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Monday, November 10, 2025

Track 1
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM National School Archives SIG - Tour of Sydney Town Hall
Join your fellow School Archivists for a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Sydney Town Hall by members of the City of Sydney curatorial team. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Lunch
Come and join your fellow School Archivists for lunch in the Sydney CBD. Network with a wide variety of other school archivists from around the country. Get to know the issues we are all dealing with a lone arrangers. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Meeting
Join your fellow School Archivists in the Sydney CBD for the National Schools Archives SIG Network Meeting. We will be hosting a panel presentation followed by a round-table discussion on a topic that is on everyone's plate. This meeting will include a look into our host's archive as well as networking opportunities. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
Location: Marble Foyer Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney
Track 1
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM National School Archives SIG - Tour of Sydney Town Hall
Join your fellow School Archivists for a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Sydney Town Hall by members of the City of Sydney curatorial team. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Lunch
Come and join your fellow School Archivists for lunch in the Sydney CBD. Network with a wide variety of other school archivists from around the country. Get to know the issues we are all dealing with a lone arrangers. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Meeting
Join your fellow School Archivists in the Sydney CBD for the National Schools Archives SIG Network Meeting. We will be hosting a panel presentation followed by a round-table discussion on a topic that is on everyone's plate. This meeting will include a look into our host's archive as well as networking opportunities. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
Location: Marble Foyer Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Track 1
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM National School Archives SIG - Tour of Sydney Town Hall
Join your fellow School Archivists for a behind-the-scenes tour of the historic Sydney Town Hall by members of the City of Sydney curatorial team. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Lunch
Come and join your fellow School Archivists for lunch in the Sydney CBD. Network with a wide variety of other school archivists from around the country. Get to know the issues we are all dealing with a lone arrangers. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM National School Archives SIG - Networking Meeting
Join your fellow School Archivists in the Sydney CBD for the National Schools Archives SIG Network Meeting. We will be hosting a panel presentation followed by a round-table discussion on a topic that is on everyone's plate. This meeting will include a look into our host's archive as well as networking opportunities. Registrations can be made via the ASA Events page: https://archivists.org.au/Web/Web/Events/Event-search.aspx
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Welcome Reception
Location: Marble Foyer Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Grand Lodge
Corinthian Room
Tuscan Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session A
1. Facilitating community stories: Developing a Stolen Generation survivors guide for descriptive practice
2. No results? Victorian stolen generation and the archives
3. The ceremony of kinship: What we do not heal in our lifetimes, future generations must heal
Session B
1. The GLAMR of AI
2. From barriers to gateways: Enabling secure, user-centred digital access
3. The archival mind in policy environments: A professional journey
4. Re-imagining archives for the 21st century: Technology, ethics and social responsibility
Session C
1. Making a splash: School archivists reaching out
1a) Using social media to raise the viability of school archives
1b) Connections through curriculum
1c) Celebrating historic anniversaries with community
1d) A lifetime of stories
2. NSW school archivists "Swim Team" interactive panel
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session D
1. Start at the beginning and find us all: Investigating an Aboriginal Community Language Archive in the archival multiverse
2. First Nations first: Reparative description at the National Archives of Australia
3. Empowering Indigenous futures: The Aboriginal History archive as a model for community-driven knowledge management
Session E
PANEL: The archivists/data primer 2 with guests Margaret Warren, Ingrid Mason, Peter Green, Tatiana Antsoupova and Dr Tom Honeyman

Hosts: Julia Mant and Duncan Loxton 		Session F
1. Beyond the ivied curtain: Recovering lost identities from within a residential collegiate community
2. Making 50 years of coeducation: An archivist's perspective on preserving and presenting school history
3. Positivity and presence: Digital storytelling for school archives
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney
Grand Lodge
Corinthian Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session A
1. Facilitating community stories: Developing a Stolen Generation survivors guide for descriptive practice
2. No results? Victorian stolen generation and the archives
3. The ceremony of kinship: What we do not heal in our lifetimes, future generations must heal
Session B
1. The GLAMR of AI
2. From barriers to gateways: Enabling secure, user-centred digital access
3. The archival mind in policy environments: A professional journey
4. Re-imagining archives for the 21st century: Technology, ethics and social responsibility
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session D
1. Start at the beginning and find us all: Investigating an Aboriginal Community Language Archive in the archival multiverse
2. First Nations first: Reparative description at the National Archives of Australia
3. Empowering Indigenous futures: The Aboriginal History archive as a model for community-driven knowledge management
Session E
PANEL: The archivists/data primer 2 with guests Margaret Warren, Ingrid Mason, Peter Green, Tatiana Antsoupova and Dr Tom Honeyman

