APA Conference 2011
Putting the infrastructure in place for digital preservation
JISC programme managers Simon Hodson and Neil Grindley will be presenting a session at the The Alliance for Permanent Access (APA) conference 2011. The conference will bring together leaders in the field from Europe and around the world, including academic, large scientific research, industrial and commercial stakeholders.
Date: Tuesday 8, Wednesday 9 November 2011
Venue: BMA House
City: London
The keynote speaker will be EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes, Vice-President for the Digital Agenda. Other guest speakers include representatives from the British government and from Asia, Europe and the USA.
Attendance at the conference will be essential if you or your organisation want to know more about preserving your digitally encoded intellectual capital – your most important asset.
Topics will include:
- the challenges which major information holders and solution providers are addressing
- the latest news on developing a coherent view of what works in digital preservation and how the research efforts and developments fit together
- what infrastructure is being put in place to help you
- how to check whether you or those you fund are doing an adequate job in preserving information
- how to build the business case for preservation
- how preservation fits into the commercial world, including privacy and security
- success stories from which we can learn
For further information and the full conference programme