Youth in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage-YOCOCU
What is YOCOCU?
YOCOCU (YOuth in COnservation of CUltural heritage) was born in 2008 with the aim to realize a network among young professionals and researchers, working in different fields of Cultural Heritage. YOCOCU has soon become an extraordinary symbol of union where young students, researchers and professionals, all animated by common goals, meet to tell their own stories, to give their inputs to research and cultural growth in the different fields of Cultural Heritage: chemistry, physics, biology, restoration, archaeology, architecture. In YOCOCU young professionals, students and researchers are called to increase and strengthen their consciousness to be the main actors of the present and future society and the power for the development of new knowledge. This is the reason of YOCOCU: everyone works together for a collective interest and show this in a unique, free and open to all meeting. The past three editions (Rome 2008, Palermo 2010 and Antwerp 2012) have made YOCOCU a network for interdisciplinary and international collaborations. YOCOCU is a history made up of several chapters, each one with its own author and its specific topic.

YOCOCU Organization Institutions:

YOCOCU Symposium Committee

Jafar GIYASI | Architecture and Art Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Gafar JABIYEV | Archaeology and Ethnography Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Gulchohra MAMMADOVA | Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction
Rizvan BAYRAMOV | Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction
Aziza GASANOVA |Department of Archaeological Technology of Archaeology and Ethnography Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan
Telman KERIMLI | Incorporated Management under Construction Objects “Azerberpa” Scientific Research and Project Institute of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Azerbaijan
Gulshan HAJIYEVA |Laboratory of Restoration of National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
Mehmet RIHTIM |Qafqaz University Caucasus Research Institute, Azerbaijan
Recep KARADAG | Laboratory for Natural Dyes of Marmara University, Turkey
Ahmet AYTAJ| Turkish Handicraft Research and Application Center of Seljuk University, Turkey
Dinara ABBASOVA |Laboratory of Isotope Dating and Palaeoclimatology Researches of the Institute of Geology Sciences in Poland Academy of Sciences, Poland
Otabek ARIPJANOV | National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage, Daejeon, Korea

YOCOCU Scientific Committee

Fariz Khalilli| MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage (Azerbaijan)
Geoffrey Allen | Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol (UK)
Annemie Adriaens | Ghent University (Belgium)
Ernesto Borrelli | Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro (Italy)
Joost Caen | Artesis University College Antwerp (Belgium)
Angela Calia | CNR - Istituto per i Beni Archeologici e Monumentali (Italy)
Luigi Campanella | Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy)
Enrico Ciliberto | University of Catania (Italy)
Massimiliano David | University of Bologna (Italy)
Hilde De Clerq | Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage (KIKIRPA - Belgium)
Lorena Ferraro | Dirección National de Conservatión de Áreas Protegidas (Argentina)
Elisabetta Giorgi | Sapienza, University of Rome (Italy)
Koen Janssens | University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Jianjun Mei | Institute of Historical Metallurgy and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing (China)
Henry A. DePhilips Jr. | Vernon K. Krieble, Trinity College (USA)
Ioanna Kakoulli | UCLA/Getty Conservation Institute (USA)
Guadalupe Pinar | University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna (Austria)
Silvia Prati | Alma Heritage Science - University of Bologna (Italy)
Fernanda Prestileo | CNR - Istituto per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali (Italy)
Lilia Rivero Weber | National Coordination of Conservation of Cultural Heirtage (Mexico)
Antonio Salvatori | CNR - Istituto per le Tecnologie Applicate ai Beni Culturali (Italy)
Tara Sharma | NIRLAC New Delhi (India)
Patrick Storme | Artesis University College Antwerp (Belgium)
David Strivay | University of Liège, European Center of Archaeometry (Belgium)
Annemie Adriaens | Ghent University (Belgium)

