Sunday, 24 September 2017
08:40
Transfer from Tripcovich Theatre to ICTP
Tutorial at ICTP (Strada Costiera, 11, 34151 Trieste, Italy)
Room: Aula Didattica, ICTP
09:30
Andreas Karydas - Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics, NCSR Demokritos, Athens, Greece
X-ray physics relevant for MA-XRF
Presentation
10:10
Piet Van Espen - University of Antwerp, Belgium
Evaluation of EDXRF spectra and MA-XRF datasets
Presentation
10:50
Coffee break
11:10
Roald Tagle - Bruker, Germany
Processing of MAXRF Data with the M6 software
Presentation
12:05
Matthias Alfeld - UPMC, Paris, France
Fitting XRF spectral data sets with PYMCA and Datamuncher: tips & tricks
Presentation
13:10
Lunch break
14:00
Matthias Alfeld - UPMC, Paris, France / Geert Van der Snickt - University of Antwerp, Belgium
Datamuncher: inter-element correlations/stitching datasets
16:00
 John Delaney - NGA, Washington
Combining MA-XRF and Hyperspectral Reflectance and Fluorescence Image Cubes
17:00
Bus transfer to city centre

Monday, 25 September 2017
Macro X-ray Fluorescence Scanning in Conservation, Art and Archaeology - Palazzo dei Congressi della Stazione Marittima
Chair: Koen Janssens (Antwerp University, Belgium)
Room: room Oceania ABC, Palazzo dei Congressi della Stazione Marittima, Molo Bersaglieri, 3, 34133 Trieste
08:30
Registration and Opening
09:00
David Thurrowgood
Digital reconstructions from spectral data: The collection and interpretation of synchrotron macro XRF data from oil paintings
Abstract
09:30
Jennie Allred - Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
3D Visualization of Hidden Paint Layers Using Stereographic Macro-XRF Technique
Abstract
09:50
Ginaluca Pastorelli - Northwestern University / Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Macro-XRF Sparse Mapping of Large Works of Art
Abstract
10:10
Thomas Calligaro - C2RMF, Paris, France
Development of macro X-ray fluorescence (MA-XRF) and macro Photo-Luminescence (MA-PL) coupling
Abstract
10:30
Coffee break
10:50
Karen Trentelman - The Getty Conservation Institute, USA
From novelty to necessity: integration of MA-XRF scanning into technical studies research at the Getty
Abstract
11:10
Silvia Amato - The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, UK
Interpreting technical evidence from paintings by Édouard Manet in The Courtauld Gallery
Abstract
11:30
Catherine Higgitt - National Gallery, London, UK
Creating a masterpiece: the materials and techniques of the London version of van Gogh’s Sunflowers
Abstract
11:50
Paolo Molaro - INAF-OATS, Italy
Searching for Galileo’s lost portraits with MA-XRF imaging spectroscopy
Abstract
12:10
Poster Clips
13:10
Workshop picture & Lunch break
14:10
John Delaney - NGA, Washington
Trimodal (MA-XRF, FORS, RIS) investigation of works of art at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
Abstract
14:40
Paolo Francesco Romano - CNR, Catania, Italy
Combining rotational and translational MA-XRF fast scanning for a real-time elemental imaging of 3D painted artworks
Abstract
15:00
Geert Van der Snickt - University of Antwerp, Belgium
Combined MA-XRF, MA-XRD and MA-FTIR scanning on a 17th C Still life painting by J.D. De Heem: slowly towards comprehensive imaging of chemical species
Abstract
15:20
Nicholas Barbi -ON Science LLC, USA
The Importance of Accurate Image Stitching and Registration between Optical and X-ray Images in Macro-XRF Analyses
Abstract
15:40
Aaron Shugar - Buffalo State College, USA
MA-XRF Scanning using Handheld XRF Spectrometers
Abstract
16:00
Coffee break
16:20
Laura Cartechini - ISTM-CNR, Perugia, Italy
Scanning MA-XRF and multispectral NIR reflectography to unveil painting techniques of an Italian Futurist painter
Abstract
16:40
Hariclia Brekoulaki - Institute for Historical Research, The National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece
Revealing lost evidence in ancient painting: application of MA-XRF imaging spectroscopy on the Archaic painted panels from Pitsa (6th c. BC, Greece)
Abstract
17:00
Catherine Defeyt, David Strivay - Centre Européen d'Archéométrie, Université de Liège, Liège
Answering conservation issues of Gauguin's Portrait de Suzanne Bambridge by a mutli-analytical approach
Abstract
17:20
Louisa Smieska - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA
MA-XRF imaging for the evaluation of early photographs
Abstract
17:40
Matthias Alfeld - UPMC, Paris, France
To boldly scan, where no one has scanned before: in-situ MA-XRF in Rameside tombs of the Theban Necropolis
Abstract
18:00
Poster Session & Closing drink
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