of cultural relics in the Three Gorges and the establishment of the Three Gorges museum complex / Wang Chuanping.Session 1. Underwater archaeology. The origins and creation of China's underwater archeology / Zhang Wei -- DRASSM 1966-2008 : an overview of the accomplishments and future of French underwater archaeology / Michel L'Hour -- Archaeological and ethnological research pertaining to underwater cultural heritage in China's surrounding seas / Wu Chunming -- Phased results and follow-up archaeological work at the Three Gorges / Zou Houxi -- Underwater archaeology and cultural heritage management in the Baltic Sea : using public outreach as a means of protection / Pernilla Flyg -- Remaining treasures of the maritime silk road : the excavation of the Ming Dynasty shipwreck: No.1 Nan'ao / Sun Jian -- Introduction on underwater excavation of cultural heritage in Korea / Moon Whan-Suk.Session 2. Presentation of underwater cultural heritage and technical issues. Baiheliang ancient hydrologic inscription : No.1 ancient hydrometric station in the world and in-situ underwater protection project / Ge Xiurun -- Interpreting and displaying the Mary Rose to the public in a new museum / Christopher Dobbs -- The presentation and valorisation of shipwrecks on the example of the Vasa / Andreas Olsson -- Innovative thoughts on the preservation of underwater cultural heritage in China : No.1 Nanhai as a project example / Wei Jun -- The Alexandria Museum of Underwater Archaeology project : "sunken cities" / Ariel Fuchs -- Role of active tectonics on the development and demise of the ancient settlements of Western Anatolia / Yucel Yilmaz.Session 3. Underwater cultural heritage conservation. Advances in conservation-restoration of cultural marine heritage / Nathalie Huet -- An analysis of the soluble salt of Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain excavated from the No.1 Nan'ao shipwreck / Hu Dongbo, Wang Kai -- Conservation of shipwrecks in Korea / Cha Mi-Young --