FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE
6-9 OCTOBER
HOST
São Paulo, Brazil – Cinemateca Brasileira – October 6-9, 2026
Screen Memories in Dialogue: Learning from Diversity
Memórias Audiovisuais em Diálogo: Aprendendo com a Diversidade
Media archives operate today in an environment shaped by constant transformation. Technological change, evolving media ecosystems, shifting institutional frameworks and growing social expectations challenge how audiovisual memory is preserved, managed, accessed and understood. In this context, archives are not only repositories of content, but active spaces where knowledge, practices and perspectives meet.
Under the theme Screen Memories in Dialogue: Learning from Diversity, the FIAT/IFTA World Conference invites professionals, researchers and practitioners to reflect on media archives as spaces of exchange, collaboration and mutual learning. Dialogue is understood here as a working principle: between institutions and communities, between regions, between professional cultures, and between past experiences and future challenges.
Learning from diversity means recognising that valuable knowledge emerges from different contexts, scales and traditions of practice. Across the FIAT/IFTA community, archives operate under highly diverse institutional, technological and cultural conditions. These differences are not obstacles to be overcome, but sources of insight that can enrich global archival thinking, inspire adaptation and foster more resilient and inclusive practices.
The conference seeks to create a shared space where experiences from broadcasters, film archives, sound archives, community initiatives, research environments and hybrid institutions can be discussed on equal terms. By bringing together perspectives from Ibero-America and beyond, the conference encourages contributions that highlight situated practices, regional innovations and collaborative approaches, while engaging with broader questions relevant to the international audiovisual archival field.
REGISTRATION
Early bird registration is now open!
All conference registrations include coffee and refreshments during the breaks and lunch provided at the conference venue.
FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE 2026
REGISTRATION FEES
Early Bird
FIAT/IFTA MEMBER
€195.00
Early Bird rate (Euro)
SPEAKER
€195.00
Early Bird rate (Euro)
FIAT/IFTA NON-MEMBER
€240.00
Early Bird rate (Euro)
Other rates
SINGLE DAY
€75.00
1-Day Early Bird rate (Euro)
This ticket doesn’t include access to the FIAT/IFTA social events.
Places may be limited.
STUDENTS (1-DAY)
€25.00
1-Day regular rate (Euro)
Students will be required to submit valid proof of registration at a university for the 2026-2027 academic year at the venue.
This ticket doesn’t include access to the FIAT/IFTA social events.
Places are limited to 20 participants.
GALA DINNER
€50.00
Regular rate (Euro)
Available for third parties interested in attending the Gala Dinner social event on October 8th.
This ticket doesn’t include access to the FIAT/IFTA World Conference.
Places may be limited.
TERMS & CONDITIONS
- Participants who cancel before September 15, 2026 will be entitled to a 50% refund of their registration fee. No refunds are possible for cancellations received after September 15, 2026.
- A participant who cancels may ask the FIAT/IFTA Office to transfer the registration to a colleague. A fee of 10% of the registration fee is charged for the replacements/transfers.
- Cancellations must be submitted in writing to FIAT/IFTA Office in order to receive any possible reimbursement.
- The participants shall bear any bank charges for international transfers.
- Refunds for no-shows are not possible.
- Until payment has been received, registration for the World Conference and any of its associated events will not be valid. Without a valid registration, participants will not be listed in the programme or in the list of participants.
- The FIAT/IFTA reserves the right to update individual registrations and invoices to reflect the registrant’s FIAT/IFTA membership status.
- The data submitted during registration will be used in the framework of the membership of the organisation mentioned above to FIAT/IFTA. This data will be treated according to FIAT/IFTA’s Privacy and Data Processing Statement.
The programme is correct at the time of publishing. Still, organisers reserve the right to alter it if and when deemed necessary, and the FIAT/IFTA Office reserves the right to make changes without prior notice to the parties concerned.
All World Conference and other arrangements are subject to alteration and cancellation at any time without prior notice due to factors that are outside of the organisers’ reasonable control. This will be at the sole and absolute discretion of the organisers. Should such events, such as Force Majeure, render the organisers unable to deliver such service, the organisers shall not be held responsible. The organisers cannot be held responsible for any damages and/or costs arising from any such alteration or cancellation.
CONFERENCE THEMES
AUDIOVISUAL MEMORIES
AS SPACES OF DIALOGUE
PRESERVING MEDIA HERITAGE: PRACTICES AND REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES
USING AUDIOVISUAL MEMORIES: ACCESS, REUSE, AND RESPONSIBILITY
TECHNOLOGICAL FUTURES OF MEDIA ARCHIVES
POWER, REPRESENTATION, AND VOICES IN AUDIOVISUAL MEMORY
PROGRAMME
If you’ve attended a previous FIAT/IFTA World Conference, you are familiar with the scheduling tool Sched. From their page, you can view the programme, or you can also download the Sched app on your phone and keep track of the event there.
The programme is correct at the time of publishing. Still, organisers reserve the right to alter it if and when deemed necessary, and the FIAT/IFTA Office reserves the right to make changes without prior notice to the parties concerned.
EXPERT ROUNDTABLES
The Expert Roundtables are a dynamic and participatory part of the FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026. These small group discussions will bring together professionals from across the audiovisual archiving community to exchange ideas, challenges, and solutions around key topics.
To make these roundtables as relevant and engaging as possible, we’d like your input on which topics should be included, and whether you’d like to actively take part or even moderate a session.
Want to become a sponsor for the FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026?
Please help us plan our sponsorship campaign by letting us know if you are interested. We currently have Bronze sponsorship opportunities still available.
If you would like to learn more, please contact the FIAT/IFTA Director for Partnerships and Sponsorship at sponsors@fiatifta.org
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SOCIAL EVENTS
OCTOBER 6th | 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Welcome
Reception
Attendees
Free access with registration.
Students
Not included in the registration.
OCTOBER 7th | 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Newcomers’
Breakfast
Attendees
Free access with registration.
Students
Not included in the registration.
OCTOBER 8th | 7:30 PM – 11:30 PM
Gala Dinner
& Awards Show
Attendees
Free access with registration.
Students & Third Parties
Registration is available for a fee.
OCTOBER 9st | 5:45 PM – 7:30 PM
Closing
Drinks
Attendees
Free access with registration.
Students
Free access with registration.