| When: | Thursday, October 29th, 2026 |
| Time: | 8:30 am — 5:00 pm |
| Location: | Library and Archives Canada, The Pellan Room, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa |
| Audience: | 杏吧原创 Community, Current Students, Faculty, Professionals |
| Cost: | Free, Registration Required |
| Contact: | Tracey Lauriault, Tracey.Lauriault@carleton.ca |
The final InterPARES Symposium closes 32 years of transdisciplinary, multisectoral and international SSHRC funded research on digital archives. The Symposium presents I Trust AI: Archives 4.0 results and highlights Luciana Duranti鈥檚 illustrious career and her contributions to the theory and practice of digital preservation.
Opening ceremonies by Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation Elder Verna McGregor, with introductions by Paul Henry, City Archivist at City of Ottawa, and remarks by Karen Linauskas, Director General of Private Archives and Published Heritage, Library and Archives Canada, Sylvie Lamoureux, Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President, Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Alyssa Hyduk, President of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA), and Betina Kuzmarov, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost, International Student Experience and Strategic Partnerships, 杏吧原创 University.
Convened by Tracey P. Lauriault, Associate Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, 杏吧原创 University.
The Symposium will take place on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa in the Pellan Room from 9 AM to 5 PM.
Program
| Time | Session |
| 9:00 – 9:15 | Paul Henry, City Archivist of Ottawa Introduces Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation Elder Verna McGregor who will provide the Indigenous Opening Ceremony |
| 9:15 – 9:20 | Welcome 鈥� Convener, Tracey P. Lauriault, School of Journalism and Communication, 杏吧原创 University |
| 9:20 – 9:25 | Karen Linauskas, Director General of Private Archives and Published Heritage, Library and Archives Canada |
| 9:25 – 9:30 | Sylvie Lamoureux, Chief Operating Officer and Vice-President, Research, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) |
| 9:30 – 9:35 | Alyssa Hyduk, President of the Association of Canadian Archivists (ACA) |
| 9:35 – 9:40 | Betina Kuzmarov, Associate Vice-President and Vice-Provost (International Student Experience and Strategic Partnerships), 杏吧原创 University |
| 9:40 – 10:10 | Luciana Duranti聽鈥� I Trust AI Project overview and video from Muhammad Abdul-Mageed, University of British Columbia |
| 10:10 – 10:40 | Peter Sullivan, University of British Columbia 鈥� AI tools for metadata enrichment at UNESCO and beyond |
| 10:40 – 11:00 | Break |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Jim Suderman, City of Toronto, Canada 鈥� Decisions, Decisions: Access, Privacy & Ethics |
| 11:30 – 12:00 | Victoria Lemieux, University of British Columbia 鈥� Clio-X as Public Infrastructure for Safe and Ethical Use of AI in Cultural Heritage |
| 12:00 – 12:30 | Marianna Tascone, Regione Emilia-Romagna, Italy 鈥� The Role of AI for Records Management: Findings from Case Studies |
| 12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 – 14:00 | Jessica Bushey, San Jose State University, USA 鈥� Image Archives in the Age of AI: From data to discovery |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | Michel Barbeau, 杏吧原创 University 鈥� Knowledge Graphs for Your Data |
| 14:30 – 15:00 | Emanuele Frontoni, University of Macerata, Italy 鈥� From Pattern Recognition to Autonomous Reasoning: The PergaNet Trajectory in AI for Archival Science |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Tracey P. Lauriault, 杏吧原创 University 鈥� Digital Twins: Preserving Components of a Social and Technical Assemblage |
| 15:30 – 16:00 | Alex Richmond, Bank of Canada 鈥� Toward Accountable AI Systems: The Function of Paradata |
| 16:00 – 16:30 | Richard Arias-Hernandez, University of British Columbia 鈥� AI Literacy and Education for the Archival Professions |
| 16:30 – 16:40 | Final Remarks, Luciana Duranti, University of British Columbia |
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