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Power of Collective Memories & Evidence

17 - 18 July 2008, organised by National Archives of Singapore

 
  


 
 
Day 1, 17 July 2008
 

Time

Programme

Speakers

8:15 am

Registration

9:00 am

Welcome Remarks

Mr Pitt Kuan Wah
Director
National Archives of Singapore

9:20 am

Opening Remarks

Renewal of Agreement on Archival Co-operation Between National Archives of Singapore & State Archives Administration of China

Mr Yang Dongquan
Director-General
State Archives Administration of China

9:50 am

 Tea Break

10:20 am

Oral History: The Interaction Between Memory and Text

Mr Kwa Chong Guan
Chairman
National Archives Board, Singapore

11:00 am
Restarting the Oral History Programme in Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia Dr Djoko Utomo
Director-General
Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia

11:45 am

Q & A

Moderator: Mr Pitt Kuan Wah
Director
National Archives of Singapore

12.15 pm

Lunch

1:30 pm

Preserving Evidence, Constructing History: How Government Archives Sustain the Memory of the Nation

Dr Jeannette Bastian
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College, Boston, USA

2:00 pm

Establishing an Accountability Framework: Macro-appraisal in the Canadian Federal Government Context

Ms Catherine Bailey
Archivist
Library and Archives Canada

2:30 pm

The Tidal Wave of Records: Records Management and Accountability at the World Bank Group

Ms April Miller
Archivist
World Bank Group Archives
Washington D.C, USA

3:00 pm

Q & A

Moderator: Ms Elaine Goh
Assistant Director
National Archives of Singapore

3:30 pm

Tea Break

4:00 pm

From Emails and Instant Messages to Records: Capturing Digital Records as Evidence

Mr Stephen Lim
Chief Executive Officer
SQLView Pte Ltd
Singapore

4:30 pm

Enterprise Document Management System - Transformation and Innovation

Hady Ang Hock Leng
Deputy Director
Land Transport Authority

5:00 pm

Q & A

Moderator:
Mrs Kwek-Chew Kim Gek
Deputy Director
National Archives of Singapore

 5:30 pm

End of Day One

 

Day 2, 18 July 2008
 

Time

Programme

Speakers

9:00 am

Total Archives in Canada: The Changing Role of Government in the Preservation of Canada’s Documentary Heritage

Dr Laura Millar
Consultant, Archives and Information Management Canada

9:30 am

Preservation of Public and Private Memories: Philosophical Implications of AV Digitisation

Mr Ray Edmondson
Director
Archive Associate Pty Ltd
Australia

10:00 am

Tea Break
 

10:30 am

Building Bridges: Developing Software for Dealing with Ink-Bleed in Manuscript Records

Dr Michael S. Brown
Assistant Professor
National University of Singapore

11:00 am

Q&A

Moderator: Ms Irene Lim
Deputy Director
National Archives of Singapore

11:30 am

Depart to Memories at Old Ford Factory (MOFF), 351 Upper Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 588192
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Transport provided

12:15 pm

Official Opening of Archives Repositories at Memories at Old Ford Factory

 

 

12:45 pm
Lunch
 
2:00 pm
Learning Journey of Archives Repositories and Exhibition Gallery  

 4:00 pm

End of Programme

Transport provided to NAS.

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