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1st International Digital Curation Conference
29-30 September 2005
Hilton Bath City, Bath, UK
REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
The UK Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is pleased to announce that
registration is now open for the 1st International Digital Curation
Conference which will be held at the Hilton Bath City 29th-30th
September 2005.
The Digital Curation Centre (DCC) is jointly funded by the JISC (Joint
Information Systems Committee) and the EPSRC (Engineering & Physical
Sciences Research Council) on behalf of the UK Research Councils. The
DCC provides a focus on research into digital curation expertise and
best practice for the storage, management and preservation of digital
information to enable its use and reuse over time.
The overarching aim of the DCC is to provide leadership in digital
curation and data preservation. The conference will provide an important
forum, helping to raise awareness of the key issues and encouraging
active participation and feedback from all stakeholder communities. The
programme, which includes Keynote Speakers, will provide an overview of
the work of the DCC and an opportunity via a "Symposium" to discuss the
concepts and principles of Digital Curation. There will also be a series
of parallel sessions, which will look in more detail at specific topics
including Socio-Legal Issues, Format Registries, Storage Media, Training
& Staff Development and Certification.
Who should attend?
The Conference will be of interest to individuals, organisations and
institutions across all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the
creation, use and management of digital data from researchers and
curators through to policy makers and funders.
Programme:
Confirmed Speakers
The Conference will be chaired by Chris Rusbridge, the Director of the
DCC, with contributions from the DCC Directorate:
Professor Peter Buneman - DCC Research Director
Dr David Giaretta - DCC Associate Director - Development
Dr Liz Lyon - DCC Associate Director - Outreach & Community Support
Professor Seamus Ross - DCC Associate Director - Services
Graham Cameron, Associate Director of the European Bioinformatics
Institute will provide the opening address.
Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information(CNI)
will provide the closing address
Venue:
The conference will be held at the Hilton Bath City hotel. The Hilton
Bath is located in the heart of the city centre, the ideal place for
exploring this historic City and only half a mile from the railway
station and a 30-minute drive from Bristol Airport.
Accommodation is available at the Hilton Bath City but there are only a
limited number of rooms. These can be booked directly with the hotel.
For further information see the conference website.
For accommodation elsewhere in the city please use the accommodation
booking service available at http://www.visitbath.co.uk
Registration:
To register for this conference and for further information please
visit:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/events/dcc-2005/
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