FIAT/IFTA WORLD CONFERENCE

15-18 OCTOBER

BUCHAREST 2024

Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch!

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Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch!

Welcome to the upcoming conference, ‘Don’t Believe Me, Just Watch!’, set to take place in Bucharest this October 2024. As we anticipate the approach of this engaging event, we delve into a multitude of questions encompassing the ever-evolving landscape of media preservation, acquisition, and archiving. Are we truly prepared for the challenges that lie ahead, or are we merely spectators in a rapidly changing arena? How do we navigate the intersection of ethics, technology, and skill sets in this digital age?

Our conference will bring together media managers, archivists, researchers, developers, strategists, as well as service and technology providers, fostering a collaborative environment for the exchange of well-informed opinions. Through presentations, keynotes, workshops, and discussion sessions, participants will confront pressing issues facing the archive industry today.

Located in the vibrant city of Bucharest, our discussions will span diverse topics, such as the challenges and opportunities in media preservation, the ethical considerations surrounding technological transformations, and the strategic choices for archive management teams. Migration, collaboration, AI integration, ecological responsibility, and access to archives are just a few of the subjects that will be explored in depth.

Join us as we delve into the intricacies of media archives, embracing the challenges, uncertainties, and opportunities that await. Your participation and insights are highly valued as we work together to uncover the stories influencing our media views and strategic decisions for the future.

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

TOWARDS A NEW HORIZON: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN MEDIA PRESERVATION AND ACQUISITION

Migration is a must. Is it still a challenge or not?

Collaboration against obsolescence. How to share equipment and knowledge?

Flexible workflows for atypical content: UHD, games, 3D objects and virtual realities

AI in digitisation: an opportunity to enhance efficiency and accuracy?

Ecologically responsible media preservation: a contradiction in terms?

Where are we with media preservation in the Southeastern European region?

DOCUMENTING TOMORROW: ETHICAL CHALLENGES, TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION, AND SHIFTING SKILLSETS

The bias within: the archive and its descriptions as a mirror of an evolving society.

News –creating the truth, embracing democracy, deep fakes everywhere.

Ethics and responsibility in the implementation and use of algorithms for documentation.

Documentalists of the future: from worldly wise to data savvy?

Competence enhancement in the development, testing, implementation and use of AI.

User-generated metadata and integration with production systems: off the radar as metadata creation methods?

ACCESSING ARCHIVES: ETHICS, EQUITY, AND ENGAGEMENT

The archival catalogue and the streaming platform: what’s the difference?

Archival curators and journalists: subject to the same codes of ethics?

Personalised content discovery: a threat or an opportunity for media archives?

Accessibility and inclusion: ensuring equitable access.

Protection of personal data: finding opportunities amidst challenges.

Managing rights, taking risks.

FROM ARCHIVES TO NARRATIVES: UNRAVELLING MEDIA PERSPECTIVES

Silences, absences and biases: archival gaps and how to fill them.

Broadcast histories in the (post)socialist region: Cold War media and beyond.

Archives and truth value: media archives and the politics of (un)truth.

Archeologies of disinformation: yesterday’s propaganda, today’s fake news.

Histories of archive technologies: devices as historical documents.

Archives for change: public value, social integration, knowledge utilisation beyond academia.

STRATEGIC CHOICES FOR THE ARCHIVE’S MANAGEMENT TEAM

The use of broadcast archive material to train AI algorithms: ethical and strategic aspects.

Adapting organizational structures to new working methods and new stakeholder’s needs.

Re-use beyond traditional media production: not a concern for broadcaster’s archives?

Archives as actors in the political and social debate about public broadcasting.

Market evolutions in archival sales as a result of changing media production.

Money is too tight to mention: the archive in the balance sheet.

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FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2024 – Call for Proposals

TRAVEL GRANT

FIAT/IFTA TRAVEL GRANT

FIAT/IFTA would like to enable media archivists and researchers from all over the world to attend the conference, become an active part of the international audiovisual heritage community and promote the development of professional skills and opportunities. With this objective, FIAT/IFTA has decided to offer the FIAT/IFTA Travel Grant.

This grant consists of a maximum of 5 scholarships of a maximum of € 1000 each, which should allow candidates to bear the costs associated with attending the conference.

GRANT RECIPIENTS ARE AWARDED:

Complimentary registration for the entire FIAT/IFTA World Conference (Workshops, Opening Cocktail, Gala Dinner and Awards Show).

Reimbursement of up to €1000 to cover travel costs to and from the conference and local accommodation.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

Candidates wishing to submit an application for the FIAT/IFTA World Conference Travel Grant should submit their application via the form below, by May 26^th 2024, at the latest. Applicants will be notified about the award decisions by no later than June 10^th 2024. Please note that a Google account is required to fill out the form.

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