AGENDA

We're excited to present the agenda for our Here We Are 2022 conference. Please note that this is a draft agenda and subject to change due to speaker availability and other circumstances outside our control. This page will be updated to reflect any changes.


Monday, October 17, 2022


Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Developing Practices
Practice and Identity
Collaboration and Advocacy
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1 Here We Are, but who is with us? Allies, Opponents and Rivals to Archives and Records Legislation
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: Adrian Cunningham
2a Feminist Recordkeeping Technologies: Design Justice for Victim-Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
3a Hope Activated - Climate Ethics and Archives in an Age of Urgency
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
2b Continuum in a Microcosm: Consensus, expertise and doubt for developing an archival collection
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
3b The Historian and the Archivist: Collaboration across disciplines in the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1939-1966.
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
2c Caring Records: transforming child protection case recording through interdisciplinary collaborations
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
3c The Inspiring Archive: exploring curatorial and artistic collaborations with archives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 4 Here we are…..Where to from here? Trauma, affect and archives
Interactive Discussion, presented by Michaela Hart, Nicola Laurent and Kirsten Wright
5a What is Transparency? Australian FOI Practitioner Perspectives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
6a Anti-Racist Archival Description
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
5b The Changing Role of the Archivist and Records Manager in the Age of AI and Automation
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
6b Selective rememberings? Access to personal documents at the National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
5c Electronic Records, Paper Minds: Are We There yet?
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
6c Disrupting Colonial Archives: Queensland State Archives first steps on the Path to Treaty
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 7 Education and Research for a Sustainable Profession
Panel Discussion -- Moderator: Julia Mant
8a Archival Description in the Digital Environment
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
9a 185 years of Records Creation and Six Months of Records Reduction - an Archivist's Perspective on South Australian Planning and Land Records
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
8b Reflections on a Cycle of Dialogues between AIATSIS (Australia) and INPI (Mexico)
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
9b New Spaces, New Places: Developing the National Archives of Australia’s Integrated Archival Management System
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
8c Post-script – File Notes on the Stephen Hawking Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart. -- Video On Demand only available for a limited time
9c Documenting Australian Society: Progress report on an initiative of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker
Developing Practices (Streaming)
Practice and Identity (Streaming)
Collaboration and Identity (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 1
Session 1 features a panel discussion reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the ACT’s Territory Records Act. Developed in the era of AS–4390, distributed custody and the Bringing Them Home report, the Act is very much of its time, but nevertheless continues to stand up well. So, who were the advocates for this new legislation in this new century? Who had to be convinced? And in the increasingly crowded field of records, archives, information, data and digital management, who are the rivals for influence in this space?
Session 2
Different contexts require different design solutions. Session 2 explores three very different perspectives driven by the recordkeeping environment and the users.
Session 3
In Session 3 archivists consider archives fundamental to most aspects of human activity; others don’t always realise the vitality of the archival function. The speakers in this session demonstrate that vitality in collaborations with usual – librarians and historians – and unusual – climate scientists and artists – partners. The presentations will also make clear the potential archivists have for pro-active participation, in initiating collaboration and creatively pursuing its implementation.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session 4
The interactive discussion in session 4 will ask what has changed for archivists regarding issues of trauma, affect and emotional labour. Please come prepared to share your views and experiences about these questions and issues, what you would like to see in this space, and to consider who else needs to learn about these topics, so that archives can become safe and empowering spaces for all.
Session 5
The role of the professional archivist in the modern records environment must inevitably change if the archivist is to remain relevant for current and future business practices. Equally important are current and future expectations of the community for records. Session 5 will consider the following aspects of records and archives: are archivists - and in what ways - still conceptually driven by paper-based concepts; where data and records are being collected electronically by automated systems, how can such processes be managed legally and fairly; and not all FOI practitioners are archivists and this 'outsidership' leads to questions and issues for the archivist.
