APTCCARN7 — 2026 Program
7-9 December 2026 in Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh + 1 day option 10 December Lenggong. Across 5 sites at the National Art Gallery Malaysia, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia, PORT (People of Remarkable Talent), National Art Gallery Ipoh.
Each day will start at 9am.
Keynote presentations will be running through the 3 days, including:
Amerrudin Ahamad (Director General, National Art Gallery Malaysia)
Annissa Maulina Gultom (Director, National Museum of Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab, Emirates, Board Member, ICOM-INTERCOM)
Tarlen Handayani (Founder & Organizer The Collective Learning of Conservation, Indonesia)
Sutinee Girdthep (Associate Professor, Center of Excellence for Color, Coating & Material for Art Conservation, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University, Thailand)
Day 1, December 7, National Art Gallery Malaysia and IAMM, Kuala Lumpur
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Keynote: Amerrudin Ahamad (Director General, National Art Gallery Malaysia)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: For What Local Contexts? Frameworks
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Speaker: Pattayarach Thamwongsa (Assistant Director, Museum Knowledge Development Department, National Discovery Museum Instit), Burin Singtoaj (Curator, King Prajadhipok Museum), Chutinun Thongkham (Educator, Korat Museum)
Country: Thailand
Presentation: Applying RE-ORG in Southeast Asia: A Case Study of Museum Storage Improvement at a Local Museum in Thailand
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Speaker: JIA MIN TSU (Senior Operation Manager, The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: Preserving a Regional Archive: The Material and Environmental Challenges of The Cheng Hoon Teng Temple's Living Heritage Network
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Speaker: Nina Lawrence Duenas (Museum Researcher, National Museum of the Philippines) & TBC Ana Maria Theresa P. Labrador (Honorary Senior Fellow, Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation)
Country: Philippines
Presentation: Exhibition as legitimizing process: the case of the National Museum of the Philippines
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Speaker: Ellen Chase (Objects Conservator, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution) / Jenifer Bosworth (Exhibitions Conservator, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution)
Country: USA
Presentation: Working title: Assessment of NMAA projects and impact
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Speaker: Koon Hui Tan (Curator, National Art Gallery Malaysia)
Country: Malaysia.
Presentation: A-Z Hazardous in Malaysia Art
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Speaker: Victoria Pearce (Senior Conservator, Endangered Heritage)
Country: Australia
Presentation: Mould remediation using UVC
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Speaker: Yulius Wijaya (Independent Conservator & Cultural Heritage Researcher)
Country: Indonesia
Presentation: Smoke and Heritage: Ethno-Conservation of Composite Metallic and Wooden Artifacts in Javanese Traditions
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Speaker: Thi Minh Trung Nguyen (Researcher, Director of Library of Social Sciences, Institute of Social Sciences Information)
Country: Vietnam
Presentation: Polypropylene Enclosures for Document Preservation: A Sustainable and Accessible Alternative for Resource-Constrained Archives
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Speaker: Musrizal Mat Isa (Private Conservator)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: Case study of mural conservation in Malaysia: Findings and issues
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Speaker: Camilla Bianchi & Mohd Azizi Mohd Azhar (Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: Digital Innovation for Ethical Conservation
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Speaker: Yori Setiyawan (Emerging Paper Conservator, Institut Konservasi)
Country: Indonesia
Presentation: In Search for Colors: Hyperspectral Imaging for Pigment Identification of the Illuminated Javanese Qur a Manuscripts
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Speaker: Anupama Gaur (Head of Conservation, Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi)
Country: India
Presentation: Conserving Art in a Challenging Indian Climate: Case Studies from Chennai and New Delhi
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Speaker: Maricor Soriano (Professor, National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines)
Country: Philippines
Presentation: Reviving a Dye-ing Tradition
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Speaker: Passanun Chuangjaroen (Kam) (PhD Candidate, Center of Excellence for Color, Coating & Material for Art Conservation, Silpakorn University)
Country: Thailand
Presentation: Development of AMPS Hydrogel as a Rigid Gel for Surface Cleaning
Day 2, December 8, National Art Gallery Malaysia, transfer for Kuala Lumpur to IPOH, PORT (People of Remarkable Talent)
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Keynote: Annissa Maulina Gultom, Director, National of Ras Al Khaimah, Board Member, ICOM-INTERCOM
Country: Indonesia & United Arab Emirates
Presentation: Does a Common View of Cultural Conservation Exist?
