Programme and Registration
Some of the presentations given at the 2025 Trends in Heritage Science conference are available on this page.
Trends in Heritage Science
Programme:
09:00-09:30 Registration and coffee
09:30-09:40 Welcome address
09:40-11:10 Session 1: The economic value of heritage science (Chair, Professor Josep Grau-Bove)
- Adala Leeson, Historic England - Deeply valued; Difficult to value: Heritage and the economy
- Professor Matija Strlic - University of Ljubljana - Quantification of Loss as an Input into Economic Valuation
- Panel discussion session
11:10-11:40 Break
11:40-12:55 Session 2: Towards sustainable historic buildings (Chair, Professor May Cassar)
- Dr Moses Jenkins, Historic Environment Scotland - The continued importance of site based research in retrofit (pdf)
- Professor David Glew, Leeds Sustainability Institute, Leeds Beckett University - Building Performance Evaluation of Fabric Retrofits in Heritage Buildings (pdf)
- Panel discussion session
12:55-14:00 Lunch - Exhibitor and Poster session
14:00-15:30 Workshops (see detail here)
- Open Acess Apps for Preventive Conservation: using damage functions in practice
- RICHeS: Empowering Conservation and Heritage Science through a Distributed Research Infrastructure
- Speed Mentoring for Emerging Professionals
16:00-17:15 Session 3: Digital innovation in heritage science (Chair, Nancy Bell)
- Dr Sterling MacKinnon, University of Oxford - Heritage Innovations Laboratory Oxford: Digital Twins for Heritage at Blenheim Palace
- Keith Challis, National Trust - Digital Survey, Digital Content, Digital Visits. Some Thoughts on Innovation at National Trust.(pdf)
- Dr Vania Virgili, European Research Infrastructure for Heritage Science (E-RIHS) - E-RHIS: From Physical to Digital Services. Evolving Access Pathways (pdf)
17:15-17:30 Wrap-up and close, including Poster award.
Registration rates:
- NHSF Member £75.00 (Employees of NHSF member organisation, which are shown at the bottom of this page; please note that members of Icon are eligible for NHSF member rates)
- Non-member £150.00
- Student £50.00
Bursaries:
We were delighted to offer bursaries to support wider access to the conference, made possible through the support of our generous anonymous sponsors.
Recipeints' reflections on attending the conference are captured in their posts on the NHSF blog.
The NHSF conference, Trends in Heritage Science, is kindly hosted by UCL.
NHSF is grateful to the RICHeS programme for its support of this conference, helping to advance collaboration and innovation in conservation and heritage science.