Session 6
The three speakers in session 6 have three different standpoints on access. Their topics range through anti-racist description, the consequences of access restrictions for a particular group of users, and a multi-facetted programmatic approach to decolonisation. Overall the session will be a principled and practical approach to improving one of the most fundamental archival purposes, one to which significant resources and processes are devoted.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 7
Responding to recent closures of some university archival education programs, in late 2021 the ASA Accreditation and Professional Training Committee commissioned Dr Jan Murray to review trends in Australian archival education. This panel discussion explores various aspects of the education challenge.
Session 8
'Changing Practice' means moving from where you are to somewhere new, taking some of the present and the past with you. One paper in session 8 addresses the necessity of applying principle-based description to the variety and complexity of recordkeeping systems that archivists now encounter; another, an example of uniting legacy practices and duplicated collections. The third is a meditation on an archive that straddles the shift in formats, from handwriting to computer-generated media, and the inevitable questions raised about archives in the current 'post-script' era.
Session 9
These three papers address more traditional issues associated with the management of records. First, how do you organise records that have been kept in disparate systems by many agencies with different approaches and needs - and how this could be improved. Associated with this is the development and implementation of digital systems which can manage archival records for the foreseeable future. The final aspect is how the records can be used to create or develop high-level or large-scale pictures of society using records derived from different sources and managed by a wide variety of systems.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker
Developing Practices
Practice and Identity
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1 Here We Are, but who is with us? Allies, Opponents and Rivals to Archives and Records Legislation
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: Adrian Cunningham
2a Feminist Recordkeeping Technologies: Design Justice for Victim-Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
2b Continuum in a Microcosm: Consensus, expertise and doubt for developing an archival collection
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
2c Caring Records: transforming child protection case recording through interdisciplinary collaborations
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 4 Here we are…..Where to from here? Trauma, affect and archives
Interactive Discussion, presented by Michaela Hart, Nicola Laurent and Kirsten Wright
5a What is Transparency? Australian FOI Practitioner Perspectives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
5b The Changing Role of the Archivist and Records Manager in the Age of AI and Automation
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
5c Electronic Records, Paper Minds: Are We There yet?
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 7 Education and Research for a Sustainable Profession
Panel Discussion -- Moderator: Julia Mant
8a Archival Description in the Digital Environment
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
8b Reflections on a Cycle of Dialogues between AIATSIS (Australia) and INPI (Mexico)
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
8c Post-script – File Notes on the Stephen Hawking Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart. -- Video On Demand only available for a limited time
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Collaboration and Advocacy
Developing Practices (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3a Hope Activated - Climate Ethics and Archives in an Age of Urgency
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
Session 1
Session 1 features a panel discussion reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the ACT’s Territory Records Act. Developed in the era of AS–4390, distributed custody and the Bringing Them Home report, the Act is very much of its time, but nevertheless continues to stand up well. So, who were the advocates for this new legislation in this new century? Who had to be convinced? And in the increasingly crowded field of records, archives, information, data and digital management, who are the rivals for influence in this space?
3b The Historian and the Archivist: Collaboration across disciplines in the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1939-1966.
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
3c The Inspiring Archive: exploring curatorial and artistic collaborations with archives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 6a Anti-Racist Archival Description
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
Session 4
The interactive discussion in session 4 will ask what has changed for archivists regarding issues of trauma, affect and emotional labour. Please come prepared to share your views and experiences about these questions and issues, what you would like to see in this space, and to consider who else needs to learn about these topics, so that archives can become safe and empowering spaces for all.
6b Selective rememberings? Access to personal documents at the National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
6c Disrupting Colonial Archives: Queensland State Archives first steps on the Path to Treaty
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 9a 185 years of Records Creation and Six Months of Records Reduction - an Archivist's Perspective on South Australian Planning and Land Records
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
Session 7
Responding to recent closures of some university archival education programs, in late 2021 the ASA Accreditation and Professional Training Committee commissioned Dr Jan Murray to review trends in Australian archival education. This panel discussion explores various aspects of the education challenge.
9b New Spaces, New Places: Developing the National Archives of Australia’s Integrated Archival Management System
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
9c Documenting Australian Society: Progress report on an initiative of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Practice and Identity (Streaming)
Collaboration and Identity (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 2
Different contexts require different design solutions. Session 2 explores three very different perspectives driven by the recordkeeping environment and the users.
