The DOCAM (Documentation and Conservation of the Media Arts Heritage)  
Research Alliance presents the 2010 DOCAM Summit, which will mark the  
end of five years of research. DOCAM is an international research  
alliance initiated by the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science,  
and Technology. Its main objective is to develop new methodologies and  
tools to address the issues of preserving and documenting digital,  
technological, and electronic works of art.

The interdisciplinary event aims to bring together artists,  
researchers, students and museum practitioners (conservators,  
curators, technicians, etc.) in order to expose and explore the issues  
raised by current research.
At this occasion, DOCAM will launch its new website, featuring the  
following main research results:

- A Cataloguing Guide for New Media Collections;
- A Preservation Guide for Technology-Based Artworks;
- The DOCAM Glossaurus;
- The DOCAM Documentary Model;
- A Technological Timeline.

Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council  
(SSHRC) as part of its Community-University Research Alliances (CURA)  
program, DOCAM includes several partners such as the Musée d’art  
contemporain de Montréal, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the  
National Gallery of Canada, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, the  
Canadian Heritage Information Network, as well as university  
departments such as that of Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM),  
Université de Montréal and McGill. DOCAM would also like to thank  
Hexagram UQAM, main collaborator of this event:

- March 3, 2010: Professional workshops regarding Conservation/ 
Preservation and Cataloguing (space is limited / registration required)
- March 4 & 5, 2010: International conference open to the public  
(Agora Hydro-Québec, Coeur des sciences, 175 avenue du Président- 
Kennedy)
- March 4 (evening event) : Public Launch of the new DOCAM website  
(Chaufferie, Coeur des sciences, 175 avenue du Président-Kennedy)

Summit detailed program:
http://www.docam.ca/docam2010/en/

The Summit is free admission. However we invite you to register by  
adding your email address to the DOCAM mailing list:
http://www.docam.ca/docam2010/en/contact.php

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Visiting Professor - Sussex University
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