Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Tuesday, 28/Oct/2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00am - 10:20am |
1.02. Nations memory Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Sharon Alexander-Gooding, ICA FIDA |
ICA New Professionals Session Location: Room 111 Chair: Nicola Laurent, The University of Melbourne Chair: Laura Luca, University College London (UCL) |
4.04. Rewriting the Rules: What Happens When Archives Go Intelligent? Location: Room 112 Chair: Yaminel Bernal Astorga, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores, Unidad Morelia, UNAM |
3.02. Archives, Memory Laws, and Historical Justice Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Marco Antonio Enríquez Ochoa, Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos ALA |
Colab 4.3. AI tools for archives Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Gabriela Andaur Gómez, ICA |
Colab 2.1. Archiving war and displacement Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Jens Boel, ICA/SAHR |
5.06. Future Tools and Workflows Location: Room 128 Chair: Maria Papanikolaou, NATO |
1.07. New archival ways for communities Location: Room 127 Chair: Pimphot Seelakate, Chulalongkorn University |
| 5.01. AI in Archival Education Location: Room 212 Chair: Ruth Vallejo, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas |
Panel 2.3. Archives during conflict Location: Room 211 Chair: Carlos Serrano Vásquez, ICA |
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| 10:20am - 10:50am |
Break |
Poster Session 1 |
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| 10:50am - 12:10pm |
2.01. Transitional justice Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Montserrat Canela Garayoa, Consultant |
4.01. Reimagining Records in the Age of AI Location: Room 111 Chair: Bruno Ricard, Service interministériel des archives de France |
5.04. Archival Collaborations Location: Room 112 Chair: Rodrigo Sandoval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
1.08. Preserving identities Location: Room 133-134 Chair: David Sutton, University of Reading |
ICA Lightning Talks Session Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Nicola Laurent, The University of Melbourne |
Colab 3.1.Transnational Stewardship and Digital Access to Political and Justice Archives Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Hinerangi Himiona, Aotearoa/New Zealand |
2.05. Protecting identities Location: Room 128 Chair: Katia Isabelli Melo, Universidade de Brasília |
1.04. Archives and new uses Location: Room 127 Chair: Almudena Gutiérrez García-Muñoz, Associació de Professionals de l'Arxivística i Gestió de Documents de Catalunya |
| 4.06. Making Memory Visible: Accessibility, Strategy, and Archival Responsibility Location: Room 212 Chair: John Sheridan, The National Archives |
Panels 5.1. Archival Education Location: Room 211 Chair: Joan Pérez-Ventayol, ESAGED - Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Chair: Karen Jamison TRIVETTE, Alma Mater Europaea University-SLOVENIA |
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| 12:10pm - 12:30pm |
Break |
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| 12:30pm - 1:15pm |
Opening Ceremony Location: Auditorium |
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| 1:15pm - 2:00pm |
Keynote Speaker - Mercè Crosas: AI-Ready Archives: Understanding the past with the tools of the future Location: Auditorium |
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| 2:00pm - 2:45pm |
LUNCH |
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| 2:45pm - 4:15pm |
3.01. Data Protection and the Right to Access Information Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Maximiliaan Scriwanek, CARBICA / National Archives Curacao |
ICA-FPA session - Sustainable and successful professional associations Location: Room 111 Chair: Cedric Champagne, Université du Québec à Montréal |
1.05. The role of archives in shaping collective memory and democracy Location: Room 112 Chair: Michaël Bloche, Directeur des Archives nationales de Monaco |
5.02. AI in Archival Practice Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Aliya Mustafina, Archive of the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan |
Colab 1.01. Gender, minorities and Queer related archives Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Fina Solà Gasset, Consorci de les Drassanes Reials i Museu Marítim de Barcelona |