Session 3
In Session 3 archivists consider archives fundamental to most aspects of human activity; others don’t always realise the vitality of the archival function. The speakers in this session demonstrate that vitality in collaborations with usual – librarians and historians – and unusual – climate scientists and artists – partners. The presentations will also make clear the potential archivists have for pro-active participation, in initiating collaboration and creatively pursuing its implementation.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session 5
The role of the professional archivist in the modern records environment must inevitably change if the archivist is to remain relevant for current and future business practices. Equally important are current and future expectations of the community for records. Session 5 will consider the following aspects of records and archives: are archivists - and in what ways - still conceptually driven by paper-based concepts; where data and records are being collected electronically by automated systems, how can such processes be managed legally and fairly; and not all FOI practitioners are archivists and this 'outsidership' leads to questions and issues for the archivist.
Session 6
The three speakers in session 6 have three different standpoints on access. Their topics range through anti-racist description, the consequences of access restrictions for a particular group of users, and a multi-facetted programmatic approach to decolonisation. Overall the session will be a principled and practical approach to improving one of the most fundamental archival purposes, one to which significant resources and processes are devoted.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 8
'Changing Practice' means moving from where you are to somewhere new, taking some of the present and the past with you. One paper in session 8 addresses the necessity of applying principle-based description to the variety and complexity of recordkeeping systems that archivists now encounter; another, an example of uniting legacy practices and duplicated collections. The third is a meditation on an archive that straddles the shift in formats, from handwriting to computer-generated media, and the inevitable questions raised about archives in the current 'post-script' era.
Session 9
These three papers address more traditional issues associated with the management of records. First, how do you organise records that have been kept in disparate systems by many agencies with different approaches and needs - and how this could be improved. Associated with this is the development and implementation of digital systems which can manage archival records for the foreseeable future. The final aspect is how the records can be used to create or develop high-level or large-scale pictures of society using records derived from different sources and managed by a wide variety of systems.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Developing Practices
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 1 Here We Are, but who is with us? Allies, Opponents and Rivals to Archives and Records Legislation
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: Adrian Cunningham
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 4 Here we are…..Where to from here? Trauma, affect and archives
Interactive Discussion, presented by Michaela Hart, Nicola Laurent and Kirsten Wright
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 7 Education and Research for a Sustainable Profession
Panel Discussion -- Moderator: Julia Mant
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Practice and Identity
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 2a Feminist Recordkeeping Technologies: Design Justice for Victim-Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
2b Continuum in a Microcosm: Consensus, expertise and doubt for developing an archival collection
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
2c Caring Records: transforming child protection case recording through interdisciplinary collaborations
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 5a What is Transparency? Australian FOI Practitioner Perspectives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
5b The Changing Role of the Archivist and Records Manager in the Age of AI and Automation
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
5c Electronic Records, Paper Minds: Are We There yet?
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr Eva Samaras
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 8a Archival Description in the Digital Environment
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
8b Reflections on a Cycle of Dialogues between AIATSIS (Australia) and INPI (Mexico)
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart
8c Post-script – File Notes on the Stephen Hawking Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Michaela Hart. -- Video On Demand only available for a limited time
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Collaboration and Advocacy
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM 3a Hope Activated - Climate Ethics and Archives in an Age of Urgency
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
3b The Historian and the Archivist: Collaboration across disciplines in the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1939-1966.
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
3c The Inspiring Archive: exploring curatorial and artistic collaborations with archives
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Rachel U’Ren
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM 6a Anti-Racist Archival Description
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
6b Selective rememberings? Access to personal documents at the National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
6c Disrupting Colonial Archives: Queensland State Archives first steps on the Path to Treaty
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dr. Louise Curham
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM 9a 185 years of Records Creation and Six Months of Records Reduction - an Archivist's Perspective on South Australian Planning and Land Records
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
9b New Spaces, New Places: Developing the National Archives of Australia’s Integrated Archival Management System
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
9c Documenting Australian Society: Progress report on an initiative of the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Committee
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Stephen Yorke
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Developing Practices (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 1
Session 1 features a panel discussion reflecting on the 20th anniversary of the ACT’s Territory Records Act. Developed in the era of AS–4390, distributed custody and the Bringing Them Home report, the Act is very much of its time, but nevertheless continues to stand up well. So, who were the advocates for this new legislation in this new century? Who had to be convinced? And in the increasingly crowded field of records, archives, information, data and digital management, who are the rivals for influence in this space?
