Vince Sicari, Heritage Branch NSW, Office of Environment and Heritage

Vincent Sicari is the Manager of the Conservation Team, of the Heritage Branch, Office of Environment and Heritage. The Conservation Team, consists of Architects, Archaeologists, Planners and a Landscape Architect primarily responsible for the assessment of applications for works to items listed on the State Heritage Register. Vincent has been the Manager of the Conservation Team since 2002.

 

His qualifications are in architecture and prior to working for the Heritage Branch, he worked for the Heritage Group of the Government Architect’s Office, where he directed the conservation works on projects such as St Mary’s Cathedral, Central Station, St George’s Hall, and the Farm Cove Sea Wall.

 

Vincent was the joint winner of an RAIA Civic Design Award, granted for conservation of St Mary’s Cathedral. He was also the joint winner of the Greenway Award and the Macquarie Award, granted for the work on the Sea Wall at Farm Cove, Mrs. Macquarie’s Road Fence and the Macquarie Wall. He was an ISS Fellow to Venice, Italy attending the office of Ettore Vio, Conservation Architect, for Saint Mark’s Cathedral.

 

Vincent discusses:

  • Heritage legislation and processes
  • Providing advice through the Fire Access and Services Advisory Panel (FASAP).

 

Vincent Sicari’s presentation

 

 

Eric Martin, Eric Martin & Associates – Architects

Managing Director, Eric Martin and Associates

 

Eric has more than 35 years experience as a professional architect in the private and public sectors and more than 30 years specialising in Heritage and Access.

 

Eric in National President of ACAA and is a member of the Institute of Architects Heritage and Access committees and represents the Institute Internationally to the UIA on both. Eric is a member of the NSW Heritage FASAP committee.

 

Eric has developed a national and international reputation for his work in the areas of access and heritage buildings.

 

Eric’s presentation concentrates on how organisations’ can provide disability access to heritage buildings.

 

Eric Martin’s presentation 

 

 

Julie Baird, Newcastle Museum

Deputy Director, Newcastle Museum

 

Julie Baird began working in museums in the early 1990s, curating an exhibition on the History of Footwear in a small local government museum and has since worked in museums around Canada and Australia. Julie’s career focus has been to spread knowledge about history and museums in unusual or popularist forums, working with communities as broad as schools, embroidery guilds and pay TV audiences to high security female prisoners, bikies named Skulls and the band The Hard Ons.

 

Julie began at the Newcastle Regional Museum as Curator in 2002. She was part of the small team who recently moved and redeveloped the museum. Julie and the 55 000 visitors who have visited since August 4th, are more than a little excited about the potential of the new Newcastle Museum.

 

Julie’s presentation is called The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: How the Newcastle Museum managed physical access and the journey through the museum space for a person with disabilities

 

Julie Baird’s presentation

 

Mark Relf, Accessibility Solutions

 

Access Consultant

 

Mark is the principal of Accessibility Solutions and is an accredited Access Consultant with the Association of Consultants in Access Australia (ACAA).

 

His expertise has been gained over more than 25 years, in the community sector and more consciously since 1994, providing advice regarding access to buildings, transport systems and services for people with disabilities.

 

Mark is also a member of the Standards Australia 1428 Committee, NSW Access Advisory Committee and the NSW Heritage Office Fire Access and Services Advisory Panel.

 

The topics of Mark’s talk include:

  • Performing Arts Venues & Cinema - Audience access for people who use a wheelchair, assistive listening for people with hearing impairment, Auslan & captioning, audio description for people with vision impairment.
  • Access for performers with a disability - Museums, Galleries & Studios
  • Access for people who use a wheelchair and other physical disabilities.
  • Museum and gallery experiences for people with hearing impairment.
  • Museum and gallery experiences for people with vision impairment.
  • Enabling participation in arts studios.
Mark Relf’s Presentation