Colab 4.1. Redefining Archives: Innovation, Integrity, and Access in a Digital World Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Claude Roberto, Portail international archivistique francophone (PIAF) |
1.10. Ensuring preservation Location: Room 128 Chair: Janny Sjåholm, ArkiVest |
5.12. New tools, new roles, new users Location: Room 127 Chair: Norma Fenoglio |
| 2.02. Documenting armed conflicts Location: Room 212 Chair: Ramon Alberch i Fugueras, Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos |
Panels 1.1. Challenges for archivists Location: Room 211 Chair: Irene Brugués Massot, ACUB Àmbit Cultural de Benedictines Chair: Kelly Spring, East Carolina University |
Sponsor Workshop - The cost of archives versus the greater cost of loss: an archival project with a holistic approach and success stories Location: Room 123 EUN |
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| 4:15pm - 4:45pm |
Break / ICA General Assembly Registration |
Poster session 2 |
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| 4:45pm - 5:00pm |
ICA General Assembly Registrations |
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| 5:00pm - 8:00pm |
ICA General Assembly |
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| Date: Wednesday, 29/Oct/2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
4.12. Preserving Born-Digital Futures: Standards, Access, and Environmental Responsibility Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Hapiza binti Osman, SARBICA AND NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF MALAYSIA |
5.09. National and Institutional Innovations Location: Room 111 Chair: Cedric Champagne, Université du Québec à Montréal |
1.01. Memory of endangered communities Location: Room 112 Chair: Elisa García Prieto, Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
Panels 5.3. Recordkeeping and Digital Humanities Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Barbara Reed, Monash University Chair: Rodrigo Sandoval, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile |
Colab 4.7. Tools for archival accessibility Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Francisco Fernández Cuesta, Ayuntamiento de Madrid |
Colab 5.1. Contemporary perspectives in archival work Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Alan Capellades Riera, Generalitat de Catalunya |
1.13. Archives, Communities, and Identities Location: Room 128 Chair: Gustavo A. Castaner Marquardt |
4.07. Digital Transformation and Access in Archives and Records Management Location: Room 127 Chair: Jonathan De Guzman Isip, University of the Philippines |
| 3.03. Advocacy, Professional Networks, and Rights-Based Archiving Location: Room 212 Chair: Deborah Jenkins, Urban Legacy Partnership |
Panels 2.1. Archiving in Palestine Location: Room 211 Chair: Ghada Dimashk, American University of Beirut Chair: Jamila J Ghaddar, University of Amsterdam |
Sponsor Workshop - Exploring Traditional Culture of Sarawak, Malaysia Location: Room 123 |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
Poster session 3 |
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| 11:00am - 11:45am |
Keynote Speaker - Alan Cobley:Decoloniality, Reparations, Digitisation and AI: the new paradigms and new technologies shaping Caribbean Archives in the twenty-first century Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 |
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| 11:45am - 12:00pm |
Break |
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| 12:00pm - 1:30pm |
5.05. Future of Archival Education Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Esther Olembe, Archives Nationales du Cameroun |
4.09. Collaborative Futures: Rethinking Archival Practice in the Digital Age Location: Room 111 Chair: Jean-Paul Nenga |
2.03. Archives and Refugees Location: Room 112 Chair: Henri ZUBER, Société de l'histoire du protestantisme français |
4.02. Resilient Archives: Integrating AI, Access, and Accountability in the Digital Age Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Ryan Courchene, Library and Archives Canada |
Colab 5.2. Archival Training Location: Room 131-132 Chair: David Iglésias, Ajuntament de Girona |
Lightning Talks Session 1 Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Heather Dean, University of Victoria Libraries Lightning Talks session 1 |
1.11. Engaging communities Location: Room 128 Chair: Giovanni Michetti, Sapienza University of Rome |
3.05. Digital Records Management and Security of Rights Location: Room 127 Chair: Sarah Negumbo, National Archives of Namibia |