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session 4
The interactive discussion in session 4 will ask what has changed for archivists regarding issues of trauma, affect and emotional labour. Please come prepared to share your views and experiences about these questions and issues, what you would like to see in this space, and to consider who else needs to learn about these topics, so that archives can become safe and empowering spaces for all.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 7
Responding to recent closures of some university archival education programs, in late 2021 the ASA Accreditation and Professional Training Committee commissioned Dr Jan Murray to review trends in Australian archival education. This panel discussion explores various aspects of the education challenge.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Practice and Identity (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 2
Different contexts require different design solutions. Session 2 explores three very different perspectives driven by the recordkeeping environment and the users.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session 5
The role of the professional archivist in the modern records environment must inevitably change if the archivist is to remain relevant for current and future business practices. Equally important are current and future expectations of the community for records. Session 5 will consider the following aspects of records and archives: are archivists - and in what ways - still conceptually driven by paper-based concepts; where data and records are being collected electronically by automated systems, how can such processes be managed legally and fairly; and not all FOI practitioners are archivists and this 'outsidership' leads to questions and issues for the archivist.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 8
'Changing Practice' means moving from where you are to somewhere new, taking some of the present and the past with you. One paper in session 8 addresses the necessity of applying principle-based description to the variety and complexity of recordkeeping systems that archivists now encounter; another, an example of uniting legacy practices and duplicated collections. The third is a meditation on an archive that straddles the shift in formats, from handwriting to computer-generated media, and the inevitable questions raised about archives in the current 'post-script' era.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker

Collaboration and Identity (Streaming)
All times are Canberra local times AEDT
7:30 AM - 8:45 AM
Registration Desk opens.
8:10 AM - 8:30 AM Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country
Outside venue. To be held in fine weather only. Smoking Ceremony and Welcome to Country Bradley Bell
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra. Please be seated by 8:40
8:45 AM - 10:30 AM Welcome to Country: Aunty Jude Barlow -- Conference Opening: Conference Convenor Abbey Turrell -- Keynote 1: Are Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Still 'Captives of the Archives'?
In her keynote, Dr Thorpe will reflect on the calls to action asserted by Henrietta Fourmile to consider the current support for Indigenous people's self-determination and recognition of sovereignty in the archives in Australia, followed by a discussion with Simon Froude, Director-General of the NAA --- Moderator: Sharon Davis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Day 1 - Morning Tea Break
Networking Morning Tea
Meet us in the catering area adjacent to National Ballroom 3 or Online
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session 3
In Session 3 archivists consider archives fundamental to most aspects of human activity; others don’t always realise the vitality of the archival function. The speakers in this session demonstrate that vitality in collaborations with usual – librarians and historians – and unusual – climate scientists and artists – partners. The presentations will also make clear the potential archivists have for pro-active participation, in initiating collaboration and creatively pursuing its implementation.
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM
Day 1 - Lunch Break
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM Session 6
The three speakers in session 6 have three different standpoints on access. Their topics range through anti-racist description, the consequences of access restrictions for a particular group of users, and a multi-facetted programmatic approach to decolonisation. Overall the session will be a principled and practical approach to improving one of the most fundamental archival purposes, one to which significant resources and processes are devoted.
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Day 1 - Afternoon Tea Break
3:15 PM - 4:45 PM Session 9
These three papers address more traditional issues associated with the management of records. First, how do you organise records that have been kept in disparate systems by many agencies with different approaches and needs - and how this could be improved. Associated with this is the development and implementation of digital systems which can manage archival records for the foreseeable future. The final aspect is how the records can be used to create or develop high-level or large-scale pictures of society using records derived from different sources and managed by a wide variety of systems.
