Come and join us in the first joint conference of ICOHTEC – The International Committee for the for the History of Technology History and TICCIH – The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage in Tampere, Finland on August 10-15, 2010. The minor partner is Worklab, the international association of labour museums.

The title of the conference is Reusing the Industrial Past. The meeting will be a joint conference, and its theme is expected to be broad enough covering various approaches. The conference venues will be The University of Tampere and the old Finlayson factory area by the Tammerkoski rapids in the centre of Tampere.

Read more about the Tampere highlights: http://gotampere.smartpage.fi/en/highlights/

CALL FOR PAPERS IS NOW CLOSED

The local organising committee would like to thank you for the proposals! We received a delightful number of papers for the conference. The proposals are now in process among the international programme committees. The acceptance letters will be send out in February 2010.

The deadline for the papers/session proposals was Thursday the 7th of January, 2010.
For more information, please, see Call for Papers.


REGISTRATION

Online registration is now open here.
More information and instructions can be found in the registration pages

TRAVEL GRANTS

ICOHTEC will award travel grants to participants of the conference “Reusing the Industrial Past”.

Travel grants will be given in a limited number to young scholars (predominantly from countries with traditionally “weak currencies”).
These grants may go up to 300 Euros. A commission of ICOHTEC will decide about the grants. Please, send your application with the following appendices:

1. cv,
2. list of publications and earlier conference papers,
3. list of academic qualifications (including degrees, institutions of studies and supervising professors),
4. the abstract of the intended paper and the statement that it was accepted,
5. name of a member of ICOHTEC who is able to give information about the applicant.

The grant will be given after the paper has been presented.
All these pieces of information should be sent by email to Patrice Bret (Patrice Bret(at)yahoo.fr) or to Timo Myllyntaus (timmyl(at)utu.fi) no later than April 19, 2010.

The local organising committee is also going to award some travel grants. We will provide more information after the final decicion from the foundations in February 2010.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

The first keynote speakers have been announced. The Kranzberg lecture on Tuesday will be given by professor Håkon With Anderssen (NTNU, Trondheim, Norway) and keynotes on Wednesday will be delivered by Dr. Anna Storm (KTH, Stockholm, Sweden) and professor Patrick E. Martin (Michigan Tech, USA).

Registration, accommodation, travel and other practical arrangements:

Project Manager / TAVI Congress Bureau
Riitta Kälkäjä
industrialpast2010.congress(at)tavicon.fi
+358 3 233 0450.

Scientific programme:

General Secretary of the local organising committee
Kimmo Antila,
icohtecticcih2010(at)tampere.fi
+358 40 7264590