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Conference Report
2000
SEAPAVAA-IASA
Joint Congress
Theme: A Future for
the Past: AV Archiving in the 3rd Millennium
Singapore,
Singapore
SEAPAVAA President Ray
Edmondson and IASA President Crispin Jewitt together presented three
resolutions to the Joint IASA-SEAPAVAA Conference held from July 3 to
7 in Singapore.
 The joint conference
proposed to adopt the resolutions as follows:
-- that it supports the
principle of adequate and equitable development of audiovisual
archiving skills and infrastructure in all countries of the
world; and
-- that it recognizes
the emerging profession of audiovisual archiving now requires the
recognition and availability of formal professional training at both
the undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
The
five-day conference, hosted by the National Archives of Singapore, was
the first international and regional gathering of audiovisual
archivists in the country It served as a forum for issues, concerns,
and major developments in the audiovisual archive sector not only in
the Asia-Pacific region,but also in the international arena.
Mr. Lee Yock Suan, Minister for Information and the Arts & Minister
for the Environment was the Guest of Honour at the Opening Ceremony.
He stated that the presence of some 180 participants representing 40
countries worldwide was an indication of the keen global interest in
the systematic and purposeful application of modern methods and
technology to preserve significant audiovisual records of our past for
posterity. Crispin Jewitt in his Opening Remarks expressed the need
for international meetings where people from different backgrounds
could meet and share common concerns and professional interest. On
the same note, Ray Edmondson said that SEAPAVAA has gained a level of
global visibility since its establishment.
The Conference was attended by delegates representing audiovisual
archives in Australia, Austria, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, India,
Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Laos, Malaysia, Mozambique,
Myanmar, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland,, Taiwan,
Thailand, the United Kingdom, the United States, Vanuatu, Vietnam and
Zimbabwe. The Conference consisted of the Symposium, the General
Assembly Meetings, launching of the SEAPAVAA-sponsored book: ìFilm in
Southeast Asia. Views from the Regionî, film posters exhibit,
institutional and museum visits, and a tradeshow exhibit.
During the Conference, a multitude of issues on preservation,
copyright, the application of new technologies, the storage and
retrieval of the audio materials, the professional development of the
AV archivists and the importance of regional and international
cooperation had been discussed and deliberated.
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