joining FEMA, she was briefly the Director of Emergency Programs at FAIC. Prior to that, she was Vice President of Emergency Programs at Heritage Preservation, where her responsibilities...
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Preservation Specialist, University of Hawaii at Manoa Library
Malia Van Heukelem is a Preservation Specialist for the University of Hawaii’s Hamilton Library Preservation Lab, where she oversees disaster planning and response, environmental monitoring, and integrated pest management. She has worked with a variety of collections, beginning at the University of Hawai‘i Art Gallery, and served as Collections Manager for the Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts’ Art in Public Places...
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Preventive Conservator & Consultant, Independent Conservator & ICOMOS-ICORP
Fiona Macalister, since 2008 an independent preventive conservator working for heritage organisations and historic house owners. She worked previously for museums and the National Trust for England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As Preventive Conservation Adviser, from 2003-2008, she organised the National Trust's annual Emergency Salvage Course, delivering training to c. 80 participants annually, in collaboration with specialist colleagues. A...
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WESTPAS Co-Coordinator, Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service
Julie A. Page is Co-Coordinator for both the Western States & Territories Preservation Assistance Service (WESTPAS) and the California Preservation Program, an initiative of the California State Library. She is a trainer for the WESTPAS workshop “Protecting Cultural Collections: Disaster Prevention, Preparedness, Response & Recovery” and is a member of FAIC's National Heritage Responders. Julie has presented on disaster topics for...
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