5:00 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote 2: Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
In this Loris Williams Memorial lecture, Rose Barrowcliffe reflects on where we are now and how we as a profession measure up against contemporary understandings of Indigenous rights and Loris’ hopes for the archival profession. --- Moderator: Lauren Booker


Wednesday, October 19, 2022

Developing Practices
Practice and Identity
Collaboration and Advocacy
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 10 Going digital at school – challenges and opportunities in the school archives
Panel Discussion --- Moderator: Jenny Pearce
11a Who is here?: Impediments and Enablers to Conference Presenting
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
12a Archives for the Culturally Curious: How have Public Record Office Victoria, the state archives of Victoria, engaged audiences interested in diverse voices, design, cultural diversity and place making
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
11b Building digital archiving capability at National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
12b Harnessing Social Media to Advocate for the University Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
11c Evolving Identities: The modern AV Archivist
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
12c Engaging with Archives: community programs in practice
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 13a What is the Wangka Maya Archive as an Archive of an Indigenous Organisation?
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
14 The Charter of Lifelong Rights in Childhood Recordkeeping in Contemporary Social Work Practice
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: David McGinniss
15a Together in Electric Dreams: Realising the Potential of a Digital Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
13b Who Cares? Do Nothing and Watch it Die! Advocacy and Protest at the National Trust.
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
15b Bringing the future into the present: The City Archives and the next 5 years
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
13c Learning Through Language: a Case Study of Queensland State Archives' Indigenous Languages Project
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
15c The Metaverse as a Potential Repository for Embodied Memories
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 16 Starting from The Right of Reply: planning to digitise Western Australia’s Colonial Secretary Office records
Interactive Discussion, presented by Dr. Leisa Gibbons, Damien Hassan and Gerard Foley
17 Lightning Talks
17a James Dalton 17b Jordi Padilla-Delgado 17c William Shaw 17d Ailie Smith 17e Susannah Tindall 17f Amelia Birch Moderator: Katharine Stuart
18a Collecting Archivist as Opportunist: Breaking the “rules” to build relationships and collect the stories of those under-represented in collections
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
18b Responding to Lost Records - Rebuilding from Other Sources
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
18c Without Consent: the Challenges and Rewards of Creating an Archival-based Exhibition when the Archival Record isn't there. An Examination of the National Archives Forced Adoptions History Project
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite
Developing Practices (Streaming)
Practice and Identity (Streaming)
Collaboration and Advocacy (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Session 10
This panel discussion will comprise three professional representatives of different areas of practice within the school archives sphere in Australia, with areas of discussion including the challenges of preservation for evidential school records and the influence of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the implications of going digital, digital systems, planning, platforms and discoverability, and the pros and cons of digitisation for records, images and objects.
Session 11
Session 11 focusses on how the role of the archivist is changing in the modern era along with the links the archivist has with society generally. These changes will impact on the skills the archivist will require in this new world. The approach in the session is to look at these aspects of involving disabled people to digitise records at; the overall skills required by a modern audio-visual archivist; and developing skills for modern digital management practices.
Session 12
For the archival profession to remain relevant - or be visible - in the eyes of the public, the profession has to engage with the community on multiple levels. This engagement can be at the individual or personal level - the approach generally adopted by archives is through emphasis on the provision of access. Alternatively, engagement can be on a larger scale and take a more general approach to this relationship. Speakers in session 12 will discuss finding of new areas not only for archival collecting but for building audiences for existing records and the new areas.
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Session 13
The three papers in session 13 describe different archives and different initiatives, different from each other and with different purposes from each other: an archive embedded in Country and its people, who contextualise, maintain and develop it using their knowledge and a pusillanimous system; a ‘mega-archive’ comprised of many discrete archives within the over-arching framework of a single, volunteer-run organisation; and colonial re-positioning itself to enable truth-telling and improve its own practices.
Session 14
This panel session will highlight the opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges of the long histories of institutional care. It will highlight how the Charter of Lifelong Rights provides a way forward for making sense of these challenges, and the ways in which other organisations can approach their historical responsibilities.
