2023 Conference

The Digital Everyday Digital Preservation – Tools and Access.

The Business Archive Council and the Business Archive Council Scotland are coming together to host a joint conference on the 8th November. This one-day event will be held at the HSBC Head Office, Canary Wharf in London from 9.30am – 4.30pm with virtual attendance also available. The conference theme 

The morning will focus on the tools, systems and programs available to help you preserve your digital records to the highest possible standards. The afternoon will explore the ways available to provide access to this content.

General bookings for the conference are now open are now open via eventbrite. 

This conference is hosted by HSBC and sponsored by Preservica and TownsWeb Archiving.

A programme preview is below.

The full programme and speaker list will be published in due course.

Digital Preservation and Access: The Digital Everyday

9.15am – Arrival
9.30am – Introduction and housekeeping
9.40am – 10.10am
Keynote – HSBC– Leaders from the business archives community in the digital arena speaking about their digital journey and hybrid approach to digital preservation storage and access.
10.10am – 12.30pm

Session 1 – Digital Preservation Tools The first part of the session will share tools and guidance that are available to the business archives community to support their digital preservation activities. The second part of the session will hear practical examples from a cross-section of the archvie sector providing examples of approaches being taken to digital preservation. Includes Speakers from abrdn, The National Archives UK and the Digital Preservation Coalition.

Session 2 – ‘Ask the Experts’ –An opportunity for attendees to ask the speakers from the morning session about their experiences and tips on digital preservation

Session 3 – ‘Show and Tell’ – demonstrations and talks of 20 minutes in length, including questions, providing practical examples of digital preservation and access from the business archives community. Includes speakers from the Macallan, Naomi Korn and Associates and the CYENS Centre of Excellence.