IASA-BAAC 2026 Conference

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8:30am EEST

Morning Tea

Monday October 19, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EEST

Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Monday October 19, 2026 8:30am - 9:30am EEST
Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Morning Tea

9:30am EEST

Depolarising How We Talk About AI

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Workplace conversations about AI often get stuck. This workshop gives participants the practical tools and confidence to change that – moving beyond the for-or-against standoff toward something more nuanced and constructive.
AI isn't new, especially for heritage communities. For over 20 years, conversations about machine learning stayed within specialist circles (researchers developing sector-specific tools for metadata enrichment). Today, those conversations have expanded to include curators, project managers, HR departments, and legal teams. People with very different understandings of what AI is, what it's for, and what it means are being asked to sit down together and agree on organisational policies or cross-departmental “AI” projects. More often than not, these conversations end in frustration. But it doesn’t have to.

That's what How to Talk to People About AI was made for. Developed by the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision and AIxDESIGN, it's a practical playbook of workshop activities, icebreakers, and facilitation guides that help teams create an environment for more honest, grounded, and productive dialogue about using AI in the workplace.

In this interactive workshop, participants try out these tools firsthand and leave with techniques they can bring back to their own organisations. Because the real work – reimagining stewardship ethics, or building infrastructures for metadata exchange – is hard enough without getting derailed by arguments about AI.

Speakers

Rasa Bocyte

Senior Advisor for Research Collaborations, Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Rasa Bocyte (she/her) is a cultural heritage professional with a passion for forging cross-sectoral connections underpinned by creative and critical approaches. She advocates for sustainable innovation practices that prioritise public values, slowness and care. In her current role... Read More →

Ploipailin Flynn

Researcher, AIXDESIGN

Ploipailin Flynn is a AI researcher interested in making AI work for "the rest of us.”She is the co-founder of AIxDESIGN, a global community of 8,000+ creative technologists building alternatives to Big Tech AI. She also also lecture at ual: central saint martin and ual: Creative Computing Institute in London... Read More →

Nadia Piet

Researcher, AIXDESIGN

Nadia Piet is a designer, researcher, and organizer exploring the intersection of technology, AI/ML, and (digital) culture. Her work examines how we shape technology and it shapes us in return, centering participatory, protopian, and feminist approaches. She is the co-founder and... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Workshop, In Person

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

9:30am EEST

How Can I Help?

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST

Education hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Can post-disaster recovery projects serve as a framework to prepare for future crises, including armed conflict, where similar audiovisual heritage may be at risk?

This workshop aims to develop a set of best practices for initiating audiovisual heritage recovery projects from outside affected areas, whether impacted by natural disasters or political crises. It proposes a collective reflection based on real case studies, addressing how to effectively design and implement recovery strategies in emergency contexts.
Participants will include both individuals and institutions with direct experience in disaster response, as well as those who have sought to provide support but lacked the necessary tools or frameworks. Through this exchange, the workshop seeks to bridge the gap between intention and effective action.

Drawing on our experience with the project ¡NO LAS TIRES!, focused on the recovery of home movies after the 2026 floods in Valencia, we identified key challenges in responding to dispersed, privately held audiovisual heritage. This type of material—non-institutional, fragile, and deeply embedded in personal memory—requires specific methodologies and coordination strategies.

The workshop will adopt a hands-on format, using real problems encountered during the project to explore context-sensitive solutions. Participants will work through scenarios shaped by different sociopolitical and administrative conditions.

By extending existing disaster preparedness frameworks beyond institutional settings, this proposal emphasizes the need to equip both affected communities and external actors with practical tools for collaboration. These insights may also inform responses to other crises, including those arising from armed conflict.

