Wednesday, August 2, 2017

8:30-10:30	Registration
10:30-11:00	Coffee
11:00-11:30	Welcome
11:30-12:30	Session I Gerald A. Urban University of Freiburg, Germany Engineering meets humanities – benefits from an interdisciplinary adventure Slides Andreas Manz KIST Europe, Germany 1,000,000 years into the future – a clock, some teaching and what? Slides
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Session II Claudio Pescatore Former PA with OECD, Linnaeus University, Sweden Towards robust strategies for preserving records, knowledge and memory across generations Abstract, slides Hans-Joachim Gehrke Former president of DAI, University of Freiburg, Germany Cultural transformation and dark ages in historical science Abstract, slides (participants only) Rolf Bergmeier Supervisory board Giordano Bruno Foundation, Germany Cultural break and Interruption of Information flow in Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages Abstract
15:30-16:00	Coffee
16:00-17:00	Session III Moderated discussion Human document – why should we keep our data and knowledge for long?
17:00-19:00	Welcome reception

Thursday, August 3, 2017

8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-10:30	Session IV Laura Welcher The Long Now Foundation, USA Long-Term Archiving as Long-Term Communication Abstract, slides Leon Abelmann KIST Europe, Germany and University Twente, the Netherlands Carriers for ultra-long storage Abstract, slides Melissa Guzman NASA, USA SPACE ETERNAL MEMORY storing information in space for a very long time Slides
10:30-11:00	Coffee
11:00-12:30	Session V Peter G. Kazansky University of Southampton, UK Achieving information immortality with 5D memory crystal Abstract, slides Christian Keitel Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Germany How to select data and documents for about 1200 years? Slides Reto Schölly University of Freiburg, Germany THE ABOMINABLE TRUTH (How Verifiable Information Can Destroy Knowledge) Abstract , slides
12:30-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Session VI Johann-Mattis List MPI for the Science of Human History, Germany Storing our knowledge of linguistic diversity: Towards the standardization of cross-linguistic data formats Abstract, slides Gerhard Schneider University of Freiburg, Germany Digital long‐term archiving – how to keep your assets valuable Abstract, Slides Martin Kunze MOM, Austria Memory of Mankind - MOM - aims to preserve an overall image of our time Abstract, slides
15:30-16:00	Coffee
16:00-17:00	Session VII Xárene Eskandar Artist, Los Angeles/Reykjavík Towards a philosophy of semantics for artificial intelligence Slides (participants only) Moderated discussion Selection criteria – what should be preserved?
17:00-19:00
19:00	Dinner (Schlossbergrestaurant Dattler)

Friday, August 4, 2017

8:30-9:00	Registration
9:00-10:30	Session VIII Claudio Pescatore Former PA with OECD, Linnaeus University, Sweden Millennial time capsules as means for communicating human heritage Slides Matthias Razum Leibniz Institute for Information Infrastructure, Germany Long-term preservation of research data: how long is long? Slides Sarah Hadry Bayrisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Germany Microfilming: A traditional technique as the ultimate "Back-up" for unique archival information Abstract, slides (participants only)
10:30-11:00	Coffee
11:00-12:00	Session IX Sabina Schrimpf Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, Germany Preservation of digital media at the German National Library Abstract, slides Final discussion and closing remarks
12:00-13:00	Lunch
13:00-16:00	Visit to the Barbarastollen underground archive Bernhard Preuss & Sarah Hadry Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance & Bayrisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Germany Participation in the guided tour needs preregistration Bus transfer to the Barbarastollen starting in front of the lecture hall Please bring appropriate clothing – you have to expect 10 °C (50 °F)!