Programme

Thursday, September 21

Arrivals
14.00 BAAC board meeting

Friday, September 22

10.00-11.15 Opening

Introductions and welcome:
Andris Ķesteris (Library and Archives Canada, Baltic Audiovisual Archival Council, (BAAC))

Piret Noorhani (Estonian Literary Museum, President of BAAC)

Ambassador of Norway H.E. Nils Olav Stava

Selga Laizāne (Latvian Television)

Jacqueline von Arb (International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives)

Jānis Kukainis (World Federation of Free Latvians)

Key note speaker Erik Rudeng (Fritt Ord), Freedom of speech - the future value of audiovisual archives in a democratic society

11.15-11.30 Coffee break

11.30-13.00 Plenary session 1
Moderated by Tedd Urnes

Pelle Snickars (Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images), Media archaeology and archives - on the mediation of the past

Knut Kjeldstadli (University of Oslo), Picture/photo evaluation with reference to historical events and audiovisual archives

Ilze Gailīte-Holmberga (Latvian National Film Centre), The work of the Latvian National Film Centre and its mandate

13.00-14.30 Lunch at the restaurant “Alus Arsenāls” (Pils laukums 4)

14.30-16.30 Plenary session 2
Moderated by Lars-Gunnar Bengtsson

Ǻsulv Edland (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Nordic Baltic News Exchange

Jonas Engström, Eva-Lis Green (Swedish Television), METAII - Input on systems and other technical solutions

Lasse Nilsson (Swedish Television), Setting up a migration farm

Ove Wahlqvist (Swedish Television), Open archives: A new service to the Swedish and world audience

16.30-16.45 Coffee break

16.45-18.00 Plenary session 4
Moderated by Piret Noorhani

Marju Mikkel (Estonian Literary Museum), Literature on the Internet: Estonian resources

Marin Laak (Estonian Literary Museum), The century of Kreutzwald: Creating a digital archive
 
Aldis Pūtelis (University of Latvia), How to retain the balance? Archives of Latvian folklore in the digital age

16.45-18.00 Parallel workshop for TV and radio archives (Kamīna Hall)

Ove Wahlqvist, Lars-Gunnar Bengtsson (Swedish Television),
How do we make our cultural heritage available to future generations?
A group discussion about technical and financial options for digitalization of national audiovisual archives, cooperation between institutions. Should files should be accessible for no-cost download for private use and educational purposes? A comprehensive study of the differences in national copyright laws for AV-material.

19.00 Reception hosted by the Norwegian Embassy

Saturday, September 23

9.00-11.00 Plenary session 5
Moderaetd by Andris Ķesteris

Svein Sandnes (Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation), Archival materials used for educational purposes - ideas and presentations of products made for education/ schools

Rolf Werenskjold (Volda University College), Foreign news and historical research – the year 1968

Lelde Neimane (Occupation Museum of Latvia), Video testimonies in collections of the Occupation Museum of Latvia

David Walsh (Imperial War Museum), Preservation of film and video archives

11.00-11.15 Coffee break

11.15-13.00 Plenary session 6
Moderated by Lars-Gunnar Bengtsson

Jacqueline von Arb (Norwegian Institute of Recorded Sound and MemNor AS Audiovisual Archiving Services), Public Private Partnership (PPP) as a strategy for digitization

Meery Salu (Tartu City Library), Audio collections at Estonian public libraries

Živilė Ambrasaitė (Lithuanian Theatre, Music and Cinema Museum),
Creating a wider access to museum archives: presentation of the web
page dedicated to the Lithuanian scenographer Liudas Truikys

Andris Ķesteris (Library and Archives Canada), Baltic Archives in Exile

13.00-14.30 Lunch at the restaurant “Alus Arsenāls” (Pils laukums 4)

14.30-16.00 Plenary session 7
Moderated by Tedd Urnes

Lea Tegelmann  (Estonian Filmarchives), Accessibility of public archives: Estonian Film Archives

Sulev Sepp  (Scanpix Baltics), Possibilities of dynamic access to audiovisual archives

Inga Vilcane (Newspaper Diena), “Diena” newspaper towards the better access and preservation of archival collections

16.00-17.00 BAAC general business meeting

17.15-18.15 meeting of IASA and BAAC boards on the IASA/BAAC conference 2007

Sunday, September 24

10.00 Excursion to Latvian Television (there will be a bus at the Albert hotel)
12.00 Excursion to Occupation museum of Latvia