Hosts: Julia Mant and Duncan Loxton
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Tuscan Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session C
1. Making a splash: School archivists reaching out
1a) Using social media to raise the viability of school archives
1b) Connections through curriculum
1c) Celebrating historic anniversaries with community
1d) A lifetime of stories
2. NSW school archivists "Swim Team" interactive panel
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session F
1. Beyond the ivied curtain: Recovering lost identities from within a residential collegiate community
2. Making 50 years of coeducation: An archivist's perspective on preserving and presenting school history
3. Positivity and presence: Digital storytelling for school archives
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Grand Lodge
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session A
1. Facilitating community stories: Developing a Stolen Generation survivors guide for descriptive practice
2. No results? Victorian stolen generation and the archives
3. The ceremony of kinship: What we do not heal in our lifetimes, future generations must heal
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session D
1. Start at the beginning and find us all: Investigating an Aboriginal Community Language Archive in the archival multiverse
2. First Nations first: Reparative description at the National Archives of Australia
3. Empowering Indigenous futures: The Aboriginal History archive as a model for community-driven knowledge management
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Corinthian Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session B
1. The GLAMR of AI
2. From barriers to gateways: Enabling secure, user-centred digital access
3. The archival mind in policy environments: A professional journey
4. Re-imagining archives for the 21st century: Technology, ethics and social responsibility
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session E
PANEL: The archivists/data primer 2 with guests Margaret Warren, Ingrid Mason, Peter Green, Tatiana Antsoupova and Dr Tom Honeyman

Hosts: Julia Mant and Duncan Loxton
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Tuscan Room
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Welcome to Country and Official Opening
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Opening Conference Keynote
“Na wai e ho’ōla i nā iwi?”; Who Will Make the Bones Live? : Informing archival practice through Hawaiian cultural principles, practices, and protocol
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session C
1. Making a splash: School archivists reaching out
1a) Using social media to raise the viability of school archives
1b) Connections through curriculum
1c) Celebrating historic anniversaries with community
1d) A lifetime of stories
2. NSW school archivists "Swim Team" interactive panel
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch
Poster Presentations
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Loris Williams Memorial Lecture
Unspoken traumas and hidden stories of my Ancestors: Archival justice and wellbeing for First Nations people
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Day One
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Session F
1. Beyond the ivied curtain: Recovering lost identities from within a residential collegiate community
2. Making 50 years of coeducation: An archivist's perspective on preserving and presenting school history
3. Positivity and presence: Digital storytelling for school archives
7:00 PM - 11:00 PM Conference Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Location: Ionic Room Sydney Masonic Centre 66 Goulburn Street, Sydney

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Grand Lodge
Corinthian Room
Tuscan Room
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session G
1. Archives, memory and justice: Supporting First Nations recognition and identity and cultural reconnection
2. Introducing the Berndt Museum Archive
3. Navigating transparency and access: Restricted records under Queensland's new Public Records Act
4. Blue Shield Australia
5. Lost voices, forgotten lives: Exploring the archives from Ararat Mental Asylum
Session H
PANEL: Finding a rhythm in the strata below: AI, archives, access and ethics

Dr Mike Jones
Dr Monica Galassi
Grant Heinrich
Kathryn Hore
 		Session I
1. Nearly 50 years of community, connection and resilience at the City of Sydney Archives
2. Bringing out the stories of your town
3. Past forward: Bridging heritage, technology and community
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session J
1. Improving access to historical Papua New Guinea images as part of PNG's 50th anniversary of independence
2. Celebrating our story: The UniSA time capsule project
3. "Insider Archivist" initiating a community archiving project
Session K
1. From paper to bytes and learning as you go: A journey into the digital
2. Curbing our carbon footprint: Sustainable digital preservation
3. Archives in the age of AI: Navigating privacy, visibility and community expectations
4. Playback and projection: Rediscovering the Powerhouse's audiovisual past
5. Connecting with people via their local: How hotel and pub records can engage first time researchers
6. The Australian emulation network: Accessing born digital cultural heritage
Session L
1. Trans memories: Public gender and archival practices
2. Sugihara survivors: Archival connections to Jewish refugees
3. The archive: The intersection of personal and collective memory considering the archives through the lens of family, domestic and sexualised violence
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony
Grand Lodge
Corinthian Room
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session G
1. Archives, memory and justice: Supporting First Nations recognition and identity and cultural reconnection
2. Introducing the Berndt Museum Archive
3. Navigating transparency and access: Restricted records under Queensland's new Public Records Act
4. Blue Shield Australia
5. Lost voices, forgotten lives: Exploring the archives from Ararat Mental Asylum
Session H
PANEL: Finding a rhythm in the strata below: AI, archives, access and ethics

