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The Digital and Audiovisual Heritage Special Interest Group (Electron) of the Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Materials (AICCM) is partnering with the Australasian Sound Recordings Association (ASRA) to present:

'Play It Forward – Sustainability in a Time of Rapid Change'  Technical Day

'Play It Forward – Sustainability in a Time of Rapid Change' explores the many issues faced by audiovisual collections, collecting institutions and related organisations, in order to remain sustainable into the future.

The Technical Day will address digital and analogue preservation, education and Australian cultural production. It may be of interest to anyone concerned with the long-term preservation of digital and audiovisual materials as well as Australian arts and cultural materials and practices.

Panel discussions and speakers include:

Professional education and the preservation of audio heritage: crisis and opportunity?

Dr. Sigrid McCausland - Senior Lecturer, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University, Graduate Certificate in Audiovisual Archiving, Charles Sturt University

Mick Newnham - Manager, Conservation & Research, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

Sarah-Jane Rennie - Head Collections Care, Sydney Living Museums

Bruce Tulloch - Managing Director, Bitscope

Super-abilities: sustainability of the arts, culture and collections