APTNE Calling for Abstracts for Student Presentations and Posters

APT Northeast (APTNE) is calling for abstracts for student presentations and posters for the APT Northeast Annual Meeting and Symposium to be held on Saturday, 24 March 2007 in Providence, RI. APTNE is the regional northeast regional chapter of Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI).

Absracts should be based upon original research or a project (s) worked on by a student (or group of students) Papers or posters are encouraged to relate to one or more of the following topics: Historic Preservation, Documentation and Conservation of Building Technology, Engineering, History of Building Technology, Monitoring and Evaluation Techniques, Landscape Preservation, Architectural History, and Planning. APTNE will select a minimum number of student abstracts for presentations and posters based on the total number of abstracts submitted.

Both student papers and posters selected for the symposium will be considered for an APTNE student scholarship to attend the 2007 APTI International Conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico on 3 - 7 November 2007. The APTNE Board of directors will select student recipients for one scholarship in the amount of $1,500 for a selected presentation and one scholarship in the amount of $500 for a selected student poster. If the poster is produced by a group, the scholarship is to be awarded to the group.

Abstracts for both the papers and posters should be a maximum of 250 words in length, include the student’s name, additional person(s), academic affiliation(s), email address and contact information. Abstracts should be sent via email to mjablonski[AT]jablonskiberkowitz[DOT]com. All abstracts for presentations and posters are due Friday, 23 February 2007 by 4:00 PM. Any questions or inquiries should be referred to Mary Jablonski.