Session 15
Session 15 covers means by which born-digital records can be both managed and accessed over the longer-term by archival systems. Following on from this, in digital archival terms how those sections of society that are currently under-represented by archives can be more properly acknowledged and their particular requirements addressed. Linked to this is an acknowledgment of the short-comings of archival generally to deal with human activities which are not easily transferrable into such systems and what can be done about this situation.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Session 16
This interactive discussion session presents the story of our planning journey and explores our values as professionals, public servants and individuals. The goal is to ask audience participation through in-person and online activities such as live generation of word clouds. The ASA Conference presents a unique and valuable opportunity to engage peers in examining our practical, ethical, and intellectual values and obtain feedback.
Session 17
In our popular Lightning Talk session, a variety of topics will be presented. Each session will last 5-10 minutes, with additional time allocated for Q&A.
Session 18
The papers in session 18 address silences in archives, there either because the records were never created, they were lost or destroyed, or they were created ‘about’ a group of people who became mute ‘subjects’. These initiatives are presented from different organisational perspectives and resulting different approaches. Each speaks to the potential to constructively disrupt existing practice; respond to damage done by past actions; and bring change and reward.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite
Developing Practices
Practice and Identity
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 10 Going digital at school – challenges and opportunities in the school archives
Panel Discussion --- Moderator: Jenny Pearce
11a Who is here?: Impediments and Enablers to Conference Presenting
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11b Building digital archiving capability at National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11c Evolving Identities: The modern AV Archivist
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 13a What is the Wangka Maya Archive as an Archive of an Indigenous Organisation?
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
14 The Charter of Lifelong Rights in Childhood Recordkeeping in Contemporary Social Work Practice
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: David McGinniss
13b Who Cares? Do Nothing and Watch it Die! Advocacy and Protest at the National Trust.
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
13c Learning Through Language: a Case Study of Queensland State Archives' Indigenous Languages Project
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 16 Starting from The Right of Reply: planning to digitise Western Australia’s Colonial Secretary Office records
Interactive Discussion, presented by Dr. Leisa Gibbons, Damien Hassan and Gerard Foley
17 Lightning Talks
17a James Dalton 17b Jordi Padilla-Delgado 17c William Shaw 17d Ailie Smith 17e Susannah Tindall 17f Amelia Birch Moderator: Katharine Stuart
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Collaboration and Advocacy
Developing Practices (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 12a Archives for the Culturally Curious: How have Public Record Office Victoria, the state archives of Victoria, engaged audiences interested in diverse voices, design, cultural diversity and place making
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
Session 10
This panel discussion will comprise three professional representatives of different areas of practice within the school archives sphere in Australia, with areas of discussion including the challenges of preservation for evidential school records and the influence of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the implications of going digital, digital systems, planning, platforms and discoverability, and the pros and cons of digitisation for records, images and objects.
12b Harnessing Social Media to Advocate for the University Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
12c Engaging with Archives: community programs in practice
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 15a Together in Electric Dreams: Realising the Potential of a Digital Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
Session 13
The three papers in session 13 describe different archives and different initiatives, different from each other and with different purposes from each other: an archive embedded in Country and its people, who contextualise, maintain and develop it using their knowledge and a pusillanimous system; a ‘mega-archive’ comprised of many discrete archives within the over-arching framework of a single, volunteer-run organisation; and colonial re-positioning itself to enable truth-telling and improve its own practices.
15b Bringing the future into the present: The City Archives and the next 5 years
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
15c The Metaverse as a Potential Repository for Embodied Memories
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 18a Collecting Archivist as Opportunist: Breaking the “rules” to build relationships and collect the stories of those under-represented in collections
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
Session 16
This interactive discussion session presents the story of our planning journey and explores our values as professionals, public servants and individuals. The goal is to ask audience participation through in-person and online activities such as live generation of word clouds. The ASA Conference presents a unique and valuable opportunity to engage peers in examining our practical, ethical, and intellectual values and obtain feedback.
18b Responding to Lost Records - Rebuilding from Other Sources
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
18c Without Consent: the Challenges and Rewards of Creating an Archival-based Exhibition when the Archival Record isn't there. An Examination of the National Archives Forced Adoptions History Project
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Practice and Identity (Streaming)
Collaboration and Advocacy (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Session 11
Session 11 focusses on how the role of the archivist is changing in the modern era along with the links the archivist has with society generally. These changes will impact on the skills the archivist will require in this new world. The approach in the session is to look at these aspects of involving disabled people to digitise records at; the overall skills required by a modern audio-visual archivist; and developing skills for modern digital management practices.
