[Rdap] Registration for PASIG conference now open

[Minor, David]

Hi folks - very excited to pass this along!

Registration is open for the next PASIG event, March 9-11, at the Czech National Library of Technology in Prague. Note that the attendee cost is 200€ until the end of January and 250€ February 1 on. To view the agenda and register, go to http://pasig.schk.sk/wordpress/registration. A list of local hotels is available on the website.

This is a great opportunity for organizations setting up preservation repositories to collaborate and work directly with leaders in the field. The PASIG is focused on 1) addressing practical preservation questions, 2) hearing about best practices and new technologies from global experts, 3) investigating the convergence of on-premise architectures and the Cloud, 4) how to set up, initiate, and audit the metrics of a preservation project, 5) key global project updates, and 6) solution provider and end customer collaboration. PASIG is a highly collaborative and interactive forum and generally attracts a large contingent of new participants.

Session Overviews include:

- Digital Preservation Bootcamp
Training in concepts, issues, tools, strategies & approaches for Digital Preservation and Archiving. 

- Open Preservation Foundation Workshop: veraPDF - definitive, open source PDF/A validation for digital preservationists

- PKX / Practitioners Knowledge Exchange: Case Studies in Preservation & Archiving Architectures and Operations

- Lightning Talks

- The Frontiers of Preservation 
Discussions on the recent developments and challenges facing those who are tackling digital preservation. 

- Industry Collaboration and Solution Vendor Presentations

- Project Updates and Digital Preservation Community Developments

- Hardening Existing Systems with Preservation Capabilities

We would like to thank both the committee members and sponsors: Arkivum, Cray, The Digital Preservation Network, Ex Libris, Oracle, Preservica, P&A Consult, and T-Systems. 

Participating/attending organizations as of January 16 include: 

Arkivum
AVPreserve
Bibliotheca Alexandrina
Bibliotheque nationale de France
Charles U., Prague
CSC Finland
Czech Library of the Academy of Sciences
Czech National Library of Technology
Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
Digital Preservation Network (DPN)
Ex Libris
German National Library of Science and Technology
FernUniversitaet in Hagen
FIZ Karlsruhe
King's College London
LOCKSS
Masaryk U.
Moravska Zemska Knihovna
Moravian Library
Museum of Modern Art 
Open Preservation Foundation
Oracle
Oxford U. 
P&A Consult
Preservica
Princeton U. 
Qatar National Library
Slovak Center of Scientific and Technical Information
Slovak Chemistry Library
Stanford U.
T-Systems
Tamco
UC San Diego
U. Freiburg
U. Hull
U. Oklahoma

David.

David.