Polish EU Presidency Conference on Creative Potential of Digital Archives

22 June 2011 – During the Polish Presidency in the Council of the European Union, the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland organises an expert conference called “Competences in Culture” in the area of culture, audiovisual and copyright. The conference  will be held in Warsaw on 18-20 July 2011.

The conference is organised in 3 parallel sessions: Culture, audiovisual and copyright. The audiovisual section is devoted to “The creative potential of digial archives”. The aim is to exchange best practices of digital archiving, new emerging business models, as well as building workflows for digital preservation of film and audiovisual archives. 3 consecutive panels are scheduled:

I. Future of digital archives (creative potential, commercial potential and business models).

II. Reconstruction of film and audiovisual materials. Archives and film education.

III. Digital distribution of film and audiovisual materials.

For further information, please visit the conference website.