This conference will be held under the theme “Our Heritage at Risk: Challenges and Responses”. It will tackle disaster management and cultural heritage in the Arab libraries, museums and archives. The sessions will discuss means of protecting cultural heritage and formulating disaster plans to minimize losses and preserve heritage.
The conference will be attended by various speakers, including librarians and museum curators who have witnessed the loss of cultural heritage through natural disasters or wars, in addition to a group of disaster management experts in libraries, archives and museums from international organizations, such as IFLA, UNESCO, and other organizations specializing in the same field.