Kick-off meeting of the project partners in Horn/AT, 9th -10th May 2012

The project partners met for a Kick-off Meeting in Horn/AT from 9th to 10th May 2012 in the premises of the European Research Centre for Book- and Paper Conservation-Restoration, also housing the Horner Werkstätten in the historical building of the “Kunsthaus Horn“, where the meeting commenced on May 9th with a guided tour through the house.

The next day, May 10th, was reserved for the introduction of the project partners and their roles in the project, discussion of the project activities, planning of the next steps, etc. finished off with some general information on administrative and financial issues.

After this succesful meeting the group enjoyed a well earned lunch at a local restaurant and afterwards had the chance to visit the church archive of Horn.

A big thanks to our hosts in Horn and all participating partners for this succesful and interesting first meeting!!

(from left to right:) Dr. Patricia Engel, European Research Centre for Book- and Paper Conservation-Restoration; Shirin Jacoby, Horner Werkstätten; DI Isabel Peißl, Umweltbundesamt; Prof. Dr. Piotr Oszczanowski, University Wrocław; Sonja Stankowski, Swidnica (translator); Prof. Dr. Zdenek R. Nespor, Charles-University Prague; Bozena Pytel, Swidnica; Dr. Stephan Aderhold, Swidnica/Berlin; Prof. Dr. Katja Sterflinger-Gleixner, BOKU Wien (Coordinator); Dr. Anna Ziemlewska, Polish Academy of Sciences, Vienna; Pastor Waldemar Pytel, Swidnica; Dr. Rene Eckhart, TU Graz; Caroline Maximoff, ICARUS; Dr. Elisabeth Fassold, Umweltbundesamt Wien.