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We are delighted to invite DPC Members to attend our DPC Members Forum and Networking Event in Wellington, New Zealand and Sydney, Australia -  and we’re looking for your ideas to shape the programme!

Exclusively for DPC Members, our 2025 event will take place over two separate days, two cities, and two countries! Day 1 will take place alongside the iPRES 2025 conference in Wellington, New Zealand on Friday 7^th November, and Day 2 will take place a week later, on Friday 14^th November in Sydney, Australia. 

This is the final week for early bird registration rates for iPRES 2025 in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, and online, 3-7 November 2025! Early bird registration ends 1 September 2025, end of day, anywhere on earth. If you haven't already registered, make sure to do so this week to take advantage of the early bird discount rate.

We're thrilled to share the dates for our annual exclusive DPC Members Forum & Networking events, which will take place in four locations around the world!

The DPC Members Fora, formerly known to some of you as our DPC Members "Unconferences",  will be organized as follows:

Australasia and Asia-Pacific:

• Part 1 – Friday 7^th November 2025 at iPRES 2025 in Wellington, New Zealand

• Part 2 – Friday 14^th November 2025 in Sydney, Australia

The Americas:

• Tuesday 21^st and Wednesday 22^nd April 2026, hosted by ITHAKA in New York City, USA

Europe:

• Wednesday 20^th and Thursday 21^st May 2026, hosted by Historic Environment Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland 

There’s only two weeks left to take advantage of early bird registration rates for iPRES 2025, the 21^st International Conference on Digital Preservation! 2025 marks the first-ever iPRES held in Aotearoa New Zealand, and only the second time in the southern hemisphere, so don’t miss your chance to participate in this significant global gathering wherever you are in the world! Join us in-person atTākina Wellington Convention and Exhibition Centre, or register as a virtual attendee and experience the online programming. Register now to secure your place and benefit from the early bird rate.

The Digital Preservation Games team are pleased to announce we will be running a session on the 22nd August from 6 to 8pm UK (BST) time. As usual, the event is suitable for anyone, regardless of knowledge or experience of digital preservation, and it will involve a range of games designed to get participants thinking and learning more. It is also an opportunity to have fun and meet others interested in the same area.

Save The Date for World Digital Preservation Day (WDPD2025) on Thursday 6 November 2025 and join individuals and institutions from across the globe in a celebration of digital preservation!

Organized by the Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) and supported by digital preservation networks around the globe, World Digital Preservation Day is open to participation from anyone interested in securing our digital legacy - across all sectors and geographic locations. 

NDSA and the 2025 DigiPres Conference Committee are pleased to announce that registration is now open for this year’s virtual conference taking place October 9-10. The conference will highlight the theory and practice of digital stewardship and preservation, data curation, the digital object lifecycle, and related issues. This year’s theme, “Where We’re At: Digital Preservation in Uncertain Times,” will unpack how we as a community of digital preservation practitioners and leaders can continue this important work in times of chaos and uncertainty.

Register now and gain access to 30+ presentations and lightning talks, NDSA’s Excellence Awards, an NDSA membership forum, sessions from Interest and Working Groups, and more!

The iPRES 2025 Programme Committee is delighted to announce that the conference programme is now available online: https://www.ipres2025.nz/programme

Ngā mihi nui – thank you very much to everyone who put forward proposals for iPRES, the 21st International Conference on Digital Preservation being held in Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand from 3-7 November 2025. The Programme Committee was thrilled to receive so many creative and thought-provoking submissions! 

iPRES offers invaluable opportunities to learn and connect over all things digital preservation! This year’s iPRES programme features seven parallel tracks: