PASIG 2016
9-11 March
Czech National Library of Technology, Prague
Registration is open for the next PASIG (Preservation and Archiving Special Interest Group) conference in Prague: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/registration.
Please note that the early bird rate of 200€ is available until the end of January. The cost from the 1st February onwards will be 250€.
This is a great opportunity for organisations setting up preservation repositories to collaborate and work directly with leaders in the field. The PASIG is focused on:
*addressing practical preservation questions;
*hearing about best practices and new technologies from global experts;
*investigating the convergence of on-premise architectures and the Cloud;
*how to set up, initiate, and audit the metrics of a preservation project;
*key global project updates; and
*solution provider and end customer collaboration.
PASIG is a highly collaborative and interactive forum and generally attracts a large contingent of new participants.
Session Overviews include:
*Digital Preservation Bootcamp
- Training in concepts, issues, tools, strategies & approaches for Digital Preservation and Archiving.
*Open Preservation Foundation Workshop: veraPDF - definitive, open source PDF/A validation for digital preservationists
*PKX / Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and Operations
*Lightning Talks
*The Frontiers of Preservation
- Discussions on the recent developments and challenges facing those who are tackling digital preservation.
*Industry Collaboration and Solution Vendor Presentations
*Project Updates and Digital Preservation Community Developments
*Hardening Existing Systems with Preservation Capabilities
Agenda
The full agenda is published on the PASIG 2016 website: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/agenda. A list of local hotels is also available.
Sponsors
We would like to thank the sponsors: Arkivum, Cray, The Digital Preservation Network, Ex Libris, Oracle, Preservica, P&A Consult, and T-Systems.
A list of participating organisations is published on the website: http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/participating-organisations.
We look forward to seeing you in Prague!
Kind Regards,
Becky McGuinness | Community Manager | @openpreserve
Open Preservation Foundation | http://openpreservation.org/
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