The Thursday morning Keynote and the daily plenaries will feature speakers that provide big picture perspectives, innovative insights, and broad outlooks on current issues of interest to the entire audience. Plenary sessions will bring together all conference delegates at the first session of every morning. AMIA welcomes Ian MacKaye as the 2014 Keynote speaker Ian MacKaye is currently the front man of The Evens and formerly of the influential...
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This year, the Conference will offer evening screenings at the hotel on Friday and Saturday night. In addition, AMIA will offer a Community Screening on Saturday afternoon for the families in Savannah. FRIDAY . October 10 7:15pm – 8:00pm It Happened in 16mm: A Night of Regional Film The Small Gauge Amateur Film Committee and the Regional Audiovisual Archives Committee are co-sponsoring a small gauge screening event...
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Poster presentations will be held from 12:00pm – 2:00pm on Thursday and Friday, October 9-10th in the Regency Ballroom as part of the Vendor Cafe. Doris Chase and the WCFTR: Creating a Culture of Collaboration at UW Madison Willie Thurlow, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theatre Research/UW-Madison The Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research’s Doris Chase collection comprises numerous film...
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This is a Preliminary Program. All sessions subject to change
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Have you ever encountered material in your collections that you wish you could share with all of your colleagues in the field? Have you ever wished you could watch that print on the big screen instead of on a flatbed? Have you ever wondered how a full theater would react to that unusual test pattern video? If so, consider submitting your findings and preservation efforts to the 2014 edition Archival Screening Night at this year’s AMIA...
Read MoreOctober 7-8, 2014 | Savannah, Georgia The 2014 edition of this bi-annual two day workshop includes new content and offers attendees—past and future alike—a workshop that emphasizes practical implementation of a variety of tools, including tools currently in development. It incorporates more hands-on exercises than ever before and addresses how the attendee can concretely integrate new models for description into their current workflows and...
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Workshop schedule is subject to change. All workshops must meet a minimum attendance by September 1, 2014. Any workshop that has not met minimum attendance may be cancelled. Should a workshop be cancelled, any registration fees for the workshop will be refunded. TUESDAY . October 7, 2014 8:00am – 5:30pm . Pre-registration required Workshop: Small Gauge Projection and the Art of Projector Maintenance and Repair Chair and Speakers Taylor...
Read More2014 Tips for Session Chairs (pdf) BEFORE THE SESSION Contact Your Speakers Before the conference contact your speakers to ask them if they have any questions about their presentation. Make sure your speakers know the date and time of their presentation. Ask them to give you a short biography with the relevant curriculum vitae material so that you can introduce them properly. Be Prepared It is assumed that the session chairperson is familiar...
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