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01. origin
The pilot edition of the LACONA conferences was held in 1995 in Greece promped by the scientific and technological development of the laser ablation application in the conservation of heritage stone. Since then, the LACONA conference series has become a well established tradition bringing together specialists from all around the world every two years. The past 12 editions took place in Greece (1995), UK (1997), Italy (1999), France (2001), Germany (2003), Austria (2005), Spain (2007), Romania (2009), UK (2011), UAE (2014), Poland (2016), and France (2018).
02. Mission
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03. network
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Short description
What is LACONA?
LAsers in the CONservation of Artworks (LACONA) is an international conference with focus on the advances and cutting-edge laser-based technologies for diagnostics, monitoring and conservation-restoration of cultural heritage. The aim of LACONA is to gather a wide range of professional fields bringing about productive discussions on new approaches and strategies applying current and novel laser-based techniques for the conservation of cultural heritage.
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Highlighted topics
CONSERVATION-RESTORATION TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS
- Advances in laser cleaning
- laser ablation processes
- optimization of laser treatments
- undesired side-effects of the cleaning procedure
- Natural and artificial light exposure effects
Compositional analyses
- Laser-induced breackdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
- Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS)
- Laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy (LIF)
- Fluorescence lifetime spectroscopy and imaging
- Raman spectroscopy
- Terahertz spectroscopy
- X-ray fluorescence and diffractometry (XRF/ XRD)
- Multispectral and hyperspectral imaging
morphological, mechanical and thermal diagnostics
- Optical coherence tomography (OCT)
- Confocal microscopy
- THz tomography
- Advanced microscopy (non-linear imaging, phase-contrast, etc)
- Photoacoustic spectroscopy and imaging
- Thermography
- Vibrometry
documentation and data collection
- 2D/3D documentation of objects and sites
- Stratigraphic and depth resolved methods
- Interferometry and holography
- 2D/3D laser printing
- 2D/3D/4D digital modelling
multi-analytical approaches and best practices for conservation-restoration case studies
- Stone
- Metal
- Paintings and polychromes
- Inorganic materials
- Organic materials
- Multi-composite and miscellaneous
Novel technologies and practices in diagnostics, conservation-restoration, and monitoring of cultural heritage
- New laser spectroscopic techniques
- New imaging techniques
- New processes of interest
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Permanent Scientific Committee
Margaret ABRAHAM
Sr Project Lead
New Space Programs, NASA, The Aerospace Corp, El Segundo, CA, USA
John F. ASMUS
Professor
Center for Advanced Nanotechnology, Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), CA, USA
Marta CASTILLEJO
Senior Research Scientist
Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
Martin COOPER
Professor
Lynton Lasers Ltd., Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Vincent DETALLE
CEO
Centre de Recherche et de Restauration des Musées de France, Paris, France
Abdelrazek ELNAGGAR
Associate Professor
Conservation Department, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University, Egypt
Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), New Borg El-Arab, Alexandria, Egypt
Costas fotakis
Professor
Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Wolfgang Kautek
Professor
Department of Physical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Wien, Austria
Austin Nevin
Researcher
Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Johann Nimmrichter
Researcher
Department for Restoration and Conservation, Federal Office of Historical Monuments, Wien, Austria
Vadim A. PARFENOV
Associate Professor
Department of Quantum Electronics and Opto-Electronic Devices, St. Petersburg State Electrotechnical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Paraskevi POULI
Researcher
Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Roxana RADVAN
Researcher
Centre for Restoration by Optoelectronic Techniques – CERTO, National Institute for Research and Development in Optoelectronics – INOE, Bucuresti – Magurele, Romania
Renzo SALIMBENI
Researcher
Istituto di Fisica Applicata „Nello Carrara”- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy
David SAUNDERS
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Conservation and Scientific Research, British Museum, London, United Kingdom
Manfred SCHREINER
Professor
Institute for Natural Science and Technology in the Arts, Academy of Fine Arts, Wien, Austria
Salvatore SIANO
Senior Researcher
Istituto di Fisica Applicata “Nello Carrara” – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Firenze, Italy
Matija STRLIC
Professor of Heritage Science
UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage, University College London, London, United Kingdom
Piotr TARGOWSKI
Professor of Physics
Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
Véronique VERGES-BELMIN
Researcher
Laboratoire de Recherche des Monuments Historiques, Champs sur Marne, France
Kenneth WATKINS
Professor
The University of Liverpool, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Get In Touch
Address
+40 772 319 821
contact@lacona-conferences.org