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Speaker: Andrew Pearce (Senior Conservator, Endangered Heritage)
Country: Australia
Presentation: Large technology, industrial heritage
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Speaker: Nicole Shu Fun Chang (Lecturer & Researcher, Equator College, Penang, Malaysia)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: Resilience of Traditional Artisanship as Part of Living Material Conservation in the Tropics – Case Studies of Traditional Chinese Lantern-making & Orang Asli Pensol Crafting
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Speaker: Lin Huanshen (Associate Professor, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology Department of Cultural Heritage Conservation)
Country: Taiwan
Presentation: Conserving a Taiwanese Taoist Ritual Scroll from the Japanese Colonial Period
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Speaker: Celine de Courlon (Conservation Manager, Paintings and Objects, Art Gallery of New South Wales)
Country: Australia
Presentation: The outcomes and impact of the Fusion 2: Asia-Pacific, a Getty Conserving Canvas workshop
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Speaker: Juaini Jamaludin (Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Art and Design, Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Branch; PhD Candidate, Faculty of Creative Arts, Universiti Malaya)
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: From Newsprint to Network: Preserving Malaysian Political Cartoons as Documentary Heritage
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Speaker: Mohd Iqbal bin Hashim (Pensyarah, Malaysian Artists Intention Experiment (MAIX))
Country: Malaysia
Presentation: The Role of Public Creative and The Celebration of the Form & Soul of a Craft
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Speaker: Gracile Celine Roxas (Senior Museum Researcher, National Museum of the Philippines)
Country: Philippines
Presentation: Short-period Environmental Data Collection at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Manila: Context, Benefits and Limitations
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Speaker: Norman Verschueren (Head of the Paintings Conservation Laboratory, Science Conservation Centre for Art (SCICCA), Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University)
Country: Thailand
Presentation: From Family Memory to Conservation Decisions: Who Speaks for the Artist ? The Living Legacy of Pratuang Emjaroen’s Paintings
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Speaker: Geraldine McClelland (Independent Conservator and Collections Care Consultant)
Country: Singapore
Presentation: Navigating the Threshold
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Speaker: Margarita Villanueva (Assistant Director and Head of Conservation, Lopez Museum and Library)
Country: Philippines
Presentation: Decolonising access and climate management
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Speaker: TBC Georgia Miller (Collection Manager, Collection Care, Auckland Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira)
Country: New Zealand
Presentation: Keeping Pests Out, Bringing People In: Shared Care and Decision-Making in Preventive Conservation
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Speaker: Girikumar Sekharakurup (Conservator, Private Practice)
Country: India
Presentation: Climate control in tropical regions
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Speaker: Robyn Sloggett (Director, Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation, the University of Melbourne)
Country: Australia
Presentation: Can cultural conservation evolve to address the global challenges to cultural strength, continuity and preservation?
Day 3, December 9, IPOH: National Art Gallery Ipoh, transfer to IPOH to Kuala Lumpur
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Keynote 1: Tarlen Handayani (Founder & Organizer The Collective Learning Conservation)
Country: Indonesia
Presentation: The Collective Learning: Conservation and Care Networks
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Keynote 2: Sutinee Girdthep (Associate Professor, Center of Excellence for Color, Coating and Material for Art Conservation, Faculty of Science, Silpakorn University)
Country: Thailand
Presentation: Transforming conservation knowledge into innovative materials for art and cultural heritage conservation in Thailand
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Speaker: APTCCARN 7 Panel & Q&A Discussion
Country: New Zealand
Presentation: Amerrudin Ahamad (Director General, National Art Gallery Malaysia); Phyllis Koh, (Deputy Director/ Senior Conservator (Paper) Heritage Conservation Centre, Singapore); Aristotles Georgios Sakellariou, PhD, Head of Conservation, Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia; Nicole Tse (Associate Professor & Theme Lead, Engagement and Enterpise, Robert Cripps Institute for Cultural Conservation, University of Melbourne)
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Activity: IPOH Heritage Trail. Free half day with suggested tours.
Optional +1 Day, Lenggong, December 10
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Meet at the National Art Gallery of Contemporary Art, IPOH
Tour of the Lenggong UNESCO Global Geopark and a mini-Amazon cruise
IPOH - Kuala Lumpur, arrive in the evening.
Accommodation and Transfer information
Participants will need to book accommodation in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday 6 and Monday 7 December, IPOH on Tuesday 8 December, and will return to Kuala Lumpur on the evening of Wednesday 9 December. Drop of point KL Sentral Station.
Participants who will join Day 4, will also need to book accommodation in IPOH on Wednesday 9 December and will return to Kuala Lumpur on Thursday 10 December. Drop of point KL Sentral Station.
During APTCCARN7 from 7-9 December, all transfers between venues are organised by APTCCARN. Pick up and drop off points will be from the venues.
From Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA Terminal 1 and Terminal 2) to the city center at KL Sentral, take the KLIA Ekspres. It takes 28 minutes.
From KL Sentral, you can take a GRAB taxi or public transport LRT, MRT, Monorail. Download the ap prior to arrival.