Share what works.
Challenge what doesn’t.
Inspire what comes next.
Submission Deadline: 1 August 2026
We invite archivists, digital preservation specialists, technologists, researchers, and innovators to share practical experiences, proven approaches, and transformative ideas that are shaping the digital transformation of archives.
We are particularly interested in contributions that demonstrate real-world impact, address concrete challenges, and offer lessons that others can apply in their own institutions and projects.
Whether you have developed a new workflow, transformed access to collections, built innovative partnerships, or discovered an inspiring way of working with archival documents, we invite you to share your experience and inspire the community.
Archives are being transformed every day through
digitisation, metadata, AI, and new forms of access.
DTI Prague 2026 invites
archivists, researchers, and practitioners to share
experiences, challenges, solutions, and lessons learned in building the digital future of archival heritage.
Digitise
Digitisation in Practice: Scaling, Innovating and Delivering Impact
What does successful large-scale digitisation look like in practice?
How do archives successfully digitise at scale? Showcase practical experiences, innovative technologies and creative solutions that help the sector overcome technical and organisational challenges. We invite contributions on workflow optimisation, automation, quality management, difficult materials and large-scale digitisation programmes. Whether you transformed a collection, developed a new workflow or solved a major challenge, share your lessons learned and future perspectives.
Transform
From Digital Images to Intelligent Data
How can archival data unlock new forms of discovery and collaboration?
Digitisation is only the beginning. Real transformation occurs when digital records become searchable, structured and interconnected data. This track explores how archival collections are unlocked through data extraction, artificial intelligence, linked data, knowledge graphs and innovative access technologies. We invite contributions that demonstrate how digital images become data resources enabling new forms of discovery, research and collaboration. Share your experiences and visions for an interconnected archival data ecosystem.
Inspire
From Collections to Connections: Stories, Communities and Impact
How are archives creating meaningful connections and societal impact?
Archives create value when they connect people with history, knowledge and one another. This track highlights inspiring examples of how archival collections engage researchers, communities and wider audiences. We invite contributions that demonstrate innovative outreach, storytelling, education and participation. Whether through digital platforms, research initiatives or community projects, share how archives are creating meaningful connections, generating knowledge and inspiring new audiences.
Submit Your Proposal
Choose the format that best fits what you would like to share.
Lightning Talk
3-minute lightning presentations showcasing a single idea, solution, challenge, tool, innovation, or project with the potential to inspire, inform, or provoke discussion.
What is one idea, lesson, or innovation worth sharing in just three minutes?
Designed to be concise, dynamic, and engaging, lightning talks invite speakers to share a key insight, practical lesson, or innovative idea in a highly focused format. Whether presenting a successful initiative, a creative solution, or an emerging technology, contributors are encouraged to communicate one memorable takeaway that can inspire further discussion.
Short, focused, practical, and inspiring.
Panel Presentation
8-minute presentations highlighting practical experiences, innovative approaches, lessons learned, and impactful outcomes from real-world projects and initiatives.
What experiences and lessons can help others advance the digital transformation of archives?
Contributions may present a case study, programme, project, or strategic insight related to the conference themes. Each presentation forms part of a thematic panel and should move beyond description to share experiences, lessons learned, and practical takeaways that can stimulate discussion and offer ideas relevant to other institutions and professionals.
Practical, insightful, discussion-driven, and thought-provoking.
Workshop
Interactive sessions that encourage active participation, collaboration, skills development, and hands-on exploration of ideas, methods, tools, and technologies.
What can participants learn, explore, or create together?
We welcome workshops, demonstrations, roundtables, training sessions, and other participatory formats that encourage collaboration and hands-on exploration. Sessions should provide opportunities to exchange knowledge, develop skills, and work together on ideas, methods, tools, or shared challenges relevant to digital archives.
Participatory, collaborative, practical, and engaging.
Submission Guidelines
Share your experience, present your project, and contribute practical knowledge that can inspire and support others across the archival community.
Proposal Preparation
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words.
Lightning talks are prepared to be 3 minutes,
paper presentations 8-minute talks.
Please include:
– preferred thematic section
– presentation title
author(s) and affiliation(s)
– short professional bio
– professional profile or website
(LinkedIn, ORCID, personal webpage, etc.)
Submission
Please submit your proposal by 1 August 2026.
Notifications of acceptance will be sent by mid-August 2026.
The first draft of the conference programme will be published
in early September 2026.
Need Travel Support?
A limited number of mobility grants may be available for participants.
If travel costs would otherwise prevent you from attending, please explore the ICARUS Mobility Grant Programme and the available support opportunities.