Events & Workshops 2026
Media Archival Related Workshops and Events
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This conference aims to explore and interrogate these tensions – between preservation and destruction, authenticity and interpretation, and professional values and practical realities – while considering how authenticity can be meaningfully embedded in theory, practice, and education. Authenticity remains critical yet contested – how should we define and uphold it in a post-truth world?
Amsterdam, The Netherlands 11th to 14th Sept 2026.
IBC is where media and entertainment comes to life. As the global meeting point for the industry, IBC brings together the creative, technology and business communities to turn ideas into action, connections into partnerships, meetings into deals, and innovation into real-world business outcomes.
In a market defined by rapid change and increasing focus on value, IBC is the ideal place for meaningful engagement.
The world’s leading broadcasters, content owners, rights-holders and solution providers come together at IBC for focused conversations, active collaboration and business that moves forward – creating the moments that matter.
Copenhagen, Denmark, September 21-25, 2026 – The iPRES (International Conference on Digital Preservation) 2026 will offer both in-person and virtual participation. The conference welcomes contributions from researchers, practitioners, and organizations worldwide engaged in digital preservation. This year’s themes—Community, Preservation, and Horizon—explore evolving practices, innovations, and collaborations shaping the future of digital preservation.
FIAT/IFTA World Conference 2026
October 6–9, 2026, São Paulo, Brazil, hosted by Cinemateca Brasileira. The federation’s flagship annual gathering brings together archivists, technologists, researchers, and policymakers from around the world for four days of exchange on preservation, access, and the future of audiovisual heritage. Held outside Europe once every four years, this edition marks the conference’s return to Latin America. Registration is now open, with early-bird prices available until August 31.
The “No Time to Wait” conference returns for its tenth edition from October 14 to 16, 2026, at the Filmoteka Narodowa – Instytut Audiowizualny in Warsaw, Poland. Organized by FINA and MediaArea.net, the three-day event focuses on open media practices, digital audiovisual preservation, and open standards. Participants will engage in presentations, workshops, interactive sessions, and networking, emphasising practical problem-solving and hands-on demonstrations. The conference welcomes archivists, developers, researchers, and enthusiasts from around the world, offering opportunities for professional development and community-building in safeguarding audiovisual heritage.
Joint Technical Symposium 2026 (JTS 2026) October 19–22, The Joint Technical Symposium (JTS) For audiovisual preservation professionals. Sharing technical advances and expertise in preserving image and sound materials across all formats.
Worldwide, October 27, 2026 – World Day for Audiovisual Heritage celebrates the preservation of sound recordings and moving images globally. Proclaimed by UNESCO in 2005, the date commemorates UNESCO’s 1980 “Recommendation for the Safeguarding and Preservation of Moving Images,” the first international instrument recognizing the cultural and historical importance of audiovisual recordings. Archives worldwide mark the day with activities highlighting the vulnerability of audiovisual heritage and the essential work of institutions that protect it. The event is organized in cooperation with the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA).
OnDAM is Europe’s largest conference dedicated entirely to Digital Asset Management.
November 17-18, 2026
Organised by Activo since 2020, it brings together DAM professionals, solution vendors, and end-users for two days of keynotes, workshops, and exhibitions in Paris or online.
Papering Over the Audiovisual Archives Symposium
November 19–20, 2026, Hilversum, Netherlands, hosted by the FIAT/IFTA Media Studies Commission and Entangled Media Histories at the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision. This two-day symposium explores paper archives and their role in media historical research, foregrounding their value in media historiography and their contribution to appraising and valorising audiovisual archival records. Aimed at media historians, archivists, artists, and media professionals working with archives. Registration will open early September.
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