| ICA-FAN session: Looking Ahead to 2050: Key Issues for National Archives Location: Room 212 |
Panels 2.2. Collecting archives Location: Room 211 Chair: Kostas Arvanitis, University of Manchester Chair: Núria Jornet Benito, Universitat de Barcelona |
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| 1:30pm - 3:00pm |
LUNCH / ICA/FAN Lunch |
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| 3:00pm - 4:30pm |
1.06. Local, Global, and Indigenous Perspectives in Archives Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Normand Charbonneau, Deputy Librarian and Archivist of Canada (retired) |
4.08. Transforming Information Landscapes: Archives, Data, and Digital Innovation Location: Room 111 Chair: Lai-Tee Phang, National Archives of Singapore |
Panels 5.5. Global Perspectives on Archival Futures Location: Room 112 Chair: Kelly Spring, East Carolina University Chair: Avril Belfon, Formerly of the National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago |
4.03. Reconstructing Memory: Artificial Intelligence, Archival Practice, and Digital Ethics Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Yujue Wang, Wuhan University |
Colab 5.3. Archives Risk Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Sandra Ponce, Arxiu Municipal de Barcelona |
Colab 4.2. Archiving the Future: Skills, Access, and Innovation Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Jordi Serra Serra, jordiserra18@outlook.es |
4.17. Building Trustworthy and Resilient Digital Repositories Location: Room 128 Chair: Javier Requejo Zalama, Gobierno de España. Ministerio de Cultura. Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
5.10. Transforming Archival Practices for Inclusive and Digital Futures Location: Room 127 Chair: Makutla Mojapelo, University Of South Africa |
| ICA-FAN Session: National Archives Transformation Initiatives Location: Room 212 |
Panels 5.2. Future of Archival Description Location: Room 211 Chair: Elisa García Prieto, Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
Sponsor Workshop - Smart and Secure Archiving: Practical Solutions from methodology to technology Location: Room 123 OPEN TEXT |
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| 4:30pm - 5:00pm |
Break |
Poster session 4 |
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| 5:00pm - 6:30pm |
4.14. Intelligent Archives: From AI Tools to Theoretical Models for Enhanced Access Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Sonia Black, UWI |
2.04. Protecting archives during disasters Location: Room 111 Chair: Ana María López Cuadrado, Ministerio de Cultura (Gobierno de España) |
5.07. Strategic visions for archives Location: Room 112 Chair: Adama Aly Pam, UNESCO |
3.04. Archival Practices for Justice and Vulnerable Communities Location: Room 133-134 Chair: António Sousa, ICA-SAR |
Colab 5.4. Strenghtening the profession and building collaborations Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Moisés Rockembach, University of Coimbra |
Colab 1.02. Community and citizen archives Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Anna Esteve Florensa, Associació de Professionals de l’Arxivística i la Gestió de Documents de Catalunya |
4.05. Archives as Public Knowledge Hubs: Access, Participation, and Purpose in a Digital Era Location: Room 128 Chair: Mpho Ngoepe, University of South Africa |
3.07. To reconstitute and make accessible the collective memory after repression: civil war and decolonization Location: Room 127 Chair: Lluís-Esteve Casellas Serra, Ajuntament de Girona |
| ICA-FIDA session Location: Room 212 ICA's Fund for the International Development of Archives: Experiences and Prospects |
Panels 4.1. Preserving Trust: AI, Standards, and the Future of Digital Records Location: Room 211 Chair: Onías Vargas Mendoza, ODILO TID S.L. Chair: Paul Anthony Mullon, COR Concepts Information Management Consulting |
Sponsor Workshop - AI and RiC For Working Archivists: Imagining systems that empower and inform using emerging technologies Location: Room 123 ARTEFACTUAL |
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| 8:00pm - 11:30pm |
Gala Dinner Museo Marítimo de Barcelona |
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| Date: Thursday, 30/Oct/2025 | ||||||||
| 9:00am - 10:30am |
4.11. Governance by Design: Rethinking Electronic Records in Public Institutions Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Cristina Díaz Martínez, Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
