October 13   - Opening Symposium Camouflage -  Royal Army Museum (visitors entrance) - with walking dinner (Parc du Cinquantenaire 3)

October 14 and 15: venue:   Royal Military Academy,  Hobbemastraat 8, 1000 Brussels

The symposium is organised by
Royal Military Museum
Jubelpark, 3
1000 Brussels (Belgium)

The symposium takes place at the Royal Military Academy,
in the immediate vicinity of the Museum
Hobbemastraat 8
1000 Brussels (Belgium)
http://www.rma.ac.be

Telephone

00-32 (0)2 737 79 18

Fax

00-32 (0) 737 78 02

Mail

camouflage@klm-mra.be
ilse.bogaerts@klm-mra.be

Location

Tram: N° 81 and 82

Bus: N° 27,28,36,61,67,80

Metro: Schuman or Merode (Line 1)

Train: Schuman or Merode station

Car: Spacious parking available on the esplanade, by the entrance of the Museum

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13th October 2010
18:00 – 19:00 19:00 – 19:10 19:10 – 19:20 19:20 – 21:30	Registration of participants / Meet and Greet  Welcome : Dominique Hanson, Director General, Royal Military Museum, Brussels Presentation of the program: Christian Ortner, PhD, Director General, Military Museum Arsenal, Vienna Walking dinner
14th October 2010
08:45 - 09:45	Late registration
09:50 - 10:00 Introduction	Lieutenant-General Jonathon Riley CB DSO PhD MA Director-General and Master of the Armouries
10:00 - 10:20	Timothy R. O'Neill, PhD United States Military Academy, Alexandria, Virginia Lieutenant-Colonel, West Point Professor and CAMOUFLAGE authority and author Title: Camouflage in transition: from natural history to art to vision science
10:20 - 10:40	Martin Markelius Army Museum, Stockholm Uniform curator Title: 18th and 19th century riflecorps uniforms and their camouflage
10:40 - 11:00	Christian Ortner Military Museum Vienna, Arsenal Director-General Title: From the "white" coat to the field-grey uniform. Austria's uniforms 1850-1916
11:00 - 11:20	Werner Palinckx Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels Camouflage author Title: History and evolution of the German camouflage during World War II
11:20 - 11:30	Q & A
11:30 - 11:50	Coffee Break
11:50 - 12:10	Martin Boswell Imperial War Museum, London Uniform curator Title: Camouflage: Past, Present and Future
12:10 - 12:30	Làszlo Békési, PhD Budapest Corvinus University, Hungary Lecturer at the International Studies Institute and CEO of the Cold War Survival Shop Research and Exhibition Centre Title: History of Camouflage and Geographic Determinism of Warfare in th Balkans
12:30 - 12:50	Kristof Blieck Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917, Zonnebeke Assistant Curator Title: Camouflage in the Belgian First World War army, choice or coincidence?
12:50 - 13:00	Q & A
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:20	Cécile Coutin Spectacle Arts department at the French National Library in Paris Head Curator Title: L’Art de l’illusion théâtrale au service du camouflage de guerre (1914-1915)
14:20 - 14:40	Sandrine Smets Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels Expert WWI Title: De la dissimulation au trompe-l’œil. La création et l’organisation de la section camouflage de l’armée belge pendant la Première Guerre mondiale
14:40 - 15:00	Pierre Lierneux, PhD Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels Title: Camouflage et uniformité: le difficile accouchement pour l'Armée Belge (1883-1915)
15:00 - 15:10	Q & A
15:10 - 15:30	Coffee break
15:30 - 15:50	Guy Cramer HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation President / CEO Title: Fractals in Camouflage and the Future of Adaptive Materials for Mobile Concealment
15:50 - 16:10	J.L. Van Goethem, PhD Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels Honorary head of department Title: Camouflage in Nature
16:10 - 16:20	Q & A
16:20 - 16:40	Round-Up Christian Ortner Military Museum Vienna, Arsenal Director-General
15th October 2010
09:50 - 10:00 Introduction	General Robert Bresse, CEO of the Musée de l'Armée et l'Hôtel national des Invalides in Paris
10:00-10:20	Sarah Scaturro The Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonian Institution), New York Textile Curator Title: GOD is camouflage, Disruptive Patterns in Fashion
10:20 - 10:40	Emilie Gaillard Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and of Military History, Brussels Art Historian Title: Le Minétisme des Caméléons à la section de camouflage de l'Armée française (1915-1918)
10:40 - 11:00	Karen Van Godtsenhoven Fashion Museum Antwerp, MoMu Curator Title: Dazzle or Destroy? The art of camouflage in Belgian fashion
11:00 - 11:20	David Fornari, PhD SUPSI University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, Lugano Rechearcher Title: Camouflage as an aesthetical paradigm of modernity, with a cross disciplines approach
11:20 - 11:30	Q & A
11:30 - 11:50	Coffee break
11:50 - 12:10	Patricia Mears The Museum at FIT, New York Deputy Director Title: Style and Uniformity: Military Influence on Modern American Fashion
12:10 - 12:30	Christof Hatschek Military Museum Vienna, Arsenal Curator of uniform collection Title: Camouflage, Austrian style: from the “battle robe” to the modern combat uniform
12:30 - 12:50	Ir. Lieva Van Langenhove, PhD Textile Department of University of Ghent Professor and researcher Title: Intelligent Textile for Military Applications
12:50 - 13:00	Q & A
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch
14:00 - 14:20	Margaret Vining - Barton C. Hacker, PhD The National Museum of American History (Smithsonian Institute), Washington DC Curators Title: Camouflage in the AEF (American Expeditionary Forces)
14:20 - 14:40	Griet Kockelkoren FARO, Flemisch Institute for Cultural Heritage, Brussels Conservation and Restauration Consultant Title:To treat, or not to treat, that is the question
14:40 - 15:00	Laurence Graffin-Vene Journalist, writer, author of the book "André Mare, Carnets de guerre 1914-1918", edited by d'art Herscher en 1996 Researcher Title: Le camouflage et le cubisme à travers l'histoire d'André Mare
15:00 - 15:20	Michael Langkjaer, PhD Saxo Institute, Department of History University of Copenhagen Historian Title:Camouflage as communicator of 'Survivor'' mentality in contemporary popular music "Destiny's Child" on the cusp of gender, urban-combat attitude, fashion and politics
15:20 - 15:40	Capitaine Bryan Decoux Officier training / Company advanced tactical Training Centre d'entrainement de commandos, Marche Les Dames Title: Technique de camouflage des snipers belges et display de materiel untilisé
15:40 - 15:50	Q & A
15:50 - 16:00	Coffee break
16:00	Round-Up Christian Ortner Military Museum Vienna, Arsenal Director-General

* Please note that this program is subject to possible change. Organisator: Ilse Bogaerts Webmaster: Eric Roos