The FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2023 is just around the corner, Register now for a single-day pass or the entire conference, and join us in Locarno, Switzerland, from October 17th to 20th.

Registration information

Follow the “Register Now” button at the bottom of this page or the World Conference page, and choose the option that applies to you: “Registration”, “Single Day Registration”, or “Student Registration”. From the product page, you can select how many registrations you wish to make, facilitating group registrations!

Once ready to check out, introduce the billing and attendees’ details and select the payment type: Bank Transfer or Card.

• If you choose Bank Transfer, your registration will be on hold until the transfer has been made effective. Please make sure to use the order number as the reference.
• For Card payments, the page will redirect you to a secure page for you to complete the registration.

An invoice will be generated and sent to the email address provided once the order is placed. Tickets for the event will be issued only after payment is made and confirmed by the FIAT/IFTA Office.

For this year’s conference, we are offering the following registration options:

• FIAT/IFTA Member / Speaker.
• FIAT/IFTA Non-Member.
• Single Day.
• Student (1-Day).
• Gala Dinner.

If you are sponsoring the FIAT/IFTA World Conference, the FIAT/IFTA Office will contact you via email with further instructions on how to claim your complimentary registrations.

You can find more information on the registration fees by clicking on the button below. Please keep in mind that Terms & Conditions apply.

Programme information

Once registered, visit the FIAT/IFTA World Conference Programme Website on Sched. Here you can create a profile and select which sessions you’d like to attend, creating your own personal schedule; you can also download the Sched app on your phone and keep track of the event there.

At the FIAT/IFTA World Conference, we dissect media-tech-content crossroads. Archivists, devs, strategists, researchers, and the industry unite for informed exchanges: keynotes, presentations, workshops, inspiring dialogues and the convivial atmosphere that the FIAT/IFTA World Conference is well known for.

Our Keynote sessions will be given by:

• Carmela Troncoso, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
• Tom De Smet, Nationaal Archief (National Archives of the Netherlands).

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.

Awards information

The juries evaluated every proposal for this year’s edition and shortlisted 11 nominees for the four main categories. Get to know the nominees by visiting the Archive Achievement Awards 2023 page!

Join us on Thursday, October 19th, from 8 PM to 10 PM for the Awards Show & Screening. During this social event, we will present our shortlisted nominees and announce the winners for all four Archive Achievement Award categories.

We’ll also be presenting the Lifetime Honorary Award. The event will culminate with the screening of one of the projects from last year’s Archive Achievement Awards.

Travel information

You can reach Locarno in just over 10 hours from London and Berlin; from Paris, it’s 8 hours, and Rome, less than 6 hours! Find your route and tickets via RailEurope, Trainline or Omio. For rail connections in Switzerland use SBB.

Travel disruption

Due to a train accident, the Gotthard Base Tunnel is heavily damaged and will stay closed for passenger trains until after the FIAT/IFTA World Conference. Trains travelling on this route must take a detour, adding one extra hour to the journey. The travel planner of the Swiss Federal Railway (SBB) already takes this disruption into account.