Session 12
For the archival profession to remain relevant - or be visible - in the eyes of the public, the profession has to engage with the community on multiple levels. This engagement can be at the individual or personal level - the approach generally adopted by archives is through emphasis on the provision of access. Alternatively, engagement can be on a larger scale and take a more general approach to this relationship. Speakers in session 12 will discuss finding of new areas not only for archival collecting but for building audiences for existing records and the new areas.
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Session 14
This panel session will highlight the opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges of the long histories of institutional care. It will highlight how the Charter of Lifelong Rights provides a way forward for making sense of these challenges, and the ways in which other organisations can approach their historical responsibilities.
Session 15
Session 15 covers means by which born-digital records can be both managed and accessed over the longer-term by archival systems. Following on from this, in digital archival terms how those sections of society that are currently under-represented by archives can be more properly acknowledged and their particular requirements addressed. Linked to this is an acknowledgment of the short-comings of archival generally to deal with human activities which are not easily transferrable into such systems and what can be done about this situation.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Session 17
In our popular Lightning Talk session, a variety of topics will be presented. Each session will last 5-10 minutes, with additional time allocated for Q&A.
Session 18
The papers in session 18 address silences in archives, there either because the records were never created, they were lost or destroyed, or they were created ‘about’ a group of people who became mute ‘subjects’. These initiatives are presented from different organisational perspectives and resulting different approaches. Each speaks to the potential to constructively disrupt existing practice; respond to damage done by past actions; and bring change and reward.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Developing Practices
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 10 Going digital at school – challenges and opportunities in the school archives
Panel Discussion --- Moderator: Jenny Pearce
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 13a What is the Wangka Maya Archive as an Archive of an Indigenous Organisation?
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
13b Who Cares? Do Nothing and Watch it Die! Advocacy and Protest at the National Trust.
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
13c Learning Through Language: a Case Study of Queensland State Archives' Indigenous Languages Project
Traditional Paper --- Moderator Dr Jessie Lymn
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 16 Starting from The Right of Reply: planning to digitise Western Australia’s Colonial Secretary Office records
Interactive Discussion, presented by Dr. Leisa Gibbons, Damien Hassan and Gerard Foley
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Practice and Identity
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 11a Who is here?: Impediments and Enablers to Conference Presenting
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11b Building digital archiving capability at National Archives of Australia
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11c Evolving Identities: The modern AV Archivist
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Nick Gleghorn
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 14 The Charter of Lifelong Rights in Childhood Recordkeeping in Contemporary Social Work Practice
Panel Discussion -- Panel Chair: David McGinniss
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 17 Lightning Talks
17a James Dalton 17b Jordi Padilla-Delgado 17c William Shaw 17d Ailie Smith 17e Susannah Tindall 17f Amelia Birch Moderator: Katharine Stuart
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Collaboration and Advocacy
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM 12a Archives for the Culturally Curious: How have Public Record Office Victoria, the state archives of Victoria, engaged audiences interested in diverse voices, design, cultural diversity and place making
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
12b Harnessing Social Media to Advocate for the University Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
12c Engaging with Archives: community programs in practice
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Kathryn Dan
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM 15a Together in Electric Dreams: Realising the Potential of a Digital Archive
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
15b Bringing the future into the present: The City Archives and the next 5 years
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
15c The Metaverse as a Potential Repository for Embodied Memories
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Dani Wickman
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM 18a Collecting Archivist as Opportunist: Breaking the “rules” to build relationships and collect the stories of those under-represented in collections
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
18b Responding to Lost Records - Rebuilding from Other Sources
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
18c Without Consent: the Challenges and Rewards of Creating an Archival-based Exhibition when the Archival Record isn't there. An Examination of the National Archives Forced Adoptions History Project
Traditional Paper -- Moderator: Barbara Reed
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Developing Practices (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Session 10
This panel discussion will comprise three professional representatives of different areas of practice within the school archives sphere in Australia, with areas of discussion including the challenges of preservation for evidential school records and the influence of the findings of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, the implications of going digital, digital systems, planning, platforms and discoverability, and the pros and cons of digitisation for records, images and objects.
