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**Events and News**

Upcoming Events

June 28 - July 4, 2009

Preservation Rendezvous 2009! Preservation Trades Network (PTN)

Frankfort, Kentucky

This summer an event in Frankfort, Kentucky, the State Capitol, will be outdoors with on-site camping, which will be very low cost and will have something for people of all ages. It will also be a joint event with the Timber Framers Guild. PTN and TFG members will have a chance to get to know one another while enjoying the festivities. The sponsors are the Kentucky Heritage Council, the Frankfort Tourism Commission and the City of Frankfort. To learn more, go to http://www.iptw.org/

July 13 - 31, 2009

2009 Preservation Studies Summer Field School: "Cities of the Dead: Above-Ground Cemetery Preservation, Conservation, Documentation, Methodology and History"

Lafayette Cemetery No. 1, New Orleans, Louisiana

The 2009 Preservation Studies Summer Field School will be offered by the Tulane School of Architecture Preservation Studies Program and the Preservation Trades Network in partnership with the 1772 Foundation, National Center for Preservation Training and Technology and Save Our Cemeteries. Students will have the opportunity to earn 5 credit hours while learning appropriate documentation, research and trades methods for repair and conservation at the historic Lafayette Cemetery No. 1. Scholarships may become available. Contact Rudy Christian for details. Registration closes June 19, 2009. For information visit the PTN website http://www.iptw.org/

July 17, 3 - 5 p.m.

Tour of Somerset Club, 42 Beacon Street, Boston

August 25 - 29, 2009

IPTW-ITES 2009: "Finding Common Ground"

International Preservation Trades Workshop and International Trades Education Symposium, Leadville, Colorado

The 13th annual International Preservation Trades Workshop will be held by the Preservation Trades Network in partnership with the Colorado Mountain College Historic Preservation Program. The 3rd International Trades Education Symposium will be held in conjunction with IPTW 2009. These combined events will take place in the spectacular natural setting of the Rocky Mountains and will provide a unique opportunity for tradespeople, educators, preservationists, students and others from the US and abroad to exchange experiences, learn skills and find common ground in the application of the skilled trades to conservation of the built environment. Workshops, "hands on" demonstrations of preservation techniques and symposium sessions will take place in historic Leadville, Colorado and at the Hayden Ranch, an intact example of a high country ranch and agricultural operation which operated from 1872-1947. For more information visit the PTN website: http://www.iptw.org/

Sept. 15, 2009

Deadline for proposing presentations for the Feb. 5, 2010 APTNE Annual Meeting: Energy Efficiency, Insulation and Historic Building Envelopes

For more information, click here. Questions, please contact: APTNE c/o Mary Jablonski, 40 West 27th Street, New York, NY 10001 mjablonski@jbconservation.com

March 20 - 21, 2010

Glass and Glazing in the 21st Century; Design and Preservation of Contemporary and Historic Architecture

Sponsored by Technology & Conservation, MIT Department of Architecture's Building Technology Program, and Boston Society of Architects' Historic Resources Committee

The conference will treat glass and glazing of the building envelope. It's not too soon to be thinking of poster presentations for this major conference. If you would like to propose a poster, please see this link for more information. The deadline is December 1, 2009. Special registration rate for previous attendees of T&C/MIT/BSA conference, valid until September 15th for this 2010 conference.

Click here for the conference schedule, a listing of conference speakers, and the registration form.

The conference, once again, will be held on the MIT campus. Continuing education credits will be available (16 units for the March 20-21 program; 5 additional units for the optional stained glass program on March 22). For those who require a hotel room, a block of rooms have been reserved at the Cambridge Marriott Hotel at the special rate of $139 (plus tax) per night - booking code is: tnctnca.

If you have any questions on the conference, please contact Susan E. Schur, Hon. AIA, FAPT, Conference Organizer/Chair, Tel: 617-623-4488; Fax: 617-623-2253; e-mail: ses_tec_con@msn.com