Published 27 Jun 2024

Organized by The Research Centre Digitalia

Explore the Future of Digital Archiving at “Digital Archiving Futures” Conference

The Research Centre Digitalia, in collaboration with other Mikkeli Memory Campus organizations, is excited to announce the “Digital Archiving Futures” conference, a three-day hybrid event taking place from the 4th to the 6th of September 2024.

The Research Centre Digitalia, in collaboration with other Mikkeli Memory Campus organizations, is excited to announce the “Digital Archiving Futures” conference, a three-day hybrid event taking place from the 4th to the 6th of September 2024. This unique event offers an engaging platform for professionals and enthusiasts in the field of digital archiving to explore emerging trends and technologies, both in-person in Mikkeli, Finland, and via online streaming.

The event is free of charge for participants. Lunches and dinners run at participants’ own cost. Some visiting locations may charge fees.

Programme and Speakers

The main themes of the conference will be “Data Spaces, Artificial Intelligence, and Cluster Collaboration”, featuring speakers from the GLAM sector and information management field from Finland and across Europe. The “Data Spaces” theme of the event will cover perspectives on data space, shared data and also more specifically development activities in different networks related to this topic.

The “Artificial Intelligence” aspect will highlight future possibilities for the use of artificial intelligence in the archive, library and museum sector, as well as in the field of information management in general.

The “Collaboration” theme brings together the strong role of cooperations in creating the future, in terms of co-development and co-creation, ecosystem collaboration and interconnection with other actors to develop a common future and knowledge.

A key highlight of the conference will be Europeana Network Association Board Member and Time Machine RFC Editor Juha Henriksson’s presentation on Thursday – “Europeana, Time Machine, and the European data space for cultural heritage”.

For detailed information about the program, speakers, and to register, please visit the Digital Archiving Futures event page.