Welcome to the Website of the Organizing Committee for the XIV International TICCIH Congress in Freiberg/ Germany in 2009.

The congress theme “Industrial Heritage, Ecology and Economy” is aiming at these close connections between environmental, economical, technical, social and historical questions of industrial heritage in our modern world. It should be a forum of presentation and discussion of these problems and of realized, actual and planned projects and concepts for the solution of this problems.

Therefore it will not only focus on the traditional participants of the TICCIH conferences. The congress, its planned sessions and workshops should be open for participants from all scientific and administrative fields and institutions which are dealing with ecological, economical and heritage problems of industrial monuments and industrial landscapes.

Questions and dimensions of the main congress topic

The Programme Committee of the congress invites all interested colleagues to offer papers, posters or special sessions and workshops for the TICCIH congress 2009 especially for the following questions and dimensions of the main congress topic “Industrial Heritage, Ecology and Economy”:

• Industrial monuments and the cleaning up of old industrial sites
• Industrial Heritage, environmental protection and the preservation of nature
• Heritage concepts for the cleaning up and the re-use of industrial areas and industrial landscapes
• Economical concepts for the preservation and re-use of industrial monuments, industrial areas and industrial landscapes
• Regeneration through heritage: Reviving and maintaining the social fabric of urban and rural communities
• Industrial monuments and relicts of industrial culture as elements of cultural landscapes

Congress excursions and social events

In addition to the scientific conference programme two congress-excursions as well as a programme of five pre- and post-congress tours will be offered. Also several social events will take place during the congress.

Together with the scientific part of the congress we hope to offer all of you an attractive programme and with this a good reason to join the XIV International TICCIH Congress 2009 in Freiberg/ Germany. On behalf of the TICCIH 2009 Organizing Committee we are looking forward to welcoming you in Germany.