YOCOCU Organizing Committee
Nicoletta Barbabietola | Italian Association of Conservation Scientists (Italy)
Simone Cagno | University of Antwerp (Belgium) – Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Antonella B. Chiarandà | Italian Association of Conservation Scientists (Italy)
Enrico Greco | University of Catania (Italy)
Andrea Macchia | Italian Association of Conservation Scientists (Italy)
Fernanda Prestileo | CNR - Istituto per la Conservazione e la Valorizzazione dei Beni Culturali (Italy)
Fariz Khalilli |MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan
Luigi Scrinzi| Representative of MIRAS Social Organization in Italy
Said Huseynov | Geology institute, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Radomir Ivanovic| Archaeologica, Macedonia
Arzu Hasanli | MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan
Rashad Ibrahimov| MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan
Shola Bayramova| MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan
Raksana Hasanova | Laboratory of Restoration of National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
Ugur Giyasi | Incorporated management under construction objects “Azerberpa” scientific research and project institute of Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Azerbaijan
Elnur Aliyev |Tbilisi State University, Georgia
Albina Rzayeva| MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan
Vugar Guliyev| MIRAS Social Organization in Support of Studying of Cultural Heritage, Azerbaijan

YOCOCU time: 28-30 May 2014

Proposed schedule:
Day 1: Talks, 1.5 h poster session, 2 coffee breaks, opening reception
Day 2: Morning talks, Afternoon visit to a heritage site, 1 coffee break
Day 3: Talks, 2 coffee breaks, poster and presentation prizes
Posters stay on all time, discussion always possible during coffee breaks

YOCOCU Location:

Agsu and Ismayilli Cities
- Opening ceremony at medieval Agsu town (with ethnographic view and cuisine)
- Sessions at Grand Hotel in Sharadil

A meeting bus will be available for the transfer Agsu.

YOCOCU fee
Since the actual trends in the divulgation of scientific results, the promotion of new cultural and multidisciplinary exchanges, and, above all, the participation of young people are strongly restricted for economic reasons, registration fee to YOCOCU 2014 will be limited to(Subsistence + Registration costs):

Registration completed with payment by 22 February 2014:
20 euro: undergraduate students
40 euro: MIRAS, IA-CS and Younger Chemists - Group of SCI Members, Participants to past YOCOCUs
50 euro: all others (non-Members and PhD students)

Registration completed with payment after 22 February 2014
40 euro: undergraduate students
65 euro: MIRAS, IA-CS and Younger Chemists - Group of SCI Members, Participants past YOCOCUs past
90 euro: all others (non-Members and PhD students)

The fee includes the following:
• Conference fee
• accommodation during the conference (offered by MIRAS)
• meals during the conference
• technical excursions
• social and cultural events
• transportation Baku – Agsu (bus/minivan)

Accommodation and meals will only be provided for participants who registered and paid a Visa and Administrative Fee of 30.00 euro by February 22, 2014.

Call for abstracts
We encourage work that introduces new ideas, methods and conceptualizations, research and understandings to the field, as well as analysis of both successes and failures. Please read the following guidelines carefully before submitting your abstract:
1) Abstracts can only be submitted online via the conference profile on our website; submissions by fax, post or email will not be considered.
2) All abstracts must be written in English.
It is the author's responsibility to submit a correct abstract. Any errors in spelling, grammar or scientific fact in the abstract text will be reproduced as typed by the author.

Click the following link if you would like to download a copy of the abstract submission instructions for reference

Topics: 1-Metal, 2-Stone. 3-Glass and Ceramics, 4-Pigments and Paintings, 5-Organic materials and Textiles 6-Cultural and Educational Experiences, 7-Archaeology and Integrated studies

Call for abstracts: 16 February 2014
Conference e-mail: info@yococu.com
Web-page: www. yococu.com

Author guidelines

Abstracts must describe in a succinct manner (max 1 page) the purposes and results of the research so that the quality, originality, and comprehensiveness of the work can be evaluated by the Conference Chairpersons. Each abstract should contain: (a) a title which should be indicative of the content of the abstract;(b) an introductory sentence indicating the purposes of the study; (c) a brief description of pertinent experimental procedures; (d) a summary of the new, unpublished data; and (d) a statement of the conclusions. Authors must accept sole responsibility for the statements in their abstracts.