Keynotes are grouped into the following three categories:


CIPA 2017 Symposia Keynotes:


NSERC CREATE Heritage Engineering Program Keynotes:

  • Alonzo C. Addison – International leader in digital innovation for heritage, engineering and the arts
  • Koen Van Balen – Holder of the Unesco chair on preventive conservation, maintenance and monitoring of monuments and sites (PRECOMOS)

SSHRC New Paradigm / New Tools Keynotes:

  • Gustavo Araoz – President of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS)
  • Zaki Aslan – Regional representative of ICCROM for the Arab States and founding director of the Sharjah-based ICCROM-ATHAR Regional Conservation Centre, UAE