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Information for the diary should be sent as soon as it is available directly to the Editor of I A News; Dr Peter Stanier, 49 Breach Lane, Shaftesbury, Dorset SP7 8LF, or by e-mail to aianewsletter@yahoo co uk . All telephone numbers, unless indicated by an overseas code, are UK.

5-10 AUGUST 2008
ICOHTEC SYMPOSIUM
at Vancouver, Canada, a symposium celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Committee for the History of Technology. For details, contact Angus Buchanan, e-mail: hssraab@bath.ac.uk

22 AUGUST 2008
MODERN MILITARY MATTERS
at Lackham College, Chippenham. Day seminar preceding the AIA Conference. See these pages for full information.

22-28 AUGUST 2008
AIA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
at Lackham College, Chippenham. The full annual conference of lectures and visits as well as the AIA AGM and awards presentations. Residential or non-residential. See these pages for the full programme and booking forms.

31 AUGUST 2008
KELLY MINE OPEN DAY
at Lustleigh, Devon, iron mine restored in working order. Contact Nick Walter, Tel: 01626 853127, or details on website www.kellymine.freeserve.co.uk

1-4 SEPTEMBER 2008
TICCIH 2008: 1ST CHINESE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
at Chengdu City, The International Committee for the Conservation of the Industrial Heritage’s first conference in China. Chengdu is the capital of Sichuan Province, within which there are five World Heritage Sites: the Huanglong Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992), Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic and Historic Interest Area (1992), Mount Emei Scenic Area, including Leshan Giant Buddha Scenic Area (1996), Mount Qingcheng and the Dujiangyan Irrigation System (2000), Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (2006). Among which, the Dujiangyan Irrigation System is the ancient irrigation engineering, listed as the first Industrial Heritage in China, and located at the suburb of Chengdu City. Besides the World Heritage Sites, in and around Chengdu City there are some typical industrial heritage museums and sites such as the Museum of Industrial Civilization, Museum of Printing, Museum of Traditional Paper Making, Museum of Shu Brocade, Museum of Jinsha Site etc. The city also has operating industrial heritage, such as local mini train, still running since 1930s up to now. The Conference will not only show the participants the industrial heritage sites within and around Chengdu, but also open the exhibition hall to reveal the exhibits about industrial heritages in other cities over P.R.China. Conference participants are asked to register their interest in attending the Chengdu conference by 1 March 2008. Final registration must be paid by 1 August, 2008. For further information see website: www.mnactec.com/TICCIH/

29 SEPTEMBER - 4 OCTOBER 2008 - CALL FOR PAPERS
THE SPIRIT OF PLACE BETWEEN THE INTANGIBLE AND THE TANGIBLE
We are pleased to announce that the Call for Papers for the 16th ICOMOS General Assembly and International Scientific Symposium which will be held in Quebec, Canada , from 29 September 29 to 4 October 2008, is now available on the General Assembly Web site at http://quebec2008.icomos.org

4 OCTOBER 2008
MILESTONE SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
at Coventry Transport Museum in Millennium Place, the Annual Conference & AGM. The museum ‘pays tribute to the birthplace of the British cycle, motorcycle and motor car’ and also houses three fine examples of Coventry city boundary markers. Enquiries to John Atkinson via Terry Keegan, email: terry-keegan@supanet.com or Tel: 01299 832358

18 OCTOBER 2008
EMIAC 76 WELLINGBOROUGH - AN INDUSTRIOUS MARKET TOWN
at Wellingborough School, Northants, hosted by Northamptonshire Industrial Archaeology Group with Northants Association for Local History and Wellingborough Archaeological and Historical Society. For details and a booking form send SAE to: Mrs J Waterfield, 6 Baker's Lane, Norton, Daventry NN11 2EL

18 OCTOBER 2008
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR BULL!!
at Kew Bridge Steam Museum, a seminar on the newly restored 1859 Bull engine, with talks on Edward Bull, the engine, why it was selected for the Kew Bridge works of the Grand Junction Waterworks Company, the restoration of the engine, and the problems and the solutions. For details, contact Kew bridge Steam Museum, Green Dragon Lane, Brentford, TW8 0EN, Tel: 020 8568 4757.

19-20 NOVEMBER 2008
ON THE WATERFRONT CONFERENCE
at Liverpool, the European Capital of Culture 2008, a major international English Heritage conference to explore the future of port cities, from Shanghai to Mumbai. There is a full programme of workshops and Liverpool city walks. To book a place visit www.english-heritage.org.uk/onthewaterfront.

25 APRIL 2009
SERIAC
at the Guildhall, Winchester, the South East Region IA Conference on the theme of IA in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with a post-conference visit to Twyford Waterworks. Hosted by Hampshire IA Society. Advance notice.

3 - 7 JUNE 2009
Fe09: COALBROOKDALE 300 - FOOTPRINTS OF INDUSTRY
at Ironbridge. A celebration of 300 years of coke smelting of iron and 50 years since the restoration of the old furnace at Coalbrookdale. Hosted by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, with the Association for Industrial Archaeology, Historical Metallurgy Society, Society for Post-Medieval Archaeology and the Newcomen Society. Three days of paper sessions and keynote addresses by Michael Darby, David Crossley, Marilyn Palmer and Sir Neil Cossons will be followed by a choice of visits to sites in Ironbridge and the West Midlands. More details to follow.

3O AUGUST - 5 SEPTEMBER 2009
TICCIH 14th Congress : INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE, ECOLOGY AND ECONOMY
in Freiberg, Germany. Advance notice only. See here for the Call for Papers (931 kb pdf file).

5-8 NOVEMBER 2009
ARCHAEOLOGY OF BRIDGES
at Regensburg, Germany, this international congress aims to provide a discussion forum for the identification of locations, development and construction principles of bridges in different regions and countries, from prehistory to the beginning of the nineteenth century, based on archaeological and historical research. The formal Call for Papers will be published in October 2008. Papers and posters can be submitted as from now. For further information send an e-mail to bridges2009@t-online.de