Annual Meetings
Each year, the EAC holds an Annual Meeting for its members and interested colleagues, usually in March. The meeting consists of the General Assembly and a Symposium focussed on a specific archaeological heritage management topic. Information about previous EAC Annual Meetings (1999 onwards) can be found in the Resources section. The Proceedings of the Symposium are published by Archaeolingua and Internet Archaeology, and can be found in the Publications section.
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EAC Annual Meeting 2024
Brussels, Belgium
21-23 March 2024
Heritage Management Symposium
The 25th EAC Heritage Symposium was held on 21-22 March 2024. The theme was 'Urban Archaeology and the Cities of Tomorrow’. The symposium was followed by an excursion on 23 March 2024.
The event was hosted by Urban.Brussels and was organized within the framework of the Belgian presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first semester of 2024. The scientific coordinators were Dr Jeroen Bouwmeester (Senior Archaeologist, Cultural Heritage Agency, The Netherlands) and Dr Koen De Groote (Heritage Researcher in Archaeology, Flanders Heritage Agency, Belgium).
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Each year, the Symposium is open to all EAC members and interested colleagues. It is free of charge to attend but participants must register as numbers are limited.
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You can still download the Concept Note and Programme.
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General Assembly and Consilium
The EAC General Assembly and Consilium took place on Thursday 21 March (9:30am) 2024. Representatives from all EAC member organisations and invited observers joined us for the General Assembly, at which the EAC also celebrated its 25th anniversary.
Host and venue
Venue – Royal Library of Belgium [KBR]
The Royal Library of Belgium is the national scientific library. It collects all Belgian publications and preserves, manages and studies an extensive cultural and historical heritage. It provides the public with access to information and facilitates research.
The Library also offers a broad cultural experience, hosting exhibitions, concerts, tours and events. The KBR Museum is home to the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and contains masterpieces from Europe's medieval cultural past.
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Host – Urban.brussels
Urban.brussels is the Brussels Capital Region’s Administration for urban planning and heritage. It is responsible for managing renovation grants, implementing regional policy on urban planning, implementing regional policy on the conservation of moveable and immovable heritage and implementing regional policy on archaeological heritage. It also manages operational programmes such as the Neighbourhood Contracts / Sustainable Neighbourhoods and the Urban Policy.
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