35th conference “International Archival Days”
International Institute of Archival Sciences Trieste/Italy – Maribor/Slovenia, Archival sciences at Alma Mater Europaea University , Maribor, Slovenia and Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence Italy
From 10th November – 12th November 2025
Austria Trend Hotel, Congress hall Janus, Dunajska 145, Ljubljana, Slovenia
PROGRAMME:
MONDAY, 10TH NOVEMBER 2025
arrival of participants, accommodation.
17:00 – 19:00 REGISTRATION
in the lobby of Austria Trend Hotel, Dunajska 154, Ljubljana, Slovenia
TUESDAY, 11TH NOVEMBER 2025
9:30 – 10:00 WELCOME ADDRESSES
Peter Pavel Klasinc, director IIAS ( Quo vadis archivistica amor noster)
Grazia Tato’, vice director IIAS and director IIAS Archival school
Ludvik Toplak, rector Alma Mater Europaea University
Representative of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia
Mojca Horvat, president of Archival Society of Slovenia
Dieter Schlenker, director of Historical archives of EU
TOPIC: POPULARIZATION OF ARCHIVAL SCIENCES:
10:00 – 10:15 Peter Pavel Klasinc, Slovenia
Popularization of archival sciences and archiving of classical and digital documents in theory and practice
10:15 – 10:30 Karen Jamison Trivette, USA
Ownership and Autority An Intersection of Concern for Artists and Archivists in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
10:30 – 10:45 Elisabeth Schöggl Ernst, Austria
The Digital Reading Room: A Window to the Outside World for Archives
10:45 – 11:00 Bogdan Florin Popovici, Romunia
Archiving by Design: A Common Project of the National Archives of Norway and National Archives of Romania
11:00 – 11:15 Charles Farrugia, Malta
Popularizing Archival Theory and Practice through NGOs and Social Media
11:15 – 11:30 Ildikó Szerényi, András Simon, Hungary
Revitalizing Geographical Data at the National Archives
11:30 – 11:45 Svetlana Usprcova, North Macedonia
Archival Sciences and Its Popularization
11:45 – 12:00 Katarina Horvat, Croatia
Archivist Historian and Promotion of Archival Dokuments. Certificate of Domicile in the City of Zagreb , Croatia
12:00 – 12:15 Maryna Paliienko, Ukraine
Promoting Archives: Public Outreach in the Strategic Management and Practices of Ukrainian Archives
12:15 – 12:30 Markus Schmalzl, Germany
Archives as Sites of Democracy
12:30 – 12:45 Marie Ryantova, Czech Republic
Popularization of Archives in the Czech Republic
12:45 – 13:30 Coffee Break
13:30 – 13:45 Corrina Simoninni, Italy
Explaining Archives to the Unfamiliar
13:45 – 14:00 Maruška Nenezič, Montenegro
The role of archives and ethical mediators in Montenegro
14:00 – 14:15 Tiana Rupčič, Serbia
Archival Science and Outreach in Smaller Polish Communities of the Banat Region: Expanding Access Beyond Documents
14:15 – 14:30 Anja Hellmuth Kramberger, Peter Pavel Klasinc, Slovenia
Archaeological Artifacts and Their Processing According to the Principles of Archival Theory and Practise
WEDNESDAY, 12TH NOVEMBER 2025:
TOPIC: ARCHIVING OF CLASSICAL AND DIGITAL DOCUMENTS IN THEORY AND PRACTISE
10:00 – 10:15 Pekka Henttonen, Finland
Digitized paper documents are they needless?
10:15 – 10:30 Yaqoob bin Salem Al-Mahrouqi, Sultanate of Oman
Enhancing Information Security through Secure Document Destruction.
10:30 – 10:45 Dieter Schlenker, Germany
Pro-active User Services
10:45 – 11:00 Azem Kožar, Bosnia and Hercegovina
The Implementation of the Agreement on the Succession of the Archival Materials of the Former Yugoslavia. Its Impact on Archival and Other Scientific Research in Bosnia and Herzegovina
11:00 – 11:15 Stefano Allegrezza, Italy
Preserving the past, embracing the future: the Italian cultural heritage digitization plan
11:15 – 11:30 Dorota Drzewiecka, Poland
Archiving of digital documents in Poland
11:30 – 11:45 Luciana Duranti, Canada
The More It Changes… Paleography and Diplomatics to support Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing ( video)
11:45 – 12:00 Miroslav Milovanović, Slovenia
Archival practise and artificial intelligence
12:00 – 12:15 Ameera Al Hooti, Sultanate of Oman
The use of blockchain technology in archival management: Toward secure, transparent, and decentralized records
12:15 – 12:30 Miroslav Novak, Slovenia
Digitalization of archival professional procedures – a necessity or a desire of individuals
12:30 – 13:00 Coffee Break
13:00 – 13:15 Boštjan Dornik, Slovenia
Systematization of the Audiovisual Archival Profession in Television in the Digital Era
13:15 – 13:30 Zdenka Semlič Rajh, Slovenia
Lost in Digitization: Impact of Digitization on Access to and Use of Digitized Archival records
13:30 – 13:45 Luka Hribar, Slovenia
Applicability of General-Purpose Language Models for Archival Description: Practical Insights and Lessons Learned
13:45 – 14:00 Tatjana Hajtnik, Slovenia
From Vision to Implementation: Slovenia’s National Approach to Long-Term Digital Preservation through e-ARH.si
14:00 – 14:45 Discussion Session
14:45 Departure from the hotel
15:00-17:00 Visit to the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia (renovation of the existing building for archive purposes, operation of the archival institution)