1.03. The profession's active role in the battle of access Location: Room 111 Chair: Joan Boadas i Raset |
3.06. Transparency and records management Location: Room 112 Chair: Bernat Muntés, Diputació Barcelona |
4.10. Structuring Access: Designing Digital Archives for Transparency, Context, and Reuse Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Montserrat Canela Garayoa, Consultant |
Colab 4.5. Modernising Archives Responsibly: From AI Ethics to Open-Source Solutions Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Vera Núñez Martínez, Freelance |
Colab 4.4. Innovating Archival Access and Governance: AI, Standards, and Policy Frameworks Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Francisco José Valentín Ruiz, Ministerio de Cultura (España) - Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
1.09. Managing Memories and emerging technologies Location: Room 128 Chair: Kirsten Thorpe, University of Technology Sydney |
Panels 5.6. Expanding Archival Horizons Location: Room 127 Chair: David Iglésias, Ajuntament de Girona Chair: Emma Mary Florence Morse, ARTIS |
| 1.12. Archives preserving identities Location: Room 212 Chair: Jordi Padilla-Delgado, ICA-SAGDAA-WG |
Panels 5.4. Archives strategies for the future Location: Room 211 Chair: Nampombe Saurombe, University of South Africa Chair: Lluís-Esteve Casellas Serra, Ajuntament de Girona |
AI Godot: pipeline, challenges and expectations of automated Gothic document transcription Location: Room 123 Barcelona Supercomputer Center |
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| 10:30am - 11:00am |
Break |
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| 11:00am - 11:45am |
Keynote Speaker - Trudy Huskamp Peterson: Hope as a Discipline: Archives and Human Rights Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 |
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| 11:45am - 12:15pm |
ICA Fellows Ceremony Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 |
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| 12:15pm - 12:30pm |
Break |
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| 12:30pm - 2:00pm |
5.08. Emergency and Disaster Planning / Professional development to face archival challenges Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Meg Phillips |
4.13. Archival Access at Scale: Linking Heritage, Technology, and the Public Location: Room 111 Chair: Jaume Enric Zamora Escala, DIPUTACIÓ DE BARCELONA |
2.06. Archives and migration Location: Room 112 Chair: Javier Requejo Zalama, Gobierno de España. Ministerio de Cultura. Subdirección General de los Archivos Estatales |
5.11. Archival science and the future archivist Location: Room 133-134 Chair: Maria Jose VANNI, Asociacion Latinoamericana de Archivos (ALA) |
Lightning Talks Session 2 Location: Room 131-132 Chair: Jessica Squires, Library and Archives Canada Lightning Talks Session 2 |
Colab 4.6. Expanding Access and Collaboration in Archives Through Digital Tools and Policy Support Location: Room 129-130 Chair: Marianne Deraze, ICA |
4.15. Harnessing Technology for Archival Access and Preservation Location: Room 128 Chair: David Brian Fricker, National Library and Archives UAE |
4.16. Access, Rights, and Collaboration in the Archival Landscape Location: Room 127 Chair: TSHEPHO MOSWEU, UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA |
| 5.03. Sustainable Development and Green Archives Location: Room 212 Chair: Cécile Fabris, Archives nationales |
Panels 4.2. AI archives and accessibility Location: Room 211 Chair: Agata Bloch, Tadeusz Manteuffel Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences Chair: Alicia Fornes, Computer Vision Center - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona |
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| 2:00pm - 2:15pm |
Emmett Leahy Award ceremony Location: Room 112 |
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| 2:00pm - 3:00pm |
LUNCH |
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| 3:00pm - 4:15pm |
Keynote Panel - Archival Futures: Archives and Archivists for the next Quarter Century Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Meg Phillips |
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| 4:15pm - 5:30pm |
Closing Ceremony Location: Main Room - 113 to 117 Chair: Dr Hamad Abdulla Al Mutairi, National Library and Archives UAE |
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