36th International Archival Day Conference and 1st International Autumn Forum on Archives
The International Institute for Archival Sciences of Trieste and Maribor, in collaboration with the Department of Archival Sciences at Alma Mater Europaea University in Maribor (Slovenia) and the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) in Florence, are preparing to inaugurate the 36th International Archival Day Conference and the 1st International Autumn Forum on Archives, which will take place in Ljubljana from November 8 to 15, 2026, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel.
This year’s conference and school will focus on two specific themes: “Professional Processing of Archival Material Using New Information Technologies” and “The Role of Archives in the Global World of the Future.”
The International Institute for Archival Science
The International Institute for Archival Science (IIAS) has its origins in the Center for Technical and Professional Problems in Archives, founded in 1986 on the initiative of Dr. Peter Pavel Klasinc, then director of the Pokrajinski Archiv in Maribor and organizer of the Radenci Archival Meetings. These conferences focused on the area of what was then Yugoslavia and were open to increasingly large participation by archivists from foreign countries such as Austria, Italy, Hungary, and others. It was precisely because of this growing participation of foreign professionals that the decision was made to establish an independent international institute to address technical and professional problems in archival matters, with a particular focus on the Balkan-Danubian region. The aim was to improve the quality and professionalism of the services offered. This initiative would also draw on the experience of countries with more established archival traditions, such as Austria, Germany, and Italy, as well as initiatives promoted internationally by the International Council on Archives.
The School of the International Institute for Archival Science
On October 16, 2007, the Autumn Archival School of the International Institute for Archival Science of Trieste and Maribor was inaugurated. The initiative involved a group of 25 people from 10 different countries (Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, and Hungary). The postgraduate training course in archival science and electronic document management addressed issues related to the profession and ethics of archiving, European and international regulations on document management, and the issue of computerization and the production and preservation of electronic documents. A project to develop a multilingual Dictionary of Technical and Archival Terminology was also launched. Classes concluded on Tuesday, October 23, while the course concluded on the 17th International Archival Day (October 24, 2007).