John Havermans (TNO Delft, NL) and Mieke Adriaens (Univ. of Ghent, BE):

Introduction of the COST Action D42 by the Action Chair: COST D42 - ENVIART: A European network dedicated to the interactions between indoor environment & cultural artefacts

Manfred Schreiner (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, AT):

Glass of the past: Deterioration and degradation of glass artifacts by atmospheric contamination

Peter Brimblecombe (University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK):

Air chemistry and exchange with rooms and cases in a changing climate

Erwin Rosenberg (TU Vienna, AT):

An introduction and discussion of instrumental techniques and strategies for the monitoring / analysis of indoor air pollutants in museums, galleries and archives

Terje Grøntoft (Norwegian Institute for Air Quality (NILU), Kjeller, NO):

Simple devices for monitoring and assessment of indoor air quality for museums, archives and historic buildings

Practical work 1: Instrumental techniques for indoor air pollution

measurement: from the sampling to the result (E. Rosenberg and coworkers

in the chromatography laboratory at TU Vienna)

Practical work 2: Simple (direct-reading) techniques for indoor air pollution

measurement: useful tools for the fast and simple assessment of emissions

of materials used in the construction of showcases (M. Griesser and coworkers

in the scientific laboratory at KHM Wien)

Helene Tello (Ethnological Museum, National Museums Berlin, DE):

Biocide determination in ethnological collections: General strategies and analytical methods

Martina Griesser-Stermscheg (University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT):

Excluding air pollutants: Long term packaging of metal objects in the museum storage

Silvia Kalabis (University of Applied Arts Vienna, AT) and Hans Reschreiter

(Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, AT):

The adaptation of the historical showcases in the prehistoric collection of the NHM (Naturhistorisches

Museum Wien). (Introduction to the Site Visit)

Rene van Grieken (Univ. of Antwerp, BE):

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust: the fate of all things ? On indoor air pollution through particles.

István Kecskemeti (National Archives, Helsinki, FI):

Risk assessment theory for museums and archives; practices from the Condition Survey Project of the National Archives of Finland

Valentina Ljubic and Bettina Sánchez-Romero (Technisches Museum Wien, AT):

How to treat our biggest showcase

Anita Preisler (Arsenal Research, Vienna, AT):

Feasibility study- energy efficiency and room comfort optimization at Technisches Museum Wien

Klaus Pokorny (Technisches Museum Wien, AT):

Museum Lightning: Three case studies showing different approaches for different exhibitions (National Portrait Gallery London, Museum Liaunig Carinthia, Science Museum Vienna)

Marianne Odlyha and C.Theodorakopoulos (Birkbeck College, London, UK):

The monitoring of indoor environments and the impact of their corrosivity on complex organic materials

Dario Camuffo, CNR-ISAC (Padova, IT):

Wrapping all up: What do we know so far about interactions between artworks and their environment ?