We are pleased to invite you to the second workshop organised by the AHRC-funded project Unlocking our Digital Past with Artificial Intelligence (LUSTRE) led by Dr Lise Jaillant (Loughborough University). LUSTRE seeks to better understand how Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help improve the preservation, access to and usability of government archives produced in digital form.

This workshop continues the discussion on the challenges and opportunities that AI offers to the management and use of digital archives in the government sector and beyond.

PROGRAMME

10:00 – 10:30 _Welcome and Refreshments.

10:30 – 11:00 _Talk: Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Separating Myth from Reality, speaker: Dr Keegan McBride (Oxford Internet Institute).

11:00 – 11:30 _Talk: The impact of AI on records management, speaker: James Lappin (Loughborough University).

11:30-12:00 _Coffee Break.

12:00 – 12:30 _Talk: AI and Archives from a Researcher’s Viewpoint, speaker: Dr Lise Jaillant (Loughborough University).

12:30– 13:30 _Lunch Break.

13:30 – 14:00 _Talk: Navigating the maelstrom (looking for lighthouses), speaker: John Sheridan (The National Archives).

14:00 - 14:30 _Talk (online): Is NARA Ready Yet? The Newly Extended 2024 Start Date for Accessioning Records into the US National Archives Only in Electronic and Digital Formats, and What That Means, speaker: Professor Jason R. Baron (University of Maryland).

14:30 – 15:00 _Coffee Break.

15:00 – 15:30_Roundtable and concluding remarks.

For abstracts and short bios, please visit our website

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LUSTRE Workshop 2: AI and Born-Digital Archives / In-Person Event/