Dr Mike Jones
Dr Monica Galassi
Grant Heinrich
Kathryn Hore
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session J
1. Improving access to historical Papua New Guinea images as part of PNG's 50th anniversary of independence
2. Celebrating our story: The UniSA time capsule project
3. "Insider Archivist" initiating a community archiving project
Session K
1. From paper to bytes and learning as you go: A journey into the digital
2. Curbing our carbon footprint: Sustainable digital preservation
3. Archives in the age of AI: Navigating privacy, visibility and community expectations
4. Playback and projection: Rediscovering the Powerhouse's audiovisual past
5. Connecting with people via their local: How hotel and pub records can engage first time researchers
6. The Australian emulation network: Accessing born digital cultural heritage
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony

Tuscan Room
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session I
1. Nearly 50 years of community, connection and resilience at the City of Sydney Archives
2. Bringing out the stories of your town
3. Past forward: Bridging heritage, technology and community
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session L
1. Trans memories: Public gender and archival practices
2. Sugihara survivors: Archival connections to Jewish refugees
3. The archive: The intersection of personal and collective memory considering the archives through the lens of family, domestic and sexualised violence
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony

Grand Lodge
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session G
1. Archives, memory and justice: Supporting First Nations recognition and identity and cultural reconnection
2. Introducing the Berndt Museum Archive
3. Navigating transparency and access: Restricted records under Queensland's new Public Records Act
4. Blue Shield Australia
5. Lost voices, forgotten lives: Exploring the archives from Ararat Mental Asylum
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session J
1. Improving access to historical Papua New Guinea images as part of PNG's 50th anniversary of independence
2. Celebrating our story: The UniSA time capsule project
3. "Insider Archivist" initiating a community archiving project
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony

Corinthian Room
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session H
PANEL: Finding a rhythm in the strata below: AI, archives, access and ethics

Dr Mike Jones
Dr Monica Galassi
Grant Heinrich
Kathryn Hore
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session K
1. From paper to bytes and learning as you go: A journey into the digital
2. Curbing our carbon footprint: Sustainable digital preservation
3. Archives in the age of AI: Navigating privacy, visibility and community expectations
4. Playback and projection: Rediscovering the Powerhouse's audiovisual past
5. Connecting with people via their local: How hotel and pub records can engage first time researchers
6. The Australian emulation network: Accessing born digital cultural heritage
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony

Tuscan Room
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Conference Keynote
Accountability, rights and care: Reflections on 30 years in the Australian archival and recordkeeping profession
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Break
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Session I
1. Nearly 50 years of community, connection and resilience at the City of Sydney Archives
2. Bringing out the stories of your town
3. Past forward: Bridging heritage, technology and community
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch Break
Mander Jones Review Working Group Update
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Session L
1. Trans memories: Public gender and archival practices
2. Sugihara survivors: Archival connections to Jewish refugees
3. The archive: The intersection of personal and collective memory considering the archives through the lens of family, domestic and sexualised violence
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Conference Plenary
Reflections and futures: A conversation with ASA Presidents
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM Official Closing Ceremony

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Northcott Room
Remington Room
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Linking Archives on Wikipedia
Alice Woods (Wikimedia Australia) 		Privacy fundamentals for recordkeeping and archives professionals
Cassie Findlay (elevenM)
Northcott Room
Remington Room
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Linking Archives on Wikipedia
Alice Woods (Wikimedia Australia) 		Privacy fundamentals for recordkeeping and archives professionals
Cassie Findlay (elevenM)

Northcott Room
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Linking Archives on Wikipedia
Alice Woods (Wikimedia Australia)

Remington Room
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Privacy fundamentals for recordkeeping and archives professionals
Cassie Findlay (elevenM)

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