FIAT/IFTA World Conference &
General Assembly 2010

Dublin, 15. - 18. October 2010

Host: RTÉ - Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Theme: "Making it Real - Keeping it Real"

Venue: Dublin Castle

Call for Papers: in the News-Section

FIAT/IFTA has chosen "Making it Real – Keeping it Real" as the theme of the 2010 World Conference. Keeping up with the rapid pace of change in Audiovisual media creation and dissemination has meant that audiovisual archives have had to re-invent the wheel many times. However the fundamental principles that underlined audiovisual archiving in the analogue world still hold true – but there are new ways, new opportunities and new avenues to pursue in the digital and internet era and new economic challenges to keep the wheels in motion.

The Challenge of "Making it Real – Keeping it Real" is about selling the true benefit and value of the "archive /asset management function" and garnering the support and funding to achieve what the profession does best…, but with a new twist – not just as keepers but as publishers, sellers, buyers, technologists and much more. We will bring real experiences and case studies to the conference for discussion.

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Thematical Outlines - Program Framework

Day 1 (Friday 15.Oct.)

FIAT/IFTA – latest news, new look website, information etc.; Presentation on how the website has changed, standards and guidelines (past papers) A/V archive of conference and seminars; New content (FIAT documentation and photo archive, Dictionary of terms); FIAT forum usage.

Detail of themes:

The Business of Archives:

• Business models
• Marketing and Branding
• Report of Screen digest

Access and Use of Archive:

• The role of the producer?
• The Award Workshop-Overview of entries, selected number demonstrated by project owners, with intro by P&P members
• Rights – latest update on orphan works/collecting societies/ internationally from Hubert Best
• Points arising from feedback / questionnaires Beijing Conference
• New Services / latest developments from the archives

Day 2 (Saturday 16.Oct.)

Management and technology:

• Digital Decay – reliability of digital formats?
• Storage: what’s here and now, what’s in the future
• Is cloud computing the future for all storage/ how safe is it?
• Importance of Open source technologies - link points with archives
• Case Study / Comparison of how archives are managed in different broadcasters in digital era
• Then and Now: How is it different / Storage, cataloguing, research, and selection and access
• Is there a roadmap – are there different approaches
• Case Study: What is a media archive today?
• Role of production team working with Archives / comparison.(Production team experiences of working in transitionary digital production environment. Panel to include TVC, RTÉ, BBC
• Setting standards of interoperability for exchange of data .As a manager what do you need to know about this, why is it important? How does interoperability or the lack of it affect the way in which you can manage your archive?
• Services Providers /Sponsor Session. What new service do they have to offer?
• Presto Prime - What is it and latest news. Relationship with FIAT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Reports

Elections

Introduction of new members

Day 3 (Sunday 17.Oct.)

Training:

• What are the actual opportunities for training –for new comers and existing archive staff?
• Output from the UK SkillSet training strategy program
• Details from INA Sup
• Output from FIAT training strategy/ what’s online.(output from this conference)
• Provide an analysis of the courses provided by universities / training organisations
• Concrete examples of ways in which to develop training between archives and educational / training bodies’

Panel Discussion on Theo Mausli paper on “archiving the archives”

Archives at Risk:

Update on activities, with presentation from CCTV, NHK, ABU

A@R Website development