Good morning, colleagues, and welcome to a new week!
Please find below my signature the program for this year's hybrid International Institute of Archival Science conference and associated autumn Archives School.
Please join us for stimulating academic papers and discussions, all from a global perspective.
Thank you for your interest and participation and feel free to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Karen
International Institute of Archival Sciences Trieste/Italy – Maribor/Slovenia, Archival sciences at Alma Mater Europaea University , Maribor, Slovenia and Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence Italy are inviting you to the 35th conference "International Archival Days" and 18th International Autumn Archival School 2025
From 10th November – 15th November 2025
Austria Trend Hotel, Congress hall Janus, Dunajska 145, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Link for ZOOM: TBD
Conference and school topics:
POPULARIZATION OF ARCHIVAL SCIENCES
and
ARCHIVING OF CLASSICAL AND DIGITAL DOCUMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTISE
PROGRAMME:
MONDAY, 10th November 2025:
arrival of participants, accommodation.
17:00 – 19:00 Registration in the lobby of Austria Trend Hotels, Dunajska 154, Ljubljana, Slovenia
TUESDAY, 11th November 2025:
9:30 – 10:00 Welcome Addresses
Peter Pavel Klasinc, director IIAS ( Quo vadis archivistica amor noster)
Grazia Tato', vice director IIAS and director IIAS Archival school
Ludvik Toplak, rector Alma Mater Europaea University
Representative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Mojca Horvat, president of Archival Society of Slovenia
Dieter Schlenker, director of Historical archives of EU
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TOPIC
POPULARIZATION OF ARCHIVAL SCIENCES
10:00 - 10:15 Peter Pavel Klasinc, Slovenia: Popularization of archival sciences and archiving of classical and digital documents in theory and practice
10:15 - 10:30 Karen Jamison Trivette, USA: Ownership and Authority: An Intersection of Concern for Artists and Archivists in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
10:30 - 10:45 Elisabeth Schöggl Ernst, Austria: The Digital Reading Room: A Window to the Outside World for Archives
10:45 - 11:00 Bogdan Florin Popovici, Romunia: Archiving by Design: A Common Project of the National Archives of Norway and National Archives of Romania
11:00 – 11:15 Charles Farrugia, Malta: Popularizing Archival Theory and Practice through NGOs and Social Media
11:15 – 11:30 Ildikó Szerényi, András Simon, Hungary: Revitalizing Geographical Data at the National Archives
11:30 – 11:45 Svetlana Usprcova, North Macedonia: Archival Sciences and Its Popularization
11:45 – 12:00 Katarina Horvat, Croatia: Archivist - Archivist-Historian and the Popularization of Archives. Some Examples from the Practice
12:15 – 12:30 Maryna Paliienko, Ukraine: Promoting Archives: Public Outreach in the Strategic Management and Practices of Ukrainian Archives
12:30 – 12:45 Markus Schmalzl, Germany: Archives as Sites of Democracy
12:45 – 13:00 Marie Ryantova, Czech Republic: Popularization of Archives in the Czech Republic
13:00 – 13:30 Coffee Break
13:30 – 13:45 Corinna Simonini, Italy: Explaining Archives to the Unfamiliar
13:45 – 14:00 Maruška Nenezič, Montenegro: The role of archives and ethical mediators in Montenegro
14:00 – 14:15 Tiana Rupčič, Serbia: Archival Science and Outreach in Smaller Polish Communities of the Banat Region: Expanding Access Beyond Documents
14:15 – 14:30 Anja Hellmuth, Peter Pavel Klasinc, Slovenia: Archaeological Artifacts and Their Processing According to the Principles of Archival Theory and Practise
14:30 Discussion Session
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16:00 General Assembly of IIAS members (special invitation)
WEDNESDAY, 12th November 2025:
2. TOPIC
ARCHIVING OF CLASSICAL AND DIGITAL DOCUMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTISE:
10:00 - 10:15 Pekka Henttonen, Finland: Digitized paper documents are they needless?
10:15 - 10:30 Yaqoob bin Salem Al-Mahrouqi, Sultanate of Oman: Enhancing Information Security through Secure Document Destruction.
