iPRES 2012 : International Conference on Digital Preservation

iPRES, the main international conference on digital preservation, is calling for proposals for original short papers, panels, workshops, posters and demonstrations.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
– Domain-specific Challenges (Cultural Heritage, Technical and Scientific Processes and Data, Engineering Models and Simulation, Medical Records, Corporate Processes and Recordkeeping, Web Archiving, Personal Archiving, e-Procurement)
– Systems Life-cycle (Requirements, Modeling, Design, Development, Deployment and Maintenance)
– Trusted Repositories and Governance (Risk Analysis, Planning, Audit and Certification, Information/Data Quality, Business Models, Cost Estimation)
– Case Studies and Best Practices (Processes, Metadata, Systems, Services, Infrastructures)
– Innovation in Digital Preservation (Novel Challenges and Scenarios, Innovative Approaches, Preservation at Scale)
– Added-value of Digital Preservation (Benefits Analysis, Emerging Exploitation Scenarios, Long-Tail of Digital Repositories and Archives, Designated Communities)
– Training and Education
– Theory of Digital Preservation (Interdisciplinary Modeling, Representation Concepts, Incentive Structures)