Windtower Experience, Käina, Hiiumaa
June 9, Monday:
12:00–12:30 Registration
12:30–13:30 Lunch at café Ruudi
14:00–14:15 Opening Speech. Urmas Dresen.
Session 1: Setting the Course in Uncharted Waters
14:15–14:45 Monika Reppo: “A hundred years of archaeological surveys and excavations in and around Hiiumaa, insula deserta”
14:45–15:15 Liisa Randmaa: “Maritime Archaeology in the Estonian Maritime Museum: The Beginning”
15:15–15:45 Jānis Meinerts: “Inland underwater archaeology in Latvia: from humble beginnings to greatness and back again”
16:00–17:30 Explore the Windtower Experience: Visit the exhibition spread across five floors at your own pace
18:00 Dinner at Rannu Pub
June 10, Tuesday:
10:00–10:30 Morning coffee and gathering
Session 2: New Readings on Old Discoveries
10:30–11:00 David Cleasby: “Discovering the medieval wrecks of Finland, an ontological approach”
11:00–11:30 Kalle Virtanen: “Researching the underwater archaeological remains of Lake Koorküla’s Valgjärv in Southern Estonia”
11:30–12:00 Kaido Peremees: TBA
12:00–13:00 Lunch at café Ruudi
Session 3: Curating the Deep: Maritime Archaeology in Museums
13:30–14:00 Susana Vallejos: “Protecting and Presenting Younger Shipwrecks at Vrak – Museum of Wrecks”
14:00–14:30 Kristel Bultot & Helene Uppin: “(Re)using archeological finds in museum education: opportunities and difficulties associated with working with original artefacts in the Estonian Maritime Museum”
14:30–15:00 Priit Lätti: “From underwater to maritime. The development of the Maritime Museum’s archaeology collection”
15:00–15:30 Coffee break
Session 4: Crossing Boundaries: Maritime Archaeology in Dialogue with Other Disciplines
15:30–16:00 Alar Läänelaid: “Dendrochronological dating of wrecks in Estonia: current status”
16:00–16:30 Isabella Glušauskaite: “Maritime Archaeology and the Blue Economy: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities”
16:30–16:45 Final Words and Conclusions. Priit Lätti.