Digital Preservation Summit 2026: Securing Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age
Are your digital assets prepared, ready for the future? Join other cultural heritage professionals, librarians, archivists, and museum experts for an intensive virtual summit dedicated to mastering digital preservation in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape.
This virtual summit brings together industry leaders to share cutting-edge strategies, proven frameworks, and practical solutions for long-term digital asset use.
Why Attend?
Every day, irreplaceable cultural heritage materials, research data, and institutional knowledge face the threat of digital obsolescence. Don't let your organization's digital legacy become tomorrow's lost history.
This summit is designed specifically for Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM), Performing Arts, University, and Corporate Archive professionals who are ready to move beyond basic file storage to more comprehensive digital preservation strategies.
What’s Covered
Core Principles and Advanced Practice
- Essential digital preservation principles
- Assessment frameworks to evaluate your institution’s current digital maturity
- Practical strategies for immediate implementation
Strategic Asset Management
- Advanced techniques for organizing and standardizing your digital collections
- Metadata best practices that ensure long-term accessibility
- Workflow optimization for sustainable digital preservation
Future-Ready Solutions
- Emerging technologies and their impact on digital preservation
- Tool selection and implementation strategies
- Building resilient preservation plans that adapt to technological change
Registration Includes:
- Live Q&A – get your questions answered by experts
- Access to the online event platform with presenter profiles and networking opportunities
- A GLAM specific vendor exhibition with 1-on-1 demos
- Roundtable discussions with your community in the lounges
- Full access to the co-located DAM and Museums 2026 event
- Unable to attend? Watch the sessions anytime with recordings available to view on-demand
Perfect For:
- Museum Professionals seeking to protect digital collections
- Librarians and Archivists managing digital repositories
- Cultural Heritage Technologists implementing preservation systems
- Digital Asset Managers in cultural institutions
- Information Professionals responsible for long-term access
- Graduate Students in museum studies, library science, and digital humanities