WASHINGTON CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Saturday 16th September

Sunday 17th September

All day Registration

• Executive Council Meeting
  Screening of Award Programmes
• Commission Meetings (open)
  Screening of Award Programmes

Evening Joint Reception with IASA/ARSC, Hotel Lounge

Monday 18th September (JOINT SESSIONS)

A.M. Opening, welcoming speeches and keynote address

US COPYRIGHT LAW AND THE REST OF THE WORLD
An exploration of current issues in US Copyright Law and how it affects archives both inside and outside the USA.
Speakers include:
Eric Schwartz;
Mary Beth Peters, Register of US Copyrights;
Lewis Flacks, IFPI;
Mitchell Salem, NBC;
Philippe Belingard, European Broadcasting Union.

P.M.

RIGHTS, DOCUMENTATION AND TECHNOLOGY
With the infinite possibilities offered by the new technologies and the expanding media industries, how can we ensure that copyright is logged and protected?
Speakers include:
Bill Storm on how to protect copyright in an age of digital technology;
Derek Taylor of the newly established BBC Rights Archive;
Stefan Johansen, NRK, on News and Sports rights.


PERFORMERS' RIGHTS
Chair: Alan Bruford
How can the rights of performers be protected and how does the need to do so inhibit the use of archival material?
Speakers include:
Mary Beth Peters, Register of US Copyrights;
Grace Koch on the rights of Australian Aborigines;
Stephanie Rabourdin, INA, on French law.

Evening

Excursion to US National Archives and tour.

Tuesday l9th September (FIAT SESSIONS)

A.M.

NEW TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Chair: Annemieke Westenbrink, NOB
Speakers include:
BBC, NOB and CBC presentations on the latest cataloguing projects;
Sylvia Stewart, Taft Broadcasting;
ßsa Danasten on the SVT sales CD-Rom;
Wolfgang Dehn and Herbert Hayduck
on the joint SWF/ORF on-line documentation project.

FUTURE TECHNOLOGY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS
Chair: Fay Schreibman McGrew
Speakers include:
presentation of Oracle digital newsroom;
Dr Kruger, Tecmath, on the Euromedia project;
DEX Information Systems; Bill Storm on media content management systems.

P.M.

NEW DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS AND ARCHIVES
Chair: Fay Schreibman McGrew
Speakers include:
presentation of Pacific Bell and Acaltel telephone systems for distributing digitized programming;
Silicon Studios on digital archives of the future;
Howard Stringer Company on distribution of archival programming.

DOES DIGITAL COMPRESSION ENDANGER ARCHIVAL PICTURE QUALITY?
Chair: Denis Frambourt, INA
Speakers include:
Judson Rosebush, Cineric;
presentation by INA, Paris;
and a manufacturer of compressed digital format

Wednesday 20th September (FIAT SESSIONS)

ARCHIVAL CONCERNS OF FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS
Chair: Lasse Nilsson, SVT
Speakers include:
presentation by CBC and contributions from Washington-based correspondents of CBC, SVT and ARD.

PANEL OF US NEWS ARCHIVES
Speakers include:
Joel Kanoff, ABC;
Doug McKinney, CBS;
Nancy Cole, NBC;
Kathy Christensen, CNN.
Chaired by Nancy Cole.

P.M.

GENERAL INTEREST SESSION
Chair: Tedd Johansen, NRK
Speakers include:
presentation by MTV;
(Rick Prelinger on using the Internet for footage research;)
Sorry, according to Tedd Johansen, 23 August, Rick Prelinger is unable to attend! KEA
Eugenio Lopez de Quintana, Antena 3, on archiving 3-D and virtual reality images;
Ken Rabin on researching archives.

THE WORK OF THE FIAT/IFTA COMMISSIONS
Chair: Steve Bryant, NFTVA
Speakers will be the heads of the four commissions:
Annemieke Westenbrink;
Lasse Nilsson;
Denis Frambourt;
Peter Dusek.
The latest work of the commissions will be presented and there will be a discussion on future projects.

Evening

Closing dinner and Award presentation.

Thursday 21st September

A.M.

Excursion to Library of Congress

P.M.

Executive Council meeting