A programme design meeting was held at ICCROM from 5 to 7 June with the participation of: New York University; National Archives of Brazil; National Library of New Zealand; Musée du Centre de Recherches et de Documentation of Senegal; Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations; National Archives of Trinidad and Tobago; European Commission on Preservation and Access; and National Archives and Records Administration of the United States.

Mounir Bouchenaki, ICCROM Director-General, opened the meeting and reaffirmed the commitment off ICCROM to archives preservation.

The aim of the meeting was to:

• share issues, challenges and recent developments in conservation of sound and image collections in various countries and regions of the world;
• explore the role and focus of ICCROM in the conservation of sound and image collections worldwide;
• identify research, training and awareness related activities for achieving maximum impact and avoiding duplication of efforts.

Participants

• Catherine ANTOMARCHI, Director, Collections Unit, ICCROM
• Howard BESSER, Director, Masters Degree Program in Moving Image Archiving and Preservation, New York University, United States
• Adrianna COX HOLLOS, Head of Preservation Department, National Archives of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jocelyn CUMING, National Preservation Officer, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand
• Fatima FALL, Chief Conservator, Musée du Centre de Recherches et de Documentation du Senegal(CRDS), Dakar, Senegal
• Crispin JEWITT, Convenor, Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations, c/o British Library Sound Archive, London, United Kingdom
• Helena LEONCE, Government Archivist, National Archives of Trinidad & Tobago, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies
• Yola de LUSENET, Executive Secretary, European Commission on Preservation and Access, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• José Luiz PEDESOLI Júnior, Research Scientist, Collections Unit, ICCROM
• Ann SEIBERT, Preservation Projects Officer, Preservation Programs, Office of Records Services, National Archives and Records Administration, Maryland, United States
• Katriina SIMILA, Project Manager, Collections Unit, ICCROM
• Aparna TANDON, Project Specialist, Collections Unit, ICCROM
• Rosalia VAROLI PIAZZA, Senior Conservation Adviser, Collections Unit, ICCROM

Member States represented: Brazil, Netherlands, New Zealand, Senegal, United Kingdom, United States

updated on: 24 November, 2007