8.00-8.45 

Registration

 

8.45-9.35 

Opening Ceremony

Welcome Remarks

Patrick Ho Chi-ping
Secretary of Home Affairs, Hong Kong SAR, China

  

Zhang Bai
Deputy Director General
State Administration of Cultural Heritage
   

Presentation of Souvenirs
   
Group Photo

9.35-10.25  

Keynote Speeches

 

Richard Engelhardt

UNESCO Regional Advisor for Culture in Asia and the Pacific

Speech          |         Powerpoint Presentation

 

David Lung Ping-yee                    

Head of the Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong

Chairman of the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust

Powerpoint Presentation

 

10.15-10.45 Coffee Break

 

Moderator of the Workshop:

Lyndel V. Prott

Adjunct Professor

Australian National University Canberra

Former Director

Cultural Heritage Division of UNESCO. 

 

Presentation of the New UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage

Chair: Guan Qiang
Deputy Director
Department of Protection of Monuments and Sites
State Administration of Cultural Heritage, China

 

10.45-11:15 

The Making of the Convention (notes)

Carsten Lund
Special Adviser on International Relations
Natural forest and Nature Agency, Denmark   

 

 11.15 – 11.45 

The Need for International Collaboration and Present Difficulties of Control

Keun-Gwan Lee
Professor of Law
Konkuk University, Republic of Korea

 

11.45 – 12.15 

The Convention and its Provision on Salvage and the Law of Finds 

Guido Carducci
Chief Program Officer
Chief, International Standards Section
Division of Cultural Heritage, UNESCO
     

12.15 – 13.45 Lunch

Roundtable: particular issues for the Asia-Pacific region

Chair:   Mark Staniforth
Head of Department
Department of Archaeology
Flinders University, Australia

 

13.45 – 13.55 

Introduction by the Moderator and the Chair
 

13.55 – 15.10 

Panelists’ Presentation and General Discussion

Richard Shing
National Archaeologist
Vanuatu Cultural Centre

 

Underwater Archaeology and Antiquarian Laws in India

Alok Tripathi,
Deputy Superintending Archaeologist
Archaeological Survey of India, Department of Culture, India

 

Underwater Archaeology – Malaysia Experience

Adi Bin Haji Taha
Director General
Department of Museums and Antiquities, Malaysia 

 

Erbprem Vatcharangkul
Director, Underwater Archaeology Division
Fine Arts Department of Thailand.

 

Underwater archaeological excavations in Viet Nam

Nguyen Dinh Chien 
Chief Curator
National Museum of Vietnamese History, Viet Nam
   

15.10  – 15.20 Summary of Points

 

15.20 – 15.40 Coffee Break

 

A New International Legal Framework

Chair:  Erbprem Vatcharangkul
Director, Underwater Archaeology Division
Fine Arts Department of Thailand

 

15.40 – 15.50 

Introduction by the Moderator and the Chair

 

15.50 – 16.20   

Protection and international collaboration: The Legal Framework of the Convention

Patrick O’Keefe 
Adjunct Professor, Australian National University, Canberra Formerly Chair, Cultural Heritage Law Committee International Law Association    

Paper    |        Powerpoint Presentation 
 

16.20 – 16.40 

Non-archaeological Activities Affecting the Underwater Cultural Heritage

Bill Jeffery 
James Cook University, Australia

Paper    |     Powerpoint Presentation

 

16.40 – 17.00 

The Convention Provisions on Illicit Traffic   

Etienne Clement
Director 
UNESCO Office, Phnom Penh

Paper    |    Powerpoint Presentation

 

17.00 – 17.20 

Education and Training – the PADI Programme

Henrik C. Nimb
Vice President for Training, Education and Memberships
PADI Asia Pacific

Paper    |    Powerpoint Presentation

 

17.20 – 17.45 

Question and Discussion 

 

 17.45 – 18.00 

Summary of Points

 

18.00 - 20.00 

Welcoming Reception 
(Sponsored by the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust, by invitation)