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IIPC Web Archiving Conference in Montreal, 12-13 May 2020: extended deadline!

BAnQ - Montreal, Canada, 12-13 May, 2020 

• CfP theme: Expanding Horizons: how we build, use, and sustain web archives
• Conference website: http://netpreserve.org/ga2020/
• Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iipcwac2020
• All submissions are due by December 6th 2019

2020 marks 10 years of the Open Preservation Foundation (OPF). To honour this occasion, the OPF invites you to join in a global celebration on 10 June at the Austrian National Library in Vienna. OPFCON celebrates a decade of OPF, considers its impact on the community, and reflects on its role in the future of digital preservation. 

The European Commission is hosting a CEF eArchiving event on 3-4 December in Brussels. Meet eArchiving offers the unique opportunity to learn how eArchiving can be used beyond traditional tools and how to overcome the implementation challenges. 

PV2020: Ensuring Long-Term Preservation and Adding Value to Scientific and Technical Data - 2020

CERN - Geneva, Switzerland, May 12-14, 2020

• Conference website: https://indico.cern.ch/event/838830/overview
• Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pv2020
• Abstract registration deadline: January 31, 2020
• Submission deadline: April 30, 2020

Topics: data and knowledge preservation adding value to data issues related to policy etc (very) long term issues

EMPOWERING KNOWLEDGE SOCIETIES

The archival, records and data landscape in the 21st century is changing public expectations, how we do our work, what constitutes credible evidence and how we protect our holdings. It is time for our profession to discuss, reflect and challenge existing practices to explore and expand the critical role played by archives and information professionals in the 21st century knowledge societies.