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The Association for Preservation Technology (APT), National Trust for Canada, the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (CAHP), and the Indigenous Heritage Circle will join forces in Montreal, Canada in 2024, to present a major international conference on heritage conservation entitled Building Bridges: Connecting Places, Cultures & Practices. The conference will seize upon Montreal’s exceptional blend of history, place, practice, and expertise for a truly inspiring event.

Thank you for a successful conference! 

 

Conference Website


For general conference information, program, schedule-at-a-glance, field sessions, workshops, and more, see the conference website. 

Conference website

  

Sponsorship 

                                                                                                                                                              

 

Thank you to all of our generous sponsors!

 

 Sponsorship Prospectus--en français
Sponsorship Prospectus--English

 

Abstract Submission Guidelines

                                                                                                                                               
 

In early 2024, professionals and students were invited to propose a presentation abstract per the General and APT Student Abstract Submission Guidelines, respectively. Abstracts addressed the overarching conference theme and fit into one of the five broadly defined tracks below.

CONFERENCE TRACKS

  • Track 1: From the Drawing Board to the Worksite: Techniques, Materials and Practitioners

  • Track 2: Historic Structures Meeting Contemporary Requirements

  • Track 3: Climate Imperative and Historic Buildings and Places

  • Track 4: Advancing Diversity, Inclusion, and Reconciliation 

  • Track 5: Removing Systemic Barriers to Heritage-Led Reuse

  
 
 Call for Abstracts (Deadline March 17, 2024)
 
                                                                                                   
                                                                

 

Education & Student Program Donors

  

Thank you to the generous individual and foundation supporters of APT's student education programs at the Montreal conference, including the Preservation Education Technical Committee's Student Design-Build Competition: 
 The Rast Dumsick Family  
 
Computers and Structures, Inc. Walter P. Moore & Associates, Inc.
John G. Cook & Associates, Ltd. Jablonski Building Conservation, Inc.
The Timber Framers Guild Atkinson-Noland & Associates, Inc.
Vertical Access LLC