Speakers

Clara Sánchez-Dehesa

Founder and member, La red de cine doméstico

Clara has over 15 years of experience in audiovisual conservation as a freelancer. Coordinator of the Elias Querejeta Zine Eskola Film Preservation Program since 2018, where she designs training programs and leads practical workshops. She combines her technical work in audiovisual... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST
Education hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Workshop, In Person

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81977024051
Zoom password 867213

9:30am EEST

Protecting the Real and Identifying the Fake: Human Rights Centered Approaches to Disclosing Provenance and Detecting Generative AI

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST

Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

Trust is fundamental to archives. As generative AI becomes integrated throughout the digital content lifecycle, archival collections may become accidentally or maliciously polluted with unlabeled manipulated content. Archives may find themselves unwittingly misrepresenting synthetic fake content as real, gradually eroding the reliability of their collections. In a worst-case scenario, archives’ hard-earned trust could even be weaponized by bad actors in disinformation campaigns in order to re-write historical narratives.

Disclosure mechanisms and AI detection tools are key in asserting authenticity and tackling AI-generated deception. Disclosure includes methods like metadata, watermarks, and fingerprinting. Meanwhile, AI detection consists of methods of identifying patterns that differentiate synthetic media from non-synthetic media to determine the likelihood that a piece of content was AI-generated/modified. Disclosure and detection can contribute to more secure and inclusive digital information ecosystems that can respond to emerging threats to democracy and human rights.

The tutorial seeks to share knowledge about the global landscape of deceptive AI and existing technical solutions, drawing from WITNESS’s foundational research and advocacy on synthetic media in consultation with human rights defenders, journalists, and technologists; and from years of supporting community-based human rights archiving initiatives. It will include insights gleaned from WITNESS’s participation in the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA), and real-life examples analyzed by our Deepfake Rapid Response Force to illustrate the effectiveness and challenges of disclosure and detection.

Speakers

Yvonne Ng

Senior Program Manager, WITNESS

Yvonne is an audiovisual archivist and a Senior Program Manager at WITNESS, where she trains and supports people to archive and preserve their human rights documentation. She currently serves on the Board of the CAW Collective and on the steering committee of the Trust in Archives... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 9:30am - 12:30pm EEST
Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

Workshop, In Person

global Y

10:00am EEST

Community Archiving Workshop

Monday October 19, 2026 10:00am - 5:00pm EEST

Meno Avilys

The Community Archiving Workshop is a one-day workshop that centers community building and the preservation of audiovisual collections, bringing together archivists and community volunteers to support the preservation of a local audiovisual collection. The workshop begins with educational presentations addressing the identification of audiovisual formats and their risk factors. Participants then break into groups and work together to inspect and inventory the collection. The primary outcome is to train workshop participants on the handling and care of audiovisual collections, to engage local community members in processing and describing their community’s audiovisual assets, and to process a small collection of recordings in preparation for preservation.

Returning to the IASA conference for the third time, the workshop will partner with Meno Avilys—a Vilnius-based non-governmental organization founded in 2005 by a group of like-minded people who work independently in the field of film and audiovisual media. Meno Avilys is committed to fostering media education and the cognition of film culture through organizing screenings of unconventional cinema, inviting discussions and informal conversations, and helping filmmakers to develop and produce their first films. Meno Avilys preserves audiovisual heritage and upholds its relevance, promotes gender equality in the film industry through research, and creates space for silenced or less-heard voices in film culture.

Speakers

Shay Hix

Founding Member, CAW Collective

Shay Hix is a core member of the Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Collective and a Fulbright Specialist. She co-authored the study Mapping the Magnetic Media Landscape, published by BAVC Media in September 2025. She has worked as curator at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum... Read More →

Marie Lascu

Founding Member, Audiovisual Archivist, Community Archiving Workshop (CAW) Collective

Marie is an audiovisual archivist and a founding member of CAW Collective. She is also the digital archivist for Ballet Tech, a public dance school in New York City. Marie has consulted for Crowing Rooster Arts, Third World Newsreel, Smithsonian Institution, Queens Public Library... Read More →

Moriah Ulinskas

Founding Member, CAW Collective

Moriah Ulinskas is a community archivist and public historian whose research examines histories of dispossession, focusing on how marginalized communities organized to resist displacement and how that history of resistance lies latent in archival collections today. She is a founding... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 10:00am - 5:00pm EEST
Meno Avilys A Goštauto g 2 01104 Vilnius

Workshop, In Person

global Y

12:30pm EEST

Lunch

Monday October 19, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm EEST

Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Monday October 19, 2026 12:30pm - 1:30pm EEST
Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Lunch

1:30pm EEST

Azimuth Adjustments: Will We Do All Our Collections Again?

