31 August: World Heritage Inscription Ceremony for the
Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen, Germany.

2 to 4 September: "The Politics of World Heritage",
International Institute for Culture Tourism and Development
(IICTD) 2 to 11 September: Johannesburg 2002: World Summit
on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg (South Africa)
(Rio + 10). Information: http://www.johannesburgsummit.org

11 to 13 September: "Heritage, New Technologies, and Local
Development". (Ename Center for Public Archaeology,
Province of East-Flanders). In Ghent, Belgium. Information:
http://www.enamecenter.org/pages/events_cf.html

16 to 21 September: The Seventh International DOCOMOMO
Conference: "Image, Use and Heritage - The Reception of
Architecture of the Modern Movement". In Paris.

Information:

http://www.bk.tudelft.nl/docomomo/conf7.htm

20 September: « Patrimoine Mondial - Patrimoine
industriels. » Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans / France. A
l'occasion des 20 ans de son inscription sur la Liste du
patrimoine mondial, et des 30 ans de la Charte de l'UNESCO,
l'Institut Claude Nicolas Ledoux propose des rencontres qui
auront lieu le 20 septembre 2002 sur le thème :
« Patrimoine mondial - Patrimoines industriels ».
Information: Tél. +33/03 81 54 45 00, Fax +33/03 81 57 45
01, E-mail: saline.royale@...

23 to 26 September: The 7th International Symposium of the
Organization of World Heritage Cities. Rhodes, Greece.
Information: http://ovpm.org/rhodes/accueil.asp?l=

29 September to 2 October: "Fire between Air and Water,
Volcanic Islands in Science and Myth, Preservation and
Valorization." International conference to celebrate the
30th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, Lipari
Castle, Aeolian Islands, Italy. (Italian National
Commission for UNESCO). Information:
cecilia.preziuso@...

15 to 17 October: 30th Anniversary Virtual Congress: World
Heritage in the Digital Age. Technology and New Media for
Documentation, Preservation, Management, Sustainable
Tourism and Education. ALEXANDRIA (EGYPT), BEIJING (CHINA),
DAKAR (SENEGAL), MEXICO CITY (MEXICO), PARIS). Information:
http://www.virtualworldheritage.org/

29 October to 1 November: Bishkek Global Mountain Summit,
Biskhek (Kyrgzstan). Organized by the Government of
Kyrgyzstan in collaboration with various UN agencies
including UNESCO, FAO, UNEP, UNDP, UNU; and other
international organizations. Information:
t.schaaf@...

5 to 8 November: Space Applications for Heritage
Conservation, Virtual Heritage Congress in Strasbourg,
France. (EISRY, ISU, WHC). Call for Papers, deadline 31 May
2002.
Information: eurisy@..., http://www.eurisy.asso.fr/

14 to 16 November: World Heritage International Congress of
Experts. Italy. Preliminary workshops , 11 to 12 November,
venues to be announced. Information:

http://whc.unesco.org/venice2002/, j.sullivan@...

16 November: 30th Anniversary of the World Heritage
Convention

1 to 5 December: ICOMOS 13th General Assembly and
International Scientific Symposium, Madrid. "Strategies for
the world's cultural heritage - preservation in a
globalised world: principles, practices, perspectives"
Information:
http://www.international.icomos.org/madrid2002/

2003

17 to 22 March 2003: 6th Extraordinary Session of the World
Heritage Committee. UNESCO Headquarters, Paris.

30 June to 5 July 2003: 27th session of the World Heritage
Committee, Suzhou, China.