Spring Conference

Wales and the World - The Contribution and Potential of World Heritage Sites in Wales

Friday 20 April – Sunday 22 April 2012

A great deal of money and effort has been invested in gaining World Heritage status for sites in Wales. This conference, arranged by Dr Sian Rees, will look at the three sites which have already been designated and will try to gauge the impact that this status has had and to identify the advantages, both social and economic, which may be expected to arise from it and the responsibilities which may accrue. The programme includes 12 lectures from major authorities and also a canal boat trip (with lunch) over the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Wales’ latest WHS. This trip is optional, but well worth the £13.50 extra!
Please book accommodation yourself with Bryn Howel Hotel, Trevor, Llangollen, Denbighshire, LL20 7UW. Tel: 01978 860331. Email: hotel@brynhowel.com quoting the Cambrian Archaeological Association Spring Conference. For the whole conference the costs are £289.90 for 2 persons sharing and £179.85 for a single room. For non-residents please note that there is a fee to the hotel, but include that with your registration fee to CAA. If Non-Residents want dinner on Friday or Saturday please discuss that with the hotel.

Friday, 20 April
4.00: Registration and Tea
5.00: Informal Walk along Pontcysyllte Towpath
6.30: Dinner
8.00: Evening Lecture : Susan Denyer (ICOMOS). World Heritage Sites: Sustaining Outstanding Universal Value throughout the world

Saturday, 21 April
9.15: Sian Rees. Introduction to World Heritage
9.30: Christopher Young (English Heritage). World Heritage: The UNESCO Convention and its Implementation
10.15: Peter Wakelin (RCAHMW). Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal: Engineering Masterpiece
11.00: Coffee
11.20: Judith Alfrey (Cadw). Pontcysyllte W H Site and its Buffer Zone: Assets for Regeneration
12.00: Peter Birch and Nigel Crowe (British Waterways). Pontcysyllte and the Management of a Working World Heritage Site
12.45: Embark on Canal Boats for trip along Canal and Aqueduct. (Optional)
Lunch on Board
Peter Birch and Nigel Crowe will speak about BW work on features of the canal
2.45 Return to the hotel
3.15: Stephen Hughes (RCAHMW). Blaenavon Industrial Landscape World Heritage Site
4.00: Gareth Phillips (Torfaen CBC). Blaenavon – The Protection of a Living Historic Landscape
4.30: Tea
4.50: Steven Rogers (Forgotten Landscapes Partnership; Torfaen CBC). Blaenavon – Working with the Community and Sustainable Outcomes
5.20: Discussion and Questions
6.30: Dinner
8.00: Evening Lecture : David Breeze. What World Heritage Sites can do for you: the experience of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire

Sunday 22 April
9.15: Jeremy Ashbee (English Heritage). The Castles of Edward I in Gwynedd. The First World Heritage Site in Wales.
10.00: Kathryn Roberts (Cadw). The Edwardian Castle World Heritage Site - A Suitable Case for Treatment?
10.45: Adrienne Goodenough (Cadw). The Edwardian Castles and their Potential for Learning
11.30: Coffee
12.00: David Gwyn (Independent Consultant). World Heritage in Wales and the Future
12.45: Sian Rees – Concluding Discussion: World Heritage: Worth the Effort?
13.15: Lunch and Conference Disperse.

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