Join us in The Pavilion! The Pavilion is scheduled for two days – Thursday, December 5th and Friday, December 6th. A central meeting point at the conference, it brings together exhibit booths, skill shares, “ask an expert” spaces, and poster sessions. Our goal is to create a hub for sharing information at the conference. Suppliers and service providers have always been a great source of information about what’s new and...
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Roundtables are informal, collaborative discussions that explore specific topics and issues in a smaller group. While there is a facilitator for each Roundtable, there is no presenter or speaker, and they are open to anyone with an interest in the topic. During these small group topical discussions, everyone’s voice is heard and there is a facilitator for support. Recommend a topic for discussion as an opportunity to discuss and brainstorm...
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The AMIA 2024 Conference Committee is pleased to invite additional submissions for poster presentations. A poster presentation is one in which information is summarized using texts and images, and presented in a poster format. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your repository, a digitization project, a research project or other initiative, and share your work with your colleagues. The Poster Sessions are scheduled for Thursday,...
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The conference offers parallel session tracks as well as workshops, screenings, receptions and the Pavilion for exhibitors and activities. Check back as conference events are added and note that the program session schedule may change. In an effort to make the annual conference accessible to as many as possible, AMIA offers conference registration fees on a sliding scale. The categories listed next to “Full Registration” are...
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The 2024 edition of ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT will take place on Friday, December 5, 2024 at UMW Union Cinema to close out the AMIA Conference in Milwaukee. Archival Screening Night provides AMIA members with an opportunity to showcase recent acquisitions, discoveries, and preservation efforts in a program that represents the magnificent spectrum of formats, works, and collections protected and preserved by the AMIA community. Please consider...
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All workshops must meet a minimum enrollment no later than October 31st. Any workshop that hasn’t met the minimum enrollment by October 31 will be cancelled and all fees refunded. Workshops require separate registration and are not included in conference fees. Full Day | Separate Registration Required Film Restoration Essentials for Small Archives and Non-Profits Fabio Bedoya, Filmworkz Join us for a...
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Closing Keynote Friday | 8:30am The Bob Dylan Center offers unprecedented access to the creative life of one of America’s most important and influential artists. Steven Jenkins, Director of the Bob Dylan Center/American Song Archives, and Mark Davidson, the Senior Director of Archives and Exhibitions, to discuss highlights of the Center’s first 18 months, the art and science of collecting, sorting and preserving archival materials...
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Test your skills, win prizes, all for a good cause. And, more importantly, dethrone the reigning AMIA Trivia Champs! Do you know what honor John C. Frémont received in 2000? Or the name of the poodle Elvis gave his daughter? Or the name of the town in Oklahoma that has an annual Bigfoot festival? If not, you’ll want to find a colleague that does as you form your team for Trivia – on Tuesday night at the conference. Lots of teams...
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