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  Conference Programme:
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  Wednesday, July 2nd
 
15:00 – 21:00
  Registration (University Hotel, Szosa Chełmińska 83a)
 
19:00 – 21:00
  Get together party

  Thursday, July 3rd
        
9:00 –   9:30
      Opening



Session 1, Chair:David Saunders (London, UK)
 
9:30 – 10:00
  Maciej Wojtkowski: OCT - state of the art and its future development - abstract
 
10:00 – 10:30
  Haida Liang: Towards functional application of OCT to art historical studies and conservation - abstract
 
10:30 – 11:00
  Coffee break



Session 2, Chair: Raffaella Fontana (Firenze, Italy)
 
11:00 – 11:30
  Gaël Latour: Imaging and spectral information with time-domain OCT - abstract, presentation
 
11:30 – 11:50
  Sam Lawman et al.: Simultaneous monitoring of drying varnish with NMR and OCT - abstract

11:50 – 12:10
Magdalena Iwanicka et al.: Optical coherence tomography for examination of stratigraphy of easel paintings - abstract, presentation

12:10 – 12:30
Ludmiła Tymińska-Widmer et al.: Examination of inscriptions on easel paintings with OCT - abstract, presentation
 
12:30 – 15:00
  Lunch break



Session 3, Chair: Mady Elias (Paris, France)
 
15:00 – 15:30

  Iwona Gorczynska: Imaging of gold renaissance punchwork using three - dimensional optical coherence tomography - abstract
 
15:30 – 16:00

  Gerd Gülker: Low Coherence Speckle Interferometry (LCSI) – a tool for depth resolved deformation measurements - abstract
 
16:00 – 19:00
  Hands-on session with OCT instrument (Institute of Physics, Grudziadzka 5)

  Friday, July 4th



Session 4, Chair: Haida Liang (Nottingham, UK)
 
9:00 –   9:30
  David Stifter: Polarisation-sensitive optical coherence tomography: principles and applications outside the biomedical field - abstract, presentation
 
9:30 – 10:00
  David Saunders: OCT in the context of other techniques for examining and analysing works of art - abstractpresentation
 
10:00 – 10:30

  Michalina Góra: Application of optical coherence tomography to monitoring of laser ablation of varnish - abstract, presentation
 
10:30 – 11:00
  Coffee break



Session 5, Chair: Vivi Tornari (IESL/FORTH, Greece)
 
11:00 – 11:30

  Mady Elias: Non-destructive and portable methods to identify the components of works of art and the artistic techniques - abstract, presentation
 
11:30 – 11:50
  Paweł Karaszkiewicz et al.: Characterization of glass corrosion processes by optical coherence - abstract

11:50 – 12:10

Marcin Strąkowski et al.: Polarization Sensitive OCT for scattering materials examination - abstract

12:10 – 12:30

Patrick Ravines et al.: Optical and Surface Metrology Applied to the Study of Photographic Surfaces - abstract, presentation
 
12:30 – 15:00
  Lunch break



Session 6, Chair: Gerd Gülker (Oldenburg, Germany)
 
15:00 – 15:30
  Luca Pezzati: Near-infrared confocal laser scanning microscope for the analysis of paintings - abstract
 
15:30 – 16:00
  W. (Bill) Wei: Surface roughness and the appearance of objects in cultural heritage - abstract, presentation
 
16:00 – 19:00
   
  Visit to the Department of Conservation of Paintings (Institute for the Study, Restoration and Conservation of Cultural Heritage, Gagrina 7)
 
20:00 – 23:00
  Conference dinner (restaurant Róże i Zen, ul. Podmurna 18, Toruń)

  Saturday, July 5th



Session 7, Chair: W. (Bill) Wei (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 
9:00 –   9:30
  Teresa Łękawa-Wysłouch: Tracking canvas deformation with OCT – method and possibilities - abstract
 
9:30 – 10:00

  Vivi Tornari: Sequential coherent interferometric recording: a key to monitor structural alterations in interventive restoration - abstract
 
10:00 – 10:20
  Michał Łukomski et al.: Electronic Speckle Pattern Interferometry (ESPI) in analysis of the climate-induced damage of painted wood surfaces - abstract
 
10:20 – 10:50
  Coffee brak
 
10:50 – 11:10
  Haida Liang et al.: Remote multispectral imaging of paintings and pigment identification - abstract
 
11:10 – 11:20
  Closing remarks
 
11:30 – 18:00
  Toruń as a conservation site - Guided tour by professional conservators