First day presentations: participants

Alongside the presentations from UK museums, we also had short presentations by each participant during the first day, telling us a little about their background, museums and research. Here are the Powerpoints (a further six participants have yet to arrive in the UK):

Abdullah Hakimzada, Conservator, National Museum of Afghanistan

National Museum of Afghanistan, Kabul

Farhad Sediqy, Curator of Numismatics, National Museum of Afghanistan

Fabíola Andréa Silva, Curator of the Brazilian Ethnographic Collections, Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, São Paulo, Brazil

Francisco Silva Noelli, Professor, Interdisciplinary Program of Population Studies, State University of Maringá, Brazil

Hubei Provincial Museum

Chen Chun, Hubei Provincial Museum, China

Gao Cui (Lucy), Associate Research Fellow, National Museum of China, Beijing

Xu Yin, Project Assistant, Art Exhibitions China, Beijing

Doaa Abd El-Sattar Kamel Osman, Curator, Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt

Hager Ahmed Mohamed, Curator, Luxor Museum, Egypt

Rasha Ali Attia Abd El-Mageid, Curator, Alexandria National Museum, Egypt

Manisha Abhay Nene, Senior Curator, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya (Formerly Prince of Wales Museum of Western India), Mumbai, India

Joyee Roy (Ghosh), Senior Technical Assistant (Assistant Curator), Documentation Unit, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata, India

Lydia Avikoke Timona, Curator, Meru Museum, Kenya

Jana Al-Araj, Birzeit University (Architecture & Archaeology), Palestine

Aya Kirresh, Birzeit University (Architectural Engineering & Ethnographic Museum Management), Palestine

Levent Boz, Culture and Tourism Expert – Archaeologist, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey

Meltem Yaşdağ, Culture and Tourism Expert – Art Historian, General Directorate for Cultural Heritage and Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Turkey

Neal Spencer