Register: ACMI AI Ambassadors Program, Wed 30th April, 10:00am AEST

[Ingrid Mason]

** apologies for cross-posting **

AU & ANZ regional chapter for AI4LAM 2025 webinars lined up.     

🧑‍🏫Register: ACMI AI Ambassadors Program, Wed 30th April, 10:00am AEST

Jeff Williams (ACMI) spoke at the Fantastic Futures 2024 conference about the AI Ambassadors awareness program ACMI instituted in the context of their institutional remit to collect and exhibit moving image media.  The role of an ambassador is educational; to support greater understanding of how AI works through regular discussion and hands-on experimentation from a wide range of people.  In 2025 the program was reworked and staff facilitating awareness raising are now termed “investigators” rather than ambassadors.  The change in name highlights a keen emphasis on the importance of engagement and discovery in building understanding of AI aligned with their four principles: educate, experiment, debate, deliberate.  Jeff will speak in more detail about the program, continuous learning, and ACMI’s interest in enabling other organisations to learn from their experience.   

Webinar date/time

• Wednesday 30th April, 8:00 am AWST & SGT (Perth/Singapore), 9:30 am ACST (Adelaide), 10:00 am AEST (Melbourne/Sydney), 1:00 am BST (London), 2:00 am CEST (Paris). Tuesday 29th April, 5:00 pm PDT (San Francisco), 8:00 pm EDT (Washington DC). World Clock - UTC (GMT) Wednesday 30th April 2025 00:00.

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📚 Register: PROV Description at Scale & Transcription - Lessons Learned, Wed 21st May, 12:00pm AEST

Over 2024-2025 PROV (Public Record Office of Victoria) undertook AI experiments on photographic description at scale, and 19th century transcription on demand with name indexes and registers. They are rapidly moving to finishing up the proof-of-concept work and have some results and insights to share about both Google Gemini Multi-modal Pro and Transkribus, as well as the workflow applications they have been using (and tweaking) to work for their purposes. Kate Follington from PROV will share insights and lessons learned in this webinar.  This talk follows on from the lightning talk given at the Fantastic Futures 2024 conference by Asa Letourneau & Kate Follington. 

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 8:00am Perth (AWST) & Singapore (SGT), 9:30am Adelaide (ACST), 10:00am Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra (AEST), 12:00pm Wellington (NZST), Tuesday 20 May 2025: 5:00pm San Francisco (PDT), 8:00pm Washington DC (EDT), 1:00am London (BST), 2:00am Paris & Oslo (CEST). World Clock - UTC (GMT) Wednesday 21st May 2025 02:00. 

Further info

• Webinar recordings are published on the AU & ANZ chapter playlist in the AI4LAM YouTube channel. Public notices and peer information sharing occurs on the AI4LAM Slack space. Check out the AU & ANZ chapter on the AI4LAM website for more info.
• If you have an idea for a webinar that you are itching to see happen or you would like to volunteer or suggest an idea for a webinar, please don't hesitate to get in touch.

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[Ingrid Mason]

-- Correction with the PROV webinar timings for other timezones!

Wednesday 21 May 2025: 10:00am Perth (AWST) & Singapore (SGT), 11:30am Adelaide (ACST), 12:00pm Melbourne/Sydney/Canberra (AEST), 2:00pm Wellington (NZST), Tuesday 20 May 2025: 7:00pm San Francisco (PDT), 10:00pm Washington DC (EDT), 3:00am