AVPS AMIA/IASA 2010

Charles Wilson Peale, John Wanamaker, Boyz II Men… The groundwork for Philly Cool has been slowly built up over the centuries; now AMIA is bringing that destiny to fruition. The Association of Moving Image Archivists annual conference will be held at the historic Loews Philadelphia Hotel, November 2-6, 2010. In celebration of AMIA’s 20th anniversary and in acknowledgement of the worldwide import of audiovisual preservation needs, this year’s conference will be held jointly with the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives annual conference. Collaboration, integrable standards, and open communication among practitioners of the array of careers that relate to archiving and preservation are becoming necessary activities for doing our work well, especially in the face of the growing need for digital preservation. The joint AMIA/IASA Conference will provide the perfect opportunity to begin dialogs and develop the relationships that will contribute to the future success of the field.

In support of this significant opportunity, AudioVisual Preservation Solutions will be chairing or presenting on a number of panels for both AMIA and IASA.

Moving to a Digital Asset Management Environment: A Case Study on Fresh Air

Chair: Dave Rice – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions

Speakers: Julian Herzfeld – WHYY
Daniel Pisarski – TelVue Corporation

Embedded Metadata: A Look Inside Issues and Tools

Speakers: Chris Lacinak – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Dave Rice – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
George Blood – George Blood Audio

Wrappers and Codecs: A Survey of Selection Strategies

Chair: Chris Lacinak – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions

Speakers: Carl Fleischhauer – Library of Congress
Isaiah Beard – Rutgers University
Hannah Frost – Stanford University

Tech MD: Is There a Doctor in the House?

Chairs: Chris Lacinak – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
David Rice – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions

Speakers: Hannah Frost – Stanford University
Kate Murray – National Archives and Records Administration

Digital Audio Interstitial Errors: Raising Awareness and Developing New Methodologies for Detection

Speaker: Chris Lacinak – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions

Funding Outside of the Box

Chair: Kara Van Malssen – New York University

Speakers: Chris Lacinak – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Dirk Van Dall – Broadway Video Digital Media

Transcoding 101: The Mechanics and Application of Digital Video Conversion Within the Archive

Chairs: Dave Rice – AudioVisual Preservation Solutions
Angelo Sacerdote – Bay Area Video Coalition

Speakers: Skip Elsheimer – AV Geeks

For the description of these and other conference panels as well conference registration information, visit http://www.amiaconference.com/. We’ll see you at the top of the stairs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art!