AMIA Announces Keynote Speakers for Digital Asset Symposium Program Will Run Simultaneously with AMIA Annual Conference LOS ANGELES (October 15, 2015) – The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) has enlisted keynote speakers Erik Weaver and John Downey for the Digital Asset Symposium (DAS), which takes place Nov. 18-19 in Portland, Ore., at the Hilton Portland & Executive Tower. This year marks the first time that DAS will run...

AMIA 2015 will offer a number of screenings in the hotel and at the Whitsell Auditorium.  Anyone registered may use their badge for entry. Thursday . November 19 7:45pm . Whitsell Auditorium AMIA Archival Screeening Night Archival Screening Night is a showcase for AMIA members’ recent acquisitions, discoveries, and preservation efforts. The program represents the magnificent spectrum of media formats, works, and collections protected and...

This three program Advocacy Stream is to provide attendees with useful information and inspiring case studies that will help them to be more effective advocates in their own situations. SESSION 1: INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE POINTS Moderator: Caroline Yeager, George Eastman House; co-chair AMIA Advocacy Committee Speakers: Hila Abraham, Digitization and Access Project Director at the Jerusalem Cinémathèque – Israel Film Archive Christophe Dupin,...

Archival Screening Night will take place at the Whitsell Theatre at the Northwest Film Center in Portland, Oregon. The 2015 edition of ARCHIVAL SCREENING NIGHT will be open to the public. All submissions are made with the understanding that this will be a ticketed event, open to an 18+ audience. * * * The AMIA Archival Screening Night provides conference participants with an opportunity to showcase recent acquisitions and preservation efforts....

Wednesday . November 18  .  1:30pm – 5:30pm Get it in Writing: The First Annual AMIA Writer’s Workshop Led by AMIA colleagues with experience on both sides of the writing process (Donald Crafton and Susan Ohmer: authors, professors and current co-editors of The Moving Image; Devin Orgeron: author, professor, co-chair of AMIA’s Publications Committee, and former editor of The Moving Image; Regina Longo: author and associate editor at...

  Co-Curators: Casey E. Davis, Project Manager, American Archive of Public Broadcasting WGBH Educational Foundation Johan Oomen, Manager, Research and Development Department, Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision Rebecca Fraimow, Archivist, WGBH Educational Foundation Endorsements: John Tariot, Chair, Copyright Committee Ariel Schudson, Chair, Access Committee Thelma Ross, Former of the Cataloging and Metadata Committee, supports the...

Preliminary Program Sessions This list will be updated and is subject to change.  Times and dates of each session will be posted in the next few weeks.  For a full list of workshops available, click here.   Wednesday | 8:00am – 12:00pm Film Archives and Digital Humanities: Tools, Resources, Pedagogy Chairs Dimitrios Latsis, University of Iowa/The Internet Archive Rick Prelinger, UC Santa Cruz/Prelinger Archives/Internet Archive...

Wednesday  |  Thursday  |  Friday  |  Saturday Workshops  |  Vendor Cafe  |  Poster Sessions  |  DAS Schedule at a Glance SATURDAY . November 21, 2015   8:00am – 9:30am | Grand Ballroom II | Breakfast available 7:45am – 8:15am AMIA Annual Business and Membership Meeting and Continental Breakfast Members and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend the Membership Meeting to hear the annual “State of the Association” report, updates about...