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

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)

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)!