Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation Inc. (ETFFI) will hold an international symposium from February 27 to March 2 at the President Osmeñ a Theater in Ayuntamiento, Intramuros, Manila.
This event will bring in renowned experts in the heritage field from Asia and Spain to share their expertise and technical skills in the preventive maintenance of heritage structures in order to reduce their vulnerabilities from natural disasters, particularly, the potential risks of seismic movements in the West Valley Fault.
Among those set to speak in the symposium are Rojit Jigyasu of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property, Sisira Kumara of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center, Dr. Alex Yen of the Center for Cultural Sites Rehabilitation and Development, China University of Technology, Juan Ramon Jimenez Verdejo of the University of Shiga Prefecture in Japan, and Joaquin Garcia Alvarez of Fundacion Santa Maria la Real del Patromonio Historico in Spain.
The conference is jointly organized by ETFFI and the University of the Philippines College of Architecture in collaboration with the Manila Observatory and the Archdiocese of Manila, and is funded by the HISPANEX Program of the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports.
More information to follow soon. Interested parties who want to join the symposium may contact Escuela Taller de Filipinas Foundation.