International Symposium...
- Royal Pavilion Palace, Brighton, UK
- 7-8 July, 2005
- Attendance fee
- £160 Standard
- £140 EPOCH Members
- £90 Student
... focusing on socio-economic impact
"Cultural heritage... has considerable impact in many areas of economic and regional development, sustainable tourism, job creation, improving skills through technological innovation, environment, social identity, education and construction" - The London Declaration, 2004
Assessing the value of cultural heritage and determining its impact on society and the economy is increasingly coming to the forefront of policy decisions at all levels. Funds in the sector are invariably scarce, perpetually competing with other financing priorities. The costs of heritage are highly visible but the benefits are often invisible and difficult to capture. As a result, many cultural heritage managers have expressed a need for techniques and methodologies to help persuade policy makers and funding bodies of the value and contribution the sector makes to society and the economy.
Organised by the European Commission's EPOCH network and the University of Brighton, Heritage Impact 2005 is an opportunity for practitioners, policy makers and academics to share the latest thinking on research direction and strategies for improving and evaluating impact in the cultural heritage sector. The Symposium and the comprehensive documentation provided will review the techniques used to analyse impact and value at cultural heritage sites. Examples and case studies will be considered, including practical examples of how heritage can be used to increase positive impact. Methodologies used to assess impact at heritage sites will be reviewed, and the role that information technology can play in the impact of cultural heritage sites will be considered. The Symposium also aims to have firmly practical outcomes that will support practitioners in the cultural heritage sector.
It is hoped that the multi-disciplinary approaches considered in the Symposium will stimulate discussion and produce interesting exchanges of learning and hopefully a mutual appreciation of the contribution made by different disciplines to the development of the cultural heritage sector.
