[Call for Papers] Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage 2023

The deadline for session proposals is 30 November. The next conference will be South Korea in November 2023.

We warmly invite academics and other relevant professionals to submit session proposals. Researchers are invited to submit a 300-word abstract and session title before November 15th 2022 November 30, 2022 (call extended!), together with the name of the session organizer, affiliation and email address. All session abstracts (and subsequent paper and poster abstracts) should be submitted here for consideration. Please direct queries to the APCONF 2023 Panel and Abstracts Coordinators, Elena Perez Alvaro and Carlota Perez Reverte. The conference theme is as follows:

“THE OCEAN DECADE CHALLENGES AND THE MARITIME CULTURAL HERITAGE OF ASIA-PACIFIC”
The conference theme mirrors worldwide efforts to discuss current environmental challenges, in the hope that a look into the past may open a window for the future. To do this, the APConf 5 will have as its main theme the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030), a framework to deliver solutions orientated to support a well-functioning ocean. We share previous voices pointing to underwater cultural heritage as an essential asset to reach the 7 Ocean Decade Outcomes for the Ocean We Want: a clean ocean, a healthy and resilient ocean, a productive ocean, a predicted ocean, a safe ocean, an accessible ocean and an inspiring and engaging ocean.

The Asia-Pacific Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage (APConf) aims to address management and protection strategies of underwater cultural heritage in Asia and the countries of the Indian and Pacific Oceans in the 21st Century, facilitate regional cooperation through the development of academic, non-governmental organisations (NGO) and governmental networks in the Asia-Pacific region, and provide a forum for discussion of new research, as well as technical and ethical issues related to underwater cultural heritage, maritime and underwater archaeology. A wide range of people involved with underwater cultural heritage are encouraged to participate, including those from universities, government agencies, museums, NGOs, IGOs, the private sector and the community. Keywords of the conference:

Source: 2023 Call for Papers | Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Underwater Cultural Heritage 2017