17-20 OCTOBER · FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE

LOCARNO 2023

Blame it on the algorithm!

Breathe the history of the twentieth century. After nearly four years, we are extremely proud and happy to be able to reunite all those with a professional interest in media archives in Europe.

Blame it on the algorithm!

After nearly four years, the FIAT/IFTA World Conference returned to Europe as an in-person event. In partnership with SRG-SSR, we firmly selected Locarno as the 2023 conference venue. This city melds historical charm with global significance in media and audiovisual history, set against a stunning Alpine backdrop.

As for the conference’s theme, the message was clear: amidst the AI buzz in media archives, let’s pause. Tech’s historic impact on our field begs the question: is this shift unique? Are we off course? Is AI’s dominance a silver bullet or overhyped? Beyond cataloguing, let’s remember its preservation and access potential. Are we, while fixating on AI, missing the broader plans?

To delve deeper, let’s consider the following: do we need AI-free zones in our institutions and collections? Are creativity, curatorship, sustainability and disinformation each other’s friends or foes? Will the survival of media archives be reliant on AI?

We dissected 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.

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SESSION RECORDINGS

Let’s Design Democracy!

by Tom De Smet

Nationaal Archief

The challenge of never-ending preservation and its costs

by Laurent Boch & Etienne Marchand

RAI, INA

Development, Utilization, and Perspective of AI-assisted Colorization of NHK Archives

by Fumio Shimoyama

NHK/Japan Broadcasting Corporation

FIAT/IFTA Initiatives: Timeline Survey Results

by Bríd Dooley, Tim Manders, & Inge Tielemans

RTÉ, Sound & Vision, & VRT

AI, Us and the Future Navigating Challenges, Trust and Transparency

by Leonard Bouchet

RTS

FIAT/IFTA Initiatives – MSC Grant

by Dana Mustata, Adina Brădeanu, & Asli Özgen

University of Groningen, University of Oxford, & University of Amsterdam

The Dilemmas of Sharing: Five Dilemmas When Presenting the Past to the Present

by Nina Benedicte Fleischer & Anne Kirsten Bakke

NKR Archive

Preserving Netflix Programming in the BFI National Archive

by Stephen McConnachie & Lisa Kerrigan

BFI

BFI Replay: Pressing Play on the UK’s archive video collections

by Dylan Cave, Nicky Williams & Emma Smart

BFI

When AI meets the archive. The case of RTVE.

by Virginia Bazán-Gil

RTVE

The possibilities of ChatGPT in your archive

by Martijn van der Vliet

Sound & Vision

Unmasking Machismo. A Deep Dive into RTVE Archives for Media Critique

by César Peña Martínez

RTVE

More metadata more happy partners. Using AI in a collaborative context

by Nico Verplancke

meemoo

AI Metadata generation as shortcut to access

by Karen Brøcker

The Royal Danish Library

Podcasts, newsfeeds…: INA is transforming into a creator of digital content

by Mileva Stupar

INA

Media Pasts as Living Cultural Archives

by Dana Mustata

University of Groningen

Farmers on the Screen: Valorizing the agrarian television series ‘Voor Boer and Tuinder’

by Kathleen Bertrem & Sven Lefèvre

VRT & CAG

Open ears for open archives. Opening up audio archives at Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen SRF

by Markus Gafner

SRF

Opening up the Archive. The Importance of Connecting with our Public

by Julia Vytopil

Sound & Vision

FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2023 – Closing Session

by Brecht Declercq

FIAT/IFTA, RSI

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