¦Basic Information
Date | September 5 - 10, 2016Report of the 18th ICA Congress in Seoul |
Hosts | International Council on Archives (ICA) and National Archives of Korea (NAK) |
Theme | Archives, Harmony and Friendship: Ensuring Cultural Sensitivity, Justice and Cooperation in a Globalised World |
Venue | COEXiSeoul, South Koreaj |
i1jParticipants and the Structure of Programs
Countries/Territories | 114 |
Participants | 2,049 individuals, including 67 Japanese |
EThe ICA congress is composed of two parts: 1) The professional program on archival affairs; and 2) Governance meetings on managing ICAfs and its regional branchesf activities.
1)Professional Program
EThe professional program is composed of presentations and workshops. At the Congress in Seoul, from morning to night on each day between September 6 and 9, various sessions were parallelly held.
EFor details on the schedule and themes of the program, please see the information below;
@@>>ICA Congress 2016 Programme
2)Governance Meetings
EIn parallel, governance meetings related to the management of ICA and its regional branches were held respectively.
ETakeo Katoh, President of the National Archives of Japan (NAJ), took a leadership role as Chair of ICAfs East Asian regional branch (EASTICA) in its Executive Board meeting and Open Forum.
Date | Time | Meeting Titles | |
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Sep. 5 | 09:00-11:30 | Regional Branchesf Chairs Meeting | |
14:00-15:20 | Executive Board meeting of EASTICA | ||
16:00-17:15 | EASTICA Open Forum | ||
Sep. 6 | 09:00-12:30 | Executive Board meeting of ICA | |
Sep. 7 | 11:45-13:15 | Forum of National Archivists (FAN) | |
17:00-19:00 | General Assembly of ICA |
i2jPresentations and a Workshop Organized by NAJ
NAJ held the following six presentations and a workshop from September 6 to 9.
>>Introducing Japanese Archives - Presentation Handouts [PDF]
Date | Time | Session Titles | |
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Sep. 6 | 09:00-12:30 | Workshop: Restoration of Disaster-affected Documents in Japan yLecturez The Latest Restoration Techniques in Japan Ms. Maki TAKASHINA Project Researcher, National Institute of Japanese Literature yDemonstrations and Practicez How to Restore Documents Damaged by Water Mr. Tomohiro AKUTSU, Ms. Saho ASABA and Ms. Shizuka NAGAI Conservation Section, Archival Affairs Division, National Archives of Japan |
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16:45-18:15 | Challenges of Two Digital Archive Systems
at the National Archives of Japan Dr. Sumio HATANO Director-General, Japan Center for Asian Historical Records, National Archives of Japan |
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Sep. 7 | 09:45-11:15 | World-wide Spread of Conservation Using Japanese Paper Mr. Katsuhiko MASUDA Vice-President, the Association for Study of Washi Culture |
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15:00-16:30 | The Japan-Australia Bilateral Cooperation in Archival Processing for the Wartime Seized Company Records Ms. Junko AKIYAMA Archivist, Sapporo City Archives |
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Sep. 8 | 11:45-13:15 | Records Management in the Digital Age Mr. Hitoshi FUKUI Senior Vice-President, National Archives of Japan (Former Deputy Director-General for Public Records Management at the Ministerfs Secretariat, Cabinet Office) |
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Sep. 9 | 09:45-11:15 | Panel Presentation
gArchives and Disasters: Japanese Strategies after Five Years from the Great East Japan Earthquakeh Network of Archival Rescue Activities in Japan: Restoration and Preservation of Disaster-affected Documents Ms. Maki TAKASHINA, Project Researcher, National Institute of Japanese Literature, for Ms. Mutsumi AOKI, Associate Professor, National Institute of Japanese Literature Cultural Property Preservation after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the Nuclear Power Plant Accident - 5 Years since the Disaster Mr. Hidefumi SAMPEI Chief Curator, Tomioka Board of Education, Fukushima Prefecture Initiatives for Rescuing Damaged Official Documents -The Case of Rescue Team Dispatched by the National Archives of Japan Mr. Masaki KAKEHI Chief, Planning and Legal Affairs Section, General Affairs Division, National Archives of Japan | |
11:45-13:15 | Reconciling Japanese Archival Traditions with the New Demands of the Global Age: Focusing on Business Archives in Japan> Mr. Takeo KATOH President, National Archives of Japan |
EParticipants ranging from 40 to 110 joined the sessions. In all sessions, academic as well as practical discussions were actively made, which shows participantsf high interests in Japanese archival efforts.
Lecture by Ms. Maki TAKASHINA
Workshop on the restoration of documents
Presentation by Dr. Sumio HATANO
Presentation by President Takeo KATOH
Presentation by Senior Vice-President Hitoshi FUKUI
Presentation by Mr. Katsuhiko MASUDA
Presentation by Ms. Junko AKIYAMA
Panel presenters for the gArchives and Disastersh
i3jGovernance Meetings of ICA
1)Regional Branchesf Chairs Meeting (09:00-11:30, Sep. 5)
2)Executive Board Meeting of ICA (09:00-12:30, Sep. 6)
3) Forum of National Archivists (FAN) (11:45-13:15, Sep. 7)
4)General Assembly of ICA (17:00-19:00, Sep. 7)
General Assembly
Presentation of the Seoul Communique
(4)Governance Meeting and Program of EASTICA
1) Executive Board Meeting of EASTICA (14:00-15:20, Sep. 5)
2)EASTICA Open Forum (16:00-17:15, Sep. 5)
(5)Other Activities
1)Visit to the National Assembly Library of Korea (14:00-19:00, Sep. 9j
2)Public Relations Activities concerning EASTICA (Sep. 6 - 9)
¦Details concerning the NAJ-supported presentations and a workshop in the ICA Congress are also introduced in our web magazine Archives (No. 62) published in November 2016. (*In Japanese only)