Chair: Alissandra Cummins, Barbados Museum and Historical Society (BMHS) and Chair, Barbados National Commission for UNESCO
Discussant: TBA
Discussant: TBA
Workshop Facilitators: Morris (Marty) Hilton III, Director, Historic Preservation Program, College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of Florida
Lisa Craig, The Craig Group, Partners in Preservation, Planning and Policy (USA)
Kara Roopsingh, Senior Heritage Preservation Officer, National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago
By 2100, sea levels in the Caribbean are projected to rise from a few inches to many feet. Heritage sites, cultural resources, and historic coastal communities across the region will be threatened or lost. Keeping History Above Water: Caribbean is a one-day workshop that will engage heritage specialists to examine the threat of short-term flooding due to storm surge and long-term inundation caused by rising seas. The workshop will focus on adaptation strategies, mitigation, and other measures for significant sites, historic buildings, and cultural urban landscapes. This will be the fifth iteration of Keeping History Above Water and is organized by the University of Florida Historic Preservation Program in collaboration with the Newport Restoration Foundation.
The University of Florida and Newport Restoration Foundation is carrying out a survey about the impacts of increased flooding and sea level rise on heritage sites in the Caribbean region https://ufl.qualtrics.
with any questions or comments.
You may also wish to visit this site: http://historyabovewater.org/2020-caribbean/
Register Now for this Workshop. Capacity: 60 persons. Space is Limited.
Workshop Facilitators: Emile Leumas, ICA Expert Group on Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness
Halcyon Wiltshire-Busby, Assistant Archivist, West India Federal Archives (WIFAC)/ The UWI, Cave Hill Campus
The workshop will also include a session based on the ICCROM’s programme “First Aid to Cultural Heritage in Times of Crisis”. Participants will be given some tools to build resilience through engagement of all related stakeholders including the community, heritage professionals, first responders, civil society and Government agencies.
This session will be available by Zoom Meeting for remote registrants. 
Register Now for this Workshop. Capacity: 20 persons. Space is Limited
Workshop Facilitator: Angela Labrador, Coherit Associates
Ready to learn how to take your heritage inventory online? This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the benefits of digitizing their heritage inventories using Arches, the open source data management platform developed by the Getty Conservation Institute and World Monuments Fund. Learn how to use Arches’ GIS tools to quickly and accurately map your heritage assets. Discover how the software extends your inventory from a management tool to a platform for public education and interpretation. Explore how its new mobile app offers exciting possibilities for documenting condition assessments in the field and engaging citizens in local stewardship of heritage sites. Participants must bring their own laptop (please have the Google Chrome web browser installed).
This session will be available by Zoom Meeting for remote registrants.
Register Now for this Workshop. Capacity: 20 persons. Space is limited.
Chair: Kaye Hall, Barbados Museum and Historical Society
Chair: Alessandro Sardella, ISAC-CNR
Chair: Sharon Alexander-Gooding, The UWI, Cave Hill Campus
This session will be available by Zoom Meeting for remote registrants.