DPC Members Forum and Networking Event - Europe

We are delighted to invite DPC Members to attend a DPC Members Forum and Networking Event in The Hague, The Netherlands!

Exclusively for DPC Members, this event - formally known as our DPC Members “Unconference” - will take place face-to-face* over the course of two days and will form part of a worldwide program of Member networking activities.

In addition to meeting and networking with other members of the Coalition, we will have an exciting program of fast-paced member led talks and discussions, giving DPC Members the opportunity to take the floor and exchange ideas, showcase work and discuss key themes.

Gen Schmitt from The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign attended last year’s event in Dublin. She says:

"I am truly appreciative for the opportunity to attend the DPC Unconference in Dublin 2024. I was able to share The University of Illinois Library’s initiatives in verifying file integrity in the cloud in a cost-effective manner while also learning about the endeavors and priorities of my peers. After attending this gathering, I have gained a greater appreciation for the importance of collaboration in digital preservation and the sharing of both successes and challenges."

*Given the nature of the activities, we do not plan to offer online attendance at this event but aim to provide written highlights.

How does the DPC Members Forum work?

Offer to lead a session

Whether you have a task you want to work on with others, a fresh idea or solution you want to demo, or topics you want to discuss to learn from others’ experience, this part of the program provides a space for DPC Members to achieve all of this. Please share your suggestions for member-led sessions and, from these, we will create an event program for you to make the most of the Coalition’s collective digital preservation expertise. 

Each session will offer approximately 45 minutes for you to either:

• Discuss: Pick the collective digital preservation hive mind and start a discussion about a topic

• Learn: Demonstrate and share solutions or workflows so that others can learn from your experiences.

• Share: Show and tell presentations of recent work, new ideas and achievements (or failures)

• Play: Share and lead a digital preservation games session!

Who is the event for?

This DPC Members Forum is exclusively for DPC Members and is designed to privilege operational staff working directly on digital preservation. We are particularly keen to hear from:

• Junior staff recently appointed and looking for opportunities to build their professional networks;

• New entrants to digital preservation seeking to apply professional know-how to this new field;

• Experienced practitioners who have clear insights into the challenges of digital preservation in their own institutions.

• Senior staff, researchers and students are also welcome, though it is practical knowledge exchange that will be most prominent.

Registration

Registration for this event will open soon. All DPC Members are invited to attend. Full Members can register up to 3 delegates and Associate Members can register 1 delegate for this DPC Member Forum. Additional places may be available depending on capacity.

If you have any queries about this event, please contact angela.puggioni@dpconline.org  

DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy

The DPC Community is guided by the values set out in our Strategic Plan and aims to be respectful, welcoming, inclusive and transparent. We encourage diversity in all its forms and are committed to being accessible to everyone who wishes to engage with the topic of digital preservation, whilst remaining technology and vendor neutral. We ask all those who are part of this community to be positive, accepting, and sensitive to the needs and feelings of others in alignment with our DPC Inclusion & Diversity Policy.