Proceedings e report - Firenze University Press

INTRODUCTION
Within each part, Keynote papers were placed first, followed by other papers in alphabetical order of
the 1 st Author.
Acknowledgements
As the Editor of these Proceedings, I wish to deeply and sincerely thank:
- each and all the members of Steering Committee, who accepted to undertake their heavy task – and
especially Luca Uzielli, Chairman of the Action, who did as usual most of the administrative work
- the anonymous referees who revised the papers, and provided effective and beneficial comments and
suggestions
- the Authors of the papers, who shared their knowledge and their work, aimed at improving
conservation (in Europe and worldwide) of Wooden Cultural Heritage Objects.
- the friends and colleagues who were instrumental in making possible and organizing the Workshop,
including the COST Office personnel, Piotr Swiatek (at that time Science Officer, later replaced by
Caroline Whelan) and Milena Stoyanova (Administrative Officer), The Action’s Rapporteur Zsolt
Kajcsos, the members of the Organizing Committee cited above.
Joseph GRIL
Vice-chair of COST Action IE0601 and president of the European Society for Wood Mechanics
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