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Session 13
The three papers in session 13 describe different archives and different initiatives, different from each other and with different purposes from each other: an archive embedded in Country and its people, who contextualise, maintain and develop it using their knowledge and a pusillanimous system; a ‘mega-archive’ comprised of many discrete archives within the over-arching framework of a single, volunteer-run organisation; and colonial re-positioning itself to enable truth-telling and improve its own practices.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Session 16
This interactive discussion session presents the story of our planning journey and explores our values as professionals, public servants and individuals. The goal is to ask audience participation through in-person and online activities such as live generation of word clouds. The ASA Conference presents a unique and valuable opportunity to engage peers in examining our practical, ethical, and intellectual values and obtain feedback.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Practice and Identity (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Session 11
Session 11 focusses on how the role of the archivist is changing in the modern era along with the links the archivist has with society generally. These changes will impact on the skills the archivist will require in this new world. The approach in the session is to look at these aspects of involving disabled people to digitise records at; the overall skills required by a modern audio-visual archivist; and developing skills for modern digital management practices.
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Session 14
This panel session will highlight the opportunities, responsibilities, and challenges of the long histories of institutional care. It will highlight how the Charter of Lifelong Rights provides a way forward for making sense of these challenges, and the ways in which other organisations can approach their historical responsibilities.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Session 17
In our popular Lightning Talk session, a variety of topics will be presented. Each session will last 5-10 minutes, with additional time allocated for Q&A.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite

Collaboration and Advocacy (Streaming)
Times are Canberra local times AEDT
8:15 AM - 8:45 AM Registration Desk opens, please be seated by 8:40
Conference venue Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Canberra
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote 3: Natural Capital Accounting and Environmental Governance
In this keynote, Dr Megan Evans will introduce us to governance in natural capital markets and explain some of the key issues around measuring and accounting. As the knowledge economy really takes hold, there will be more and more industries that are built on information - social media was one, environmental governance is shaping up to be another. This talk will reveal to us another new frontier where our skills and expertise in building integrity into information are relevant and vital. -- Moderator: Louise Curham
9:45 AM - 11:15 AM Session 12
For the archival profession to remain relevant - or be visible - in the eyes of the public, the profession has to engage with the community on multiple levels. This engagement can be at the individual or personal level - the approach generally adopted by archives is through emphasis on the provision of access. Alternatively, engagement can be on a larger scale and take a more general approach to this relationship. Speakers in session 12 will discuss finding of new areas not only for archival collecting but for building audiences for existing records and the new areas.
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM Day 2 - Morning Tea Break
11:45 AM - 1:15 PM Session 15
Session 15 covers means by which born-digital records can be both managed and accessed over the longer-term by archival systems. Following on from this, in digital archival terms how those sections of society that are currently under-represented by archives can be more properly acknowledged and their particular requirements addressed. Linked to this is an acknowledgment of the short-comings of archival generally to deal with human activities which are not easily transferrable into such systems and what can be done about this situation.
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Day 2 - Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Session 18
The papers in session 18 address silences in archives, there either because the records were never created, they were lost or destroyed, or they were created ‘about’ a group of people who became mute ‘subjects’. These initiatives are presented from different organisational perspectives and resulting different approaches. Each speaks to the potential to constructively disrupt existing practice; respond to damage done by past actions; and bring change and reward.
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Day 2 - Afternoon Tea Break
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote 4: Value of collections+value of governance=value of archives?
Explaining and demonstrating value is a challenge that faces all archives regardless of size or status. This panel explores why it’s important to understand and explain our value proposition. It explores different perspectives on what that value consists of. - Session Chair: Keir Winesmith
5:15 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Ceremony and 2023 Conference Launch
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM 7th Chief Minister’s Governance Lecture.
Venue: The Bradman Room, Manuka Oval, Manuka Circle, Griffith, ACT 2603 Host: ACT Territory Records Office Registrations through EventBrite


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