Offshore Industry and Archaeology: A Creative Relationship detail page

The two‐day conference will address three key themes:

• Industry and archaeology: case studies

The contribution of industry to archaeology will be explored with presentations from major contributors such as Petroleum Geo‐Services (PGS), who provided essential datasets, and Rotterdam Mainport Development Project, who integrated research on prehistoric landscapes in dredging and construction offshore. Innovative scientific results obtained by the Birmingham University archaeological research group based on their collaboration with industry will be demonstrated through a presentation on Doggerland and its prehistoric habitation.

• Meeting Environmental Regulation Requirements

Environmental regulations, spatial planning and the lack of consistency in cross‐border regulations will be addressed on the basis of the Nordstream pipe‐laying project through the Baltic, and similar cross‐border projects. Presentations will address the issues from the perspective of project‐development, archaeological research and cross‐border heritage management.

• Presentation of small and medium sized enterprises

This networking element of the conference will enable companies specializing in survey, offshore archaeology services, data evaluation and consultancy to present their specialisms and services to the offshore industry, to heritage management and archaeology.

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