UNESCO Digitization Conference

The Memory of the World in the Digital Age: Digitization and Preservation

In cooperation with the University of British Columbia (Canada) UNESCO organized an international conference from 26 to 28 September 2012 in Vancouver (BC) Canada that explored the main issues affecting the preservation of digital documentary heritage. The more than 500 participants discussed strategies that can contribute to greater protection of digital assets and produced the UNESCO /UBC Vancouver Declaration for implementation by UNESCO, and its Member States, professional associations and industry.