Ngā mihi nui - a massive thank you to everyone who participated in one or more of the online Call to Community brainstorming workshops in December and January. We really value your ideas and insights. Special thanks as well to the DPC team and our session facilitators!
The Call to Community sessions asked questions on a variety of topics, including Programme, In-Person attendance, Virtual attendance, First-time attendance, Professional Visits, Accessibility, Sustainability, Languages, and Travel considerations. One of the Programme-related questions we asked was What kinds of digital preservation topics/subjects would be most of interest to you, or are currently on your mind? And unsurprisingly, the iPRES community had lots to say!
So if you’re looking for submission ideas, take a look at some of the programme topics that Call to Community participants said they would like to hear about at iPRES 2025:
Technical topics
Cloud storage & infrastructure (costs, fixity/authenticity, practical challenges)
AI & Digital Preservation (e.g., preserving AI systems, using AI for preservation, impacts of generative AI)
Distributed preservation (community services, commercial vendors)
Digital preservation of born-digital audiovisual material, and time-based media preservation
Preservation of unique or obscure formats (e.g., instant messaging chats, vintage computing efforts, and legacy technology.)
Fixity, authenticity, and provenance
Digital transfer & ingest processes
Selection & appraisal
Sustainability in digital preservation (both environmental & program longevity)
Practical & Implementation-Focused Sessions
Workshops & hands-on training (e.g., file format identification, preservation tools, workflows)
Real-world case studies (both successes & failures, lessons learned)
Procurement & cost management for digital preservation
"How-to" sessions on implementing standards
Getting started in digital preservation
Examples from smaller institutions and community settings
Policy, Ethics & Advocacy
Indigenous data sovereignty & culturally sensitive preservation practices
The impact of changing legislation & political climate on digital preservation
Environmental impacts of digital preservation & storage
Making digital preservation more inclusive & accessible
Advocacy and engagement – e.g. how to get non-digi pres people to care about digital preservation!
Open-source software sustainability & funding models
For more inspiration for your conference contributions, check out our Conference Themes.
We look forward to seeing your submissions!
Submission Deadlines
Peer-reviewed (Full or Short Papers, Posters, Workshops, Tutorials, Panels): Due 14 April 2025, End of Day, Anywhere on Earth.
Ad-hoc (Lightning Talks, Games, Birds of a Feather, Digital Preservation Bake-Off Demo): Due 31 July 2025, End of Day, Anywhere on Earth.
All submissions must be made through the iPRES 2025 online submission portal.
Detailed submission instructions are available here: https://www.ipres2025.nz/submission-instructions.
We’ll continue sharing insights from other Calls to Community focus group topics, so stay tuned!