The second preparatory meeting for the 10th World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities was held from May 2 to 6, 2008, in Quito, Ecuador. During the four-day visit, the Interim Secretary General of the OWHC, Mrs. Lee Minaidis, the Permanent Secretary General currently assuming a temporary mandate as Director General of the Sommet de la Francophonie 2008, Mr. Denis Ricard, and representatives of the Getty Conservation Institute, Ms. Francoise DesCamps and Mr. Jeff Cody, met with the Organizing Committee of the 10th World Congress of the OWHC, headed by Arq.