The iPRES 2025 conference opened today in Wellington, New Zealand, Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa marking the start of a week-long gathering and celebration of digital preservation worldwide!
The Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC) is delighted to support the international community in recognizing more than two decades of shared progress and innovation in digital preservation.
iPRES is the leading international forum for digital preservation practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to exchange ideas and explore new ways to safeguard our digital memory. This year’s conference promises lively discussions, creative thinking, and local inspiration from Aotearoa New Zealand, where Mātauranga Māori (traditional Māori knowledge) and tikanga (customary practices) enrich the experience and encourage reflection on preservation through diverse cultural lenses. The conference themes, ‘journey encounter and connect’ set a tone for collaboration and engagement which resonates with digital preservation as an emerging practice, and which centres the other.
William Kilbride, Executive Director of the Digital Preservation Coalition, said:
“iPRES is more than a conference, it is a moment each year when our global community pauses to reflect, connect, and look ahead together. The conversations that begin here often shape the priorities and collaborations that define our work for years to come.
Each sponsorship package takes the name of New Zealand bird. The DPC is delighted and honoured to support iPRES 2025 as ‘TŪĪ or Platinum Sponsor’. The Tūī is one of New Zealand’s most iconic birds, known for its beautiful, complex song, and suggests harmony and interconnectedness which might also summarize the DPC’s mission, helping to foster an environment where innovation and cooperation in digital preservation can continue to flourish.
We wish everyone an inspiring and joyful week in Wellington!”
As a charitable foundation with members across six continents, the DPC’s sponsorship of iPRES 2025 reflects its ongoing mission to connect people and organisations, advocate for digital preservation as a shared responsibility, and help the community build lasting capacity and confidence in preserving digital materials.
Delegates attending iPRES 2025 are warmly invited to visit the DPC table in the conference foyer to meet the team, learn more about membership, and explore the resources and opportunities available to the digital preservation community worldwide!
For more information about iPRES 2025, visit www.ipres2025.nz.