2004 International Symposium Guide
Objective In April 2001, Shimane's Iwami Silver Mine was listed on Unesco's provisional World Heritage list. While preparations to gain full World Heritage listing by 2007 are well underway, many key aspects of this classification are not fully understood: What does listing as a World Heritage site mean? What will change if the Mine gains World Heritage status? This International symposium will invite World Heritage specialists to provide the latest information and deepen understanding of the implications of World Heritage listing.
Main Sponsors Shimane Prefectural Government and Shimane Board of Education
Other Sponsors Agency for Cultural Affairs, Oda City Government, Oda Board of Education, Yunotsu Municipal Government, Yunotsu Board of Education
Date Sunday, March 21, 2004. 1:00-5:00pm
Venue International Meeting Hall, 3F Kunibiki Messe (Gakuen-Minami, Matsue)
Theme Iwami Ginzan Mine and World Heritage - From local heritage to world heritage
Participants General public (participants from outside the prefecture are welcome). Capacity: 400
Participant Fee Free
Outline
13:00-13:10 Opening (Greeting from Governor's & Chair, Migaku Tanaka)
13:10-13:50 Lecture 1 (Mr. Alessandro Balsamo)
13:50-14:30 Lecture 2 "Urban Management with Special Reference to Mining Towns" (Dr. Jukka Jokilehto)
14:30-15:00 Lecture 3 (Ms. Nobuko Inaba) --BREAK--
15:20-16:50 Panel Discussion (Panelists: All lecturers) (Coordinator: Mr. Yukio Nishimura)
16:50-17:00 Closing Ceremony (Greeting from Superintendent of Education)
Applications Write to the address below by Friday, March 5, 2004.
(provide your name, age, occupation, address, and phone number)
Address:
World Heritage Listing Promotion Office,
Cultural Properties Division, Prefectural Board of Education
1 Tonomachi Matsue-shi
Shimane 690-8502

You may submit the information by E-mail or Facsimile below.
E-mail: bunkazai@pref.shimane.jp
Fax: 0852-22-5794
(If the number of applications exceeds the venue's capacity, participation will be by lottery)
Further Enquiries Mr. Katsumi Adachi
World Heritage Listing Promotion Office,
Cultural Properties Division, Prefectural Board of Education
Tel: 0852 22-5649
[Lecturer Profiles]
Mr. Alessandro Balsamo (Paris)
Mr.Balsamo is involved in the registering of sites on the World Heritage Provisional List and World Heritage List.

Dr. Jukka Jokilehto (Nationality: Finnish. Residence: Rome, Italy.)
Former ICCROM (International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property) Assistant to the Director General (Specialization: Conservation and City Planning).
As World Heritage Advisor to ICOMOS, Dr Jokilehto, has an opportunity to examine all recommendations for World Heritage listing and is said to be the authority on their evaluation.

Ms. Nobuko Inaba
Chief of the Conservation Design Section, Japan Center for International Cooperation in Conservation, National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Tokyo. (Specialization: Architecture and Historical Architecture).
ICOMOS Japan executive committee board director. Temporary transfer to ICCROM (2000-02)
Ms.Inaba has a detailed knowledge of World Heritage issues particularly in regard to cultural sites. Furthermore, during her tenure in the Architectural Division of the Agency for Cultural Affairs (1991-2002) she was in charge of consolidating the Omori and Silver Mine Region as a historic conservation area and is therefore highly knowledgeable in regards to the Iwami Silver Mine site.

Mr. Yukio Nishimura
Professor at the University of Tokyo Graduate School (Specialization: City Planning and City Conservation Planning).
ICOMOS Vice-Chairman, Cultural Council Special Committee Member, National Land Development Council Special Committee Member.
Mr.Nishimura has inspected the Iwami Silver Mine site several times, and in August 2002, he delivered a presentation entitled "World Heritage and Town Development" as a guest lecturer of the "Iwami Silver Mine Extension Lectures" sponsored by the Wide Area Administrative Union of Oda, Yunotsu and Nima.

Mr. Migaku Tanaka
Former head of the Nara National Research Institute of Cultural Properties
Head of the Iwami Silver Mine Site Inspection and Maintenance Committee
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