Join the Digital Repository of Ireland, Queen’s University Belfast and the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland next June 2026 for a ‘playful’ conference experience focused on stories of experimentation, creativity - and even failure: the Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (DPASSH) Conference! The call for proposals is open until January 7, 2026.
The 2026 conference theme 'Ready, Set, Preserve! Making Space for Play in Digital Preservation' asks delegates to reflect on collaboration across teams and organisations given the range of skills required to deliver effective digital preservation services. This theme also invites consideration of challenges inherent in certain media types that need to be ‘played’ to be useful (like games, VR, AV, etc.) and the importance of collaboration and inclusivity to successful gameplay (e.g. multi-player games & team sports). Visit the DPASSH website to see the call for proposals!
About DPASSH
The Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) hosts the DPASSH (Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities) Conference to bring together our members, colleagues and the larger digital preservation community around topics of particular interest to those working in cultural heritage, research, higher education, professional arts practice, IT and software development with a Humanities and Social Science focus. Held every second year, the conference is co-hosted with another organisation (or two) with an interest in expanding the conversation around digital preservation on meaningful contemporary themes.