Yasmeen is affiliated with the Library of Congress.

Herant Khanjian is an assistant scientist in the Material Characterization Group of the GCI Science department. His research interests involve the detection and identification of organic media found in historical objects and architecture including paintings, photographs, sculptures and decorative art pieces. He has co-authored articles in a number of professional journals on topics ranging from characterization of natural organic media to the study of modern paints and plastics. In recent years, he has been involved in GCI’s project on advancing the characterization of Asian and European Lacquers.

After earning her graduate degree, Blanka held positions at a private Washington, DC-based firm, specializing in easel paintings and murals, and at the University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation, where she taught an undergraduate course in painting conservation and co-directed a UD study abroad program in Peru aimed to provide students with hands-on experience in the documentation and treatment of wall paintings. Blanka has contributed to many large-scale projects in the U.S. and internationally, including the treatment of murals in the U.S Capitol Building, decorative paintings in the Mission San Miguel, CA, and Andean Baroque wall paintings in southern Peru. She served a key role in project planning and management of the Watts Towers Conservation Project, and worked with conservation scientists and engineers in developing materials testing, treatment, and monitoring protocols, research which culminated in presentations at the 41st and 42nd AIC Annual Meetings and a paper in the AIC Objects Specialty Group Post prints.

Melissa King is a Senior Conservation Liaison at Conserv. She graduated in 2020 from the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation where she specialized in preventive conservation. She has had fellowships at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History and the Museum Conservation Institute, English Heritage, and the Brooklyn Museum. She has a special interest in data science and how it applies to the field of cultural heritage preservation and research, which is what led her and colleagues to form the international community, ConCode.

Joachim is Author for Minimally invasive, on-site sampling by portable laser ablation.

Birte has been trained as a conservator for wood & furniture in Germany in the 1990s. Since 1999, she has worked as a conservator as well as team leader, supervisor and trainer in private practice and different museum settings. Since 2012, Birte works as an objects conservator and Head of Objects Conservation at the Heritage Conservation Centre in Singapore.

Stefan is Author for Minimally invasive, on-site sampling by portable laser ablation.

Jasmijn Krol MA, MSc is a Dutch Trainee Conservator at the University of Amsterdam. After obtaining a Master’s degree in fine arts, she worked as an independent visual artist for many years until she decided to enrich her career in 2018. She obtained her Master's degree Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage in 2020, specializing in historic interiors. She is currently completing the last phase of the two years Advanced Professional Program in conservation and restorations at the University of Amsterdam. During her Master's degree and during the Advanced Professional Program she has been working on a wide variety of historic interiors, from early 16th century to the end of 20th century. She has been focussing on wall paintings and is particularly interested in retouching techniques.

Jen-Jung Ku has served as the paper conservator at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum since 2019. She previously worked as a paper conservator at the National Museum of Taiwan Literature in Tainan. She received a MA in paper conservation from the Tainan National University of the Arts Tainan National University of the Arts (2010). She undertook advanced internships and additional training at the George Eastman Museum and Library and Archives Canada (LAC).

Amreet is the co-author of Application of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for micro-sampling-based elemental analysis of cultural heritage objects.

Bertrand Lavedrine is a conservation scientist involved in photographs preservation at the Centre de Recherche sur la Conservation in Paris, France.

Michael is affiliated with the Northeast Document Conservation Center.

Yong is the author of the Revelation of three kinds of traditional Chinese gilding technique applied on wooden relics of Qing Dynasty collected in the Forbidden City.

MaryJo Lelyveld is the Coordinating Conservator at the National Gallery of Victoria where she oversees the department’s exhibition and preventive conservation programs. She serves as chair of the AICCM Sustainable Collections Committee and is committed to collection risk assessment and preservation planning within a sustainable futures framework.

Saori Lewis is an Associate Conservator of Photography at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. She was introduced to art conservation at Heugh-Edmondson Conservation Services, LLC., where she received pre-program training. She earned a master’s degree in Art Conservation with emphasis on photographs conservation from SUNY Buffalo State College. During graduate training, she completed an internship at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.

Jingyuan is the author of the Revelation of three kinds of traditional Chinese gilding technique applied on wooden relics of Qing Dynasty collected in the Forbidden City.

Alex B. Lim specializes in the conservation of architecture and archaeological sites and is based in Arizona. Since 2012, he has worked on conserving earthen buildings and their remains in the border region of the U.S.-Mexico, focusing on Hispanic and Native American heritage on both sides of the border. He is particularly engaged with Tohono O'odhams, Pascua Yaquis and Seris, who also call the Sonoran Desert their home. Prior to Arizona, he has worked on archeological sites of the arid climate in the U.S. Southwest and in the Mediterranean/Middle East. They include Mesa Verde National Park, El Morro National Monument in the U.S. as well as sites in Gordion, Turkey; Oglanqala, Azerbaijan; and Megalopolis, Greece. As a conservator, he is educated and has experience in environmental monitoring, site recording, conditions assessment, and intervention. Through close working relationships with indigenous people at respective sites, he has insights into and appreciation for sustainable conservation practice that is particularly needed in times of Climate Change and in traditional societies experiencing societal and cultural pressure for adaptation. In 2009, he won Anthony Nichola Brady Garvan outstanding thesis award for his study on the use of soil and vegetation to protect the exposed masonry wall tops at archaeological sites. Called soft vegetative caps, his study highlighted a sustainable alternative to crack-prone cementitious hard caps. His method, developed during his time at the Center for Architectural Conservation at the University of Pennsylvania, was applied at the archaeological site of Gordion, Turkey with help from the community. He regularly initiates public outreach and student mentorship through hands-on workshops, tours, and internship programs to advocate for heritage stewardship. He speaks fluent Korean and conversational Turkish and Spanish. He holds MS in historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania and BA in natural sciences from the Johns Hopkins University.

Jingyuan is the author of A Proven Case of Repainted Ming Dynasty Chinese Ancestor Portrait Painting.

Jeremy Linden has been the Principal/Owner of Linden Preservation Services, Inc., since 2017. He is an active educator and consultant with more than two decades of experience in cultural heritage, the last ten years of which have been focused on enhancing preservation environments and sustainability. He has taught and consulted for institutions around the world, has been a pioneering researcher on methods and strategies to reduce energy consumption in preservation settings, and is an active participant on national and international standards committees. His passion is helping institutions preserve their collections in the safest and most economical and environmentally responsible way possible, finding solutions appropriate to individual buildings in diverse climates and geographic regions. Formerly a certified archivist and HVAC professional, Jeremy earned an MLS in Information Studies and an MA in History from the University of Maryland, and a BA in History from Vassar College.

Andrea Lipps is Associate Curator of Contemporary Design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum where she conceives, develops, and organizes major award-winning exhibitions and books, most recently Nature—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial (2019) and The Senses: Design Beyond Vision (2018). Lipps is an accomplished writer and editor on contemporary design, regularly publishing books, essays, scholarly articles, and more. Additionally, she leads the museum’s efforts to build its nascent Digital Design collection. Andrea’s work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, Vogue, WWD, Architectural Digest, W, Financial Times, and much more. She is a regular visiting critic, lecturer, and thesis advisor, participates on international design juries, and frequently moderates and speaks at events, symposia, and academic conferences on contemporary design and curatorial practice.

Zhenghong is the author of the Revelation of three kinds of traditional Chinese gilding technique applied on wooden relics of Qing Dynasty collected in the Forbidden City.

Pablo is the co-author of Pushing the Limits – The Portable Laser Ablation Micro-Sampling Technique and its Application in Cultural Heritage.

Gillian Love, P.E. (MD, VA, DC) is Senior Project Manager at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH), a national engineering firm that designs, investigates, and rehabilitates structures, building enclosures, and materials.

Michał Lukomski is Head of Preventive Conservation Research at The Getty Conservation Institute. His current area of research focuses on the mechanical characterisation of historic materials, as well as non-destructive monitoring of damage development in art objects.