The scientific colloquium will bring together reputed international scholars, representatives from archaeological services and concerned enterprises for a high-level scientific exchange on the imminent factors impacting underwater cultural heritage. They will explore ways of developing positive collaboration in the mitigation of activities adversely affecting this heritage.
The topics of the sessions will be underwater cultural heritage and
- commercial exploitation, commercial archaeological interventions and international cooperation,
- trawling and fishing,
- construction works,
- seabed development, resource extraction and renewable energy development,
- environmental impact, climate change and ocean pollution,
- tourism,
- development led archaeology.
The colloquium will be immediately followed by a regional meeting for Europe in the same venue on 15 December 2011.
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