10:30 - 10:45 Dieter Schlenker, Germany: Pro-active User Services
10:45 – 11:00 Azem Kožar, Bosnia and Hercegovina: The Implementation of the Agreement on the Succession of the Archival Materials of the Former Yugoslavia. Its Impact on Archival and Other Scientific Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:00 – 11:15 Stefano Allegrezza, Italy: Preserving the past, embracing the future: the Italian cultural heritage digitization plan
11:15 – 11:30 Dorota Drzewiecka, Poland: Archiving of digital documents in Poland
11:30 – 11:45 Luciana Duranti, Canada: The More It Changes... Paleography and Diplomatics to support Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing ( video)
11:45 – 12:00 Miroslav Milovanović, Slovenia: Archival practise and artificial intelligence
12:00 – 12:15 Ameera Al Hooti, Sultanate of Oman: The use of blockchain technology in archival management: Toward secure, transparent, and decentralized records
12:15 – 12:30 Miroslav Novak, Slovenia: Digitalization of archival professional procedures – a necessity or a desire of individuals
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee Break
13:00 – 13:15 Boštjan Dornik, Slovenia: Systematization of the Audiovisual Archival Profession in Television in the Digital Era
13:15 – 13:30 Zdenka Semlič Rajh, Slovenia: Lost in Digitization: Impact of Digitization on Access to and Use of Digitized Archival records
13:30 – 13:45 Luka Hribar, Slovenia: Applicability of General-Purpose Language Models for Archival Description: Practical Insights and Lessons Learned
13:45 – 14:00 Tatjana Hajtnik, Slovenia: From Vision to Implementation: Slovenia's National Approach to Long-Term Digital Preservation through e-ARH.si
14:00 – 14:45 Discussion session
14:45 departure from the hotel
15:00-17:00 Visit to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (renovation of the existing building for archive purposes, operation of the archival institution)
18th INTERNATIONAL AUTUMN ARCHIVAL SCHOOL PROGRAMME
TUESDAY , 13th November 2025:
10:00-10:05 Grazia Tato', beginning of archival school
10.05 – 10.10 Peter Pavel Klasinc, Abaut 18.Archival school
10.10 – 10.15 Dieter Schlenker, Archival schols at the Internatonal level
10:15-11:00 Karen Jamison Trivette, USA: Ownership and Authority: An Intersection of Concern for Artists and Archivists in the Age of Artificial intelligence..
11:00-11:45 Dieter Schlenker, Germany: Pro-active User Services
11:45-12:30 Charles Farrugia, Malta: Popularizing Archival Theory and Practice through NGOs and Social Media
12:30-13:00 coffee break
13:00-13:45 Marcus Schmalzl, Germany: Archives as Sites of Democracy
13:45-14:30 Ildikó Szerényi, Hungary: Revitalizing Geographical Data at the National Archives
14:30-15:15 Marina Palienko, Ukraine: Promoting Archives: Public Outreach in the Strategic Management and Practices of Ukrainian Archives
FRIDAY, 14th November 2025:
10:00-10:45 Bogdan Florin Popovici, Romunia: Archiving by Design: A Common Project of the National Archives of Norway and National Archives of Romania
10:45-11:15 Stefano Allegrezza, Italy: Preserving the past, embracing the future: the Italian cultural heritage digitization plan
11:15-12:00 Dorota Drzewiecka, Poland: Archiving of digital documents in Poland
12:00-12:30 Coffee break
12:30-13:15 Miroslav Milovanović, Slovenia: Archival practise and artificial intelligence
13:15-14:00 Miroslav Novak, Slovenia: Digitalization of archival professional procedures – a necessity or a desire of individuals
14:00-15:00 Luciana Duranti, Canada: The More It Changes... Paleography and Diplomatics to support Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing ( video)
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15:30 Conclusion (Finis coronat opus-The end crowns the work)
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*Scientific and other titles of lecturers are not listed.
General Information for lecturers:
Arrival on 10th November: Accommodation at the Austria Trend hotel, Ljubljana
11th – 12th November: Lectures at the conference.
13th – 14th November: Lectures at the archival school.
Kind regards,
Prof. dr. Peter Pavel Klasinc, Archival Councelor
Director of the International Institute of Archival Sciences Trieste-Maribor
Head of study programs of Archival Science at Alma Mater Europaea University
(* The organizer reserves the right to change the program and lecturers.)
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Karen TRIVETTE, MLS, PhD
Independent, International Archival Science Scholar, Educator, and Practitioner
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