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9:00am REGISTRATION: Web Archiving Conference (WAC)
9:40am Opening Remarks Location: Målstova (upstairs) Streamed to Store Auditorium.
9:50am Opening Keynote: Libraries, Copyright, and Language Models Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Andrew Jackson , Digital Preservation CoalitionStreamed to Store Auditorium.
10:45am SHORT BREAK Streaming video from Målstova to Store Auditorium ends. Lightning Talk Session 2 will begin in the Store Auditorium after the break.
10:55am LIGHTNING TALK SESSION 1: INTRODUCTION Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Ben Els , National Library of LuxembourgLIGHTNING TALK SESSION 2: INTRODUCTION Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Sawood Alam , Internet Archive
11:00am LIGHTNING TALK SESSION 1 Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Ben Els , National Library of LuxembourgLIGHTNING TALK SESSION 2 Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Sawood Alam , Internet Archive
11:25am BREAK Location: Folkestova (upstairs) Participants in the 2025 Mentoring Program can meet at the top of the old granite stairs outside of Målstova. Sitting places are available in the cafeteria/bar (upstairs) and library hallways (upstairs and ground floor). If the weather is nice, there are also small parks immediately in front of and behind the National Library building.
11:55am PANEL #01: Engaging Audiences Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Eveline Vlassenroot , University of GhentSESSION #01: Tools Under Construction: Lessons Learned (National Library Perspective) Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Katherine Boss , National Library of NorwayWORKSHOP #01: Exploring Dilemmas in the Archiving of Legacy Webportals: An Exercise in Reflective Questioning Location: Slottsbiblioteket (ground floor)
1:00pm LUNCH Location: CREDO Restaurant | Kantine (downstairs) If you signed up for a guided exhibition tour, please be in the exhibition room at 13:05. To know if you signed up for a tour, check your registration details in ConfTool.
2:05pm SESSION #02: Crawling Tools Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: László Tóth , National Library of LuxembourgSESSION #03: Advocacy & User Engagement Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Mark Phillips , University of North Texas LibrariesWORKSHOP #02: Web Archive Collections As Data Location: Slottsbiblioteket (ground floor)
3:40pm BREAK Location: Folkestova (upstairs) Participants in the 2025 Mentoring Program can meet at the top of the old granite stairs outside of Målstova. Sitting places are available in the cafeteria/bar (upstairs) and library hallways (upstairs and ground floor). If the weather is nice, there are also small parks immediately in front of and behind the National Library building.
4:10pm POSTER SLAM INTRO Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Olga Holownia , IIPCStreamed to Store Auditorium.
4:20pm POSTER SLAM Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Olga Holownia , IIPCStreamed to Store Auditorium.
4:40pm POSTER SESSION Location: Folkestova (upstairs)
7:30pm DINNER Location: CREDO Restaurant | Kantine (downstairs)
9:00am MORNING COFFEE Location: Folkestova (upstairs)
9:20am LIGHTNING TALK SESSION 3: INTRODUCTION Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Helena Byrne , British LibraryLIGHTNING TALK SESSION 4: INTRODUCTION Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Dorothée Benhamou-Suesser , National Library of France
9:25am LIGHTNING TALK SESSION 3 Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Helena Byrne , British LibraryLIGHTNING TALK SESSION 4 Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Dorothée Benhamou-Suesser , National Library of France
9:55am SHORT BREAK
10:05am SESSION #04: Discovery & Access (News/Newspapers) Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Tita Enstad , National Library of NorwaySESSION #05: Sustainability Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Bjarne Andersen , Royal Danish LibraryWORKSHOP #03: Introduction to Web Graphs Location: Slottsbiblioteket (ground floor)
11:15am BREAK Location: Folkestova (upstairs)
11:45am PANEL #02: Cross-Institutional Collaborations Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Abbie Grotke , Library of CongressSESSION #06: Curating Social Media Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Tom Smyth , Library and Archives CanadaWORKSHOP #04: How to Develop a New Browsertrix Behavior Location: Slottsbiblioteket (ground floor)
1:15pm LUNCH Location: CREDO Restaurant | Kantine (downstairs) If you signed up for a guided exhibition tour, please be in the exhibition room at 13:20. To know if you signed up for a tour, check your registration details in ConfTool.
2:15pm SESSION #07: Research & Access Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Marie Roald , National Library of NorwaySESSION #08: Handling What You Captured Location: Store Auditorium (ground floor) Chair: Meghan Lyon , Library of CongressPANEL #03: Cross-Institutional Collaboration: the End of Term Archive Location: Slottsbiblioteket (ground floor) Chair: Jeffrey van der Hoeven , National Library of the Netherlands (KB)
3:40pm BREAK Location: Folkestova (upstairs)
4:10pm Closing Keynote: Quantifying Complexity: Using Web Data to Decode Online Public Debate Location: Målstova (upstairs) Chair: Jon Carlstedt Tønnessen , National Library of Norway Streamed to Store Auditorium.
5:05pm Closing Remarks: Closing Remarks Location: Målstova (upstairs) Streamed to Store Auditorium.
