Vilnius 2024 Symposium Program 
September 4, 2024  

Sept 4   8.45 - 17.50
7:45 - 8:45         Registration & morning coffee 

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8:45 - 8:55         Welcome and opening of the Vilnius 2024 Symposium.  Arūnas Gelūnas  (Director General of the National Museums Lithuania and National Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania)
 
8:55 - 9:05         Cultural Heritage and Sustainability.  Ana Maria Stan (European Commission’s Policy Officer for Culture, the European Commission, Brussels, Belgium)

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9:05 - 9:15         From Green Approaches to Green Cluster – Philosophical Aspects of Green Cultural Heritage Science and Sustainability in Conservation. Introduction to European Green Cluster for Science and Research in Conservation. Nina Olsson (Senior Researcher at ICOMOS Lithuania), MOXY

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9:15 - 9:40         Green gels and complex fluids for the cleaning of works of art. Prof. Piero Baglioni (University of Florence, Italy), GreenArt

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9:40 – 9:50         Discussion with Piero Baglioni

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9:50 - 10:15       Reflections, successes, and challenges in cleaning science research into practice at Tate. Bronwyn Ormsby (Senior Scientist, Tate London, United Kingdom), GreenArt

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10:15 – 10:25    Discussion with Bronwyn Ormsby

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10:25 – 10:55    Coffee break 

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10:55 - 11:10     New bio-originated cleaning formulations for metals. Edith Joseph, Qing Wu. (Haute Ecole Arc Conservation-restauration, HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland), GoGreen

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11:10 – 11:15    Discussion with Edith Joseph 

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11:15 - 11:30    Nonwoven electrospun mats and green solvents: progress in their development as new artwork restoration systems. Francesca Ramacciotti, Giorgia Sciutto (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, Microchemistry and Microscopy Art Diagnostic Laboratory (M2ADL), University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Arianna Menichetti (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Burcu Keser (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Maria Letizia Focarete, Rocco Mazzeo (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), Marco Montalti, Chiara Gualandi (Department of Chemistry “G. Ciamician”, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy), Silvia Prati (M2ADL, University of Bologna, Ravenna, Italy), GoGreen

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11:30 – 11:35    Discussion with Francesca Ramaciotti 

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11:35 - 11:50     Atomic oxygen plasma source as a new tool for cultural heritage 1Michalis Poupouzas, 1Ana Sobota (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Anton Nikiforov (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium),  MOXY

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11:50 – 11:55    Discussion with Michalis Poupouzas

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11:55 - 12:10    Cleaning soot-contaminated silk using plasma-generated atomic oxygen: first results on undyed mock-ups. Nan Yang, Marta Cremonesi, Geert van der Snickt (University of Antwerp),  Anton Nikiforov (Ghent University), MOXY

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12:10 – 12:15    Discussion with Nan Yang 

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12:15 – 13:15    Lunch 

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13:15 - 13:30     Soiling models and making paint mock-ups for cleaning studies. Theoretical and practical aspects. Catarina Pires , Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands), MOXY

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13:30 – 13:35    Discussion with Catarina Pires 

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13:35 - 13:50    Effects of atomic oxygen on cultural heritage materials - methodological approaches and challenges. Kirill Shumikhin, Cecilia Campi, Ilaria Bonaduce, Ilaria Degano, Jacopo La Nasa (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy),  Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands), MOXY 

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13:50 – 13:55    Discussion with Kirill Shumikhin and Cecilia Campi

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13:55 - 14:10    Collecting the requirements and identifying the technology gap: atomic oxygen technology elicitation based on the interviews with expert conservators.  Ilaria Bonaduce, Silvia Pizzimenti (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson, Tomas Markevicius ( ICOMOS Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania), MOXY

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14:10 – 14:20    Discussion with Ilaria Bonaduce 

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14:20 - 14:35    Tailoring Atomic Oxygen Species for Non-Contact Cleaning in Green Cultural Heritage Conservation. Tomas Markevicius, Anton Nikiforov, Rino Morent (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Marta Cremonesi, Nan Yang (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium),  Yijia Song (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Ana Sobota, Michail Poupouzas (Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Ilaria Bonaduce, Jacopo La Nasa (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson (ICOMOS Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania), Kirill Shumikhin (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Catarina Pires (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Cecilia Campi (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy),  Geert Van der Snickt (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Gianluca Pastorelli, Sofie Wikkelsø Jensen (National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark), Michaela Florescu, Alison Norton, Josephine Bobeck ( Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden), Dieuwertje Schrijvers (WeLoop, Lambersart, France), Pascal Van Der Voort (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Eivydas Trioška, Simas Šakirzanovas, Mindaugas Viliunas (KPV, Vilnius, Lithuania), MOXY
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14:35 – 14:40    Discussion with Tomas Markevicius 

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14:40 - 14:55     Is atomic oxygen the “greenest” choice? Results of a Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Dieuwertje Schrijvers, Anastasiya Valakhanovich, Kim Luu, Naeem Adibi (WeLOOP, Lambersart, France), Marta Cremonesi (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Catarina Pires (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Nan Yang (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium), Klaas Jan Van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands), Ilaria Bonaduce (University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy), Nina Olsson (ICOMOS Lietuva, Vilnius, Lithuania), Geert Van der Snickt (Technical University Eindhoven, Eindhoven, the Netherlands), Ana Sobota (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), Tomas Markevicius, Anton Nikiforov (Research Unit for Plasma Technologies, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium), MOXY

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14:55 – 15:00    Discussion with Dieuwertje Schrijvers 

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15:00 – 16:00    Demonstration of new materials, testing results, and posters by MOXY, GreenArt, and GoGreen 

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16:00 – 16:30    Coffee break

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16:30 - 17:30     Green Cluster for Science and Conservation Research Round table – Expert panel discussion moderated by Klaas Jan van den Berg 

The group of art conservation experts will discuss the framework concepts, policies, and practical aspects that are critical for the transformation of current conservation practices with greener methodologies and the role of conservation and science research in achieving a sustainable approach to preserving our cultural heritage environment.

17:30 - 17:50     Closing remarks by Klaas Jan van den Berg (University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands),  MOXY

18:00 – 19:30  Social event with refreshments at the National Gallery hallway and terrace (weather permitting), and an opportunity for participants to visit the collection of the National Gallery, featuring Lithuanian and international 20th century and contemporary art.