Led by experts of international renown, Digital Futures focuses on the creation, delivery and preservation of digital resources from cultural and memory institutions. Lasting five days, Digital Futures is aimed at managers and other practitioners from the library, museum, heritage and cultural sectors looking to understand the strategic and management issues of developing digital resources from digitisation to delivery.
Digital Futures will cover the following core areas:
There will be visits to 2 institutions to see behind the scenes and receive expert presentations. For the London Digital Futures this will be the National Gallery and the National Archives. For the Digital Futures Australasia this will be State Library New South Wales and a museum (tbc).
The Digital Futures leaders are:
The leaders have over 30 years of experience in the digital realm between them. Other experts will be invited to speak in their areas of expertise.
What past delegates say about Digital Futures:
The Digital Futures is run by King's Digital Consultancy Services and the Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London working in co-operation with Lyrasis, USA. Digital Futures Australasia is made possible by the co-operation of the Library at the University of Technology Sydney.