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

The current methodology to correct azimuth on quarter inch audio tape based upon a combination of spectral tools and listening abilities has led in the last 25 years to common practices how to digitize tapes with wrongly adjusted azimuth. In a recent field test with senior archive audio engineers and young students, a test was done to compare different approaches how to adjust azimuth – based upon ears, spectral tools, and completely new approaches. The test results of traditional and new methodologies will be presented, which might put a new light and a question in the way how collections have been digitised in the past.

Speakers

Jean-Christophe Kummer

Managing Partner, NOA GmbH

Jean-Christophe Kummer is responsible for business development, company management, and the worldwide expansion of NOA systems. From his early days, he has been an entrepreneur. After earning his Tonmeister degree in Vienna in the early 90s, he was involved in many classical recordings... Read More →

Prof.in Dr. Nadja Wallaszkovits

Professor for Conservation of New Media and Digital Information, Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design

will be added later

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 2:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Long Presentation, Hybrid

global Y
Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

1:30pm EEST

Getting on the same page: shaping AI organisational policy together

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 4:30pm EEST

Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

Many organisations in the IASA community are currently in the middle of developing and adopting organisational AI policies. These efforts require organisations to make practical choices about acceptable use, risk, responsibility, staff capability and the relationship between AI adoption and institutional values. These processes are far from straightforward, as many conflicting attitudes about how AI should and should not be used often coexist within the same organisational context. This means that inevitably some people will disagree with choices made at the policy level and will be hesitant or refuse to adhere to them.

So how can we ensure that the organisation as a whole gets behind its AI policies? We think it is important to consider not only what these policies say but also how they are developed. We frame AI policy development as a trust and capacity building exercise that can help different parts of the organisation better understand each other’s perspectives on AI.

This workshop is generative; instead of offering a successful recipe for how to develop AI policies, we are inviting the IASA community members to exchange successes and common pitfalls. During the session, participants will converse in groups on strategies to engage colleagues in their organisations in co-development of AI policies which can lead to better understanding, ownership and accountability. Participants will leave with practical ideas, peer-tested approaches and concrete questions to take back to their own organisations.

Speakers

Rasa Bocyte

Senior Advisor for Research Collaborations, Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Johan Oomen

Research Director, Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision

Johan Oomen is Research Director at the Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision and a researcher at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. With an academic background in Media Studies and Information Science, he has spent more than two decades working at the intersection of cultural heritage... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 4:30pm EEST
Events hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania: Great Hall

Workshop, In Person

global Y

1:30pm EEST

Performing the Archive: An Experiment in Collective Memory in the Face of Technological, Geopolitical and Climate Crisis

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 4:30pm EEST

Education hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

This workshop will be an experimental performance-based process that will ask participants to work with scores and notational systems that require collective conversation, rehearsal and performance. Techniques borrowed from conceptual art practice (specifically Robert Smithson's *Nonsites* from 1968) and experimental music practice (the lineage of John Cage, Robert Ashley, Pauline Oliveros, and Anthony Braxton) will be discussed and workshopped, with scores provided to participants to begin the process. The scores that we will work with do not require a music background and in fact do not need to be used to produce music or sound. At their root, they are orientation devices and engines for creating collective movement. Through reading and thinking about scores--which are by definition, *prescriptive* and *descriptive*-- we will think through how our archives work in their current state and theorize different possible outcomes for memory work when the sites which house this work are (already) under attack or may be imminently under threat.

At stake are questions about how the human resources of memory, ritual, and performance can be leveraged to tackle questions around the preservation of community and institutional archives in the face of the massive global crises that we currently face and their impact on natural and physical resources. Beyond an engagement with conceptual art and experimental music practice, this workshop will draw from the theory and practice of Counter Archives, the Dark Forest of Theory of the Internet, Mutual Aid, and environmental activism.

Speakers

Alex Waterman

Music & Audiovisual Archivist World Music Archives, World Music Archives and Music Library, Wesleyan University.

Alex Waterman was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, in 1975. He is a cellist and composer as well as a musicologist, curator, and archivist, currently the audiovisual archivist atthe World Music Archives at Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut. A founding member of the Plus-Minus... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 1:30pm - 4:30pm EEST
Education hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Workshop, In Person

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81977024051
Zoom password 867213

2:30pm EEST

MediaShield: Preserving the Authenticity of Community Radio Archives in the Age of AI-Generated Audio

Monday October 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

MediaShield is a preservation-oriented framework designed to protect the authenticity and integrity of sound archives in the age of generative artificial intelligence. As deepfake audio and voice cloning technologies become increasingly accessible, audiovisual heritage—especially within community and associative radio—faces growing risks of manipulation and loss of trust.

MediaShield addresses this challenge by combining acoustic identification with AI-assisted analysis to verify both the origin and integrity of audio recordings. The system is designed for local deployment, without cloud dependency, making it suitable for low-resource environments where many cultural archives are maintained.

By supporting authenticity, traceability, and long-term preservation, MediaShield contributes to safeguarding sound memory and strengthening trust in audiovisual archives in the context of rapidly evolving AI technologies.

Speakers

Nûjîn Kartal

Chief Innovation Officer, MediaApes

Nûjîn Kartal is an immersive producer based in Germany, active in the creative and digital industries. He works on innovative projects blending interactive media, 3D technologies, and immersive experiences, notably within MediaApes GmbH. His role involves designing, coordinating, and producing... Read More →

sami meddeb

president, digital cooperation association

Sami Meddeb is an audiovisual archiving expert dedicated to digital preservation since 2020. Specializing in media management application development since 2023, he pivoted strategically toward Artificial Intelligence in 2025.He notably developed innovative solutions for deepfake... Read More →

Carlos Nascimento

Founder and Director :, Qualia Audio Lab

Carlos Nascimento is an audio engineering expert and founder of Qualia Audio Lab Specializing in sound restoration and digital archiving, he collaborates on international research regarding audio authentication and watermarking, bridging the gap between heritage preservation and... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 2:30pm - 3:00pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Short Presentation, Hybrid

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

3:00pm EEST

Afternoon Tea

Monday October 19, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EEST

Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Monday October 19, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm EEST
Atrium 5th floor: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Afternoon Tea

3:30pm EEST

Permanent Records, Permanent Access, Permanent Readability: Cerabyte The New Storage Technology

Monday October 19, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Existing storage technologies for medium- to long-term preservation, such as magnetic tape, as well as emerging approaches for very long-term storage, including DNA, Microsoft Silica/SPhotonix, and Holomem, still face significant limitations in fast access and high-performance readout. Without these capabilities, any new storage medium is unlikely to meet the practical requirements of contemporary and future data storage infrastructures.

Cerabyte introduces a new technology for permanent, sustainable, and cost-efficient data storage over extended periods, while delivering high-performance and random-access. Based on ceramic materials, the medium suffers no bit rot and withstands humidity, high temperature, corrosion, and magnetic pulses.

A technology intended to preserve data across centuries raises two fundamental questions for archives: first, how can data be read if the original reading technology is no longer available; and second, assuming the bits can be recovered, how can they be translated into meaningful information?

Although Cerabyte provides dedicated high-performance readers, the stored data can also be read independently using standard industrial microscopy. Provided that the error-correction algorithms remain known, the encoded information can be reconstructed from the recovered bit patterns.

Our presentation will demonstrate such an independent recovery workflow. A feature film from one of the world’s largest entertainment corporations, whose name will be disclosed prior to IASA, will be written to Cerabyte media. It will be read using an industrial microscope and a makeshift decoder developed by CERN.

The workflow, technical approach, and results will be presented and discussed at IASA.

Speakers

Martin Kunze

CMO, Cerabyte & Memory of Mankind

Martin Kunze is an Austrian silicate technologist, ceramics specialist, and visionary inventor dedicated to preserving information for future generations. In 2012, he founded the groundbreaking Memory of Mankind project, a unique time capsule of our civilization etched onto durable ceramic tiles a... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Long Presentation, In Person

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

4:30pm EEST

Piql Technology as a safeguard for memory, Identity and authenticity of audio visual archives

Monday October 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm EEST

Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

The study identifies adoption of Piql technology as one of the ways through which archival institutions can preserve the memory, identity and authenticity of audio-visual archives in the face of unforeseen disasters. Using the United Arab Emirates (UAE) National Library and Archives (NLA) as a case study and based on literature review, the paper assesses the ways in which the UAE NLA safeguards it audio visual archives from possible effects of disaster and conflict. Secondly, it outlines how the adoption of Piql technology by the UAE NLA preserves the memory and identity of audio-visual heritage. Lastly, it describes ways in which the use of Piql technology at the UAE NLA safeguards the authenticity of audio-visual archives in the age of AI and misinformation. The study revealed that Piql’s Arctic World Archives is located in a geographically stable, mountainous location that protects audio visual archives from extreme weather conditions such as floods from rising ocean levels. Further, it’s a disaster proof vault that requires zero electricity thus offering ecofriendly storage with zero carbon emissions. Secondly, the permanency nature of the Piqlfilm safeguards the memory and identity of UAE heritage by storing data in a photosensitive film that does not require regular technology upgrades and is designed to last over 1000 years. Lastly, it emerged that the authenticity of UAE’s archives in Piqlfilm format is maintained by storing data offline in a read only medium that cannot be hacked, modified and deleted.

Speakers

Victor Kabata

Assistant Professor, Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi

Victor Kabata is currently an Assistant Professor at Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi, History Department. He possesses a Doctorate in Information Studies from the University of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa. He teaches records and archives management students at undergraduate and master’s... Read More →

Monday October 19, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm EEST
Statehood hall: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania

Short Presentation, In Person

Theme Technical Resilience and Preservation Refresh Strategies
Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86939636277
Zoom password 289030

6:00pm EEST

Opening Ceremony

Monday October 19, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EEST

The Merchants’ Club

Opening ceremony will take place in Merchant's club in the heart of

Vilnius. The splendid Palace was built in 1913 by a public organization

the General Meeting of Trade and Industry or the so-called Merchant's

Club which at that time included the richest and publicly known

residents of Vilnius City. Nowadays it is a modern bussiness centre also

offering venues for different events. The three-meter sculpture of Atlas

decorates the current Merchant's club as well.

During the opening ceremony the conference participants will enjoy snacks, drinks and

informal talks. Lithuanian folk band will make a short performance and

invite to dance some traditional folk dances.

Monday October 19, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm EEST
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IASA-BAAC 2026 Conference

8:30am EEST

9:30am EEST

Rasa Bocyte

Ploipailin Flynn

Nadia Piet

9:30am EEST

Clara Sánchez-Dehesa

9:30am EEST

Yvonne Ng

10:00am EEST

Shay Hix

Marie Lascu

Moriah Ulinskas

12:30pm EEST

1:30pm EEST

Jean-Christophe Kummer

Prof.in Dr. Nadja Wallaszkovits

1:30pm EEST

Rasa Bocyte

Johan Oomen

1:30pm EEST

Alex Waterman

2:30pm EEST

Nûjîn Kartal

sami meddeb

Carlos Nascimento

3:00pm EEST

3:30pm EEST

Martin Kunze

4:30pm EEST

Victor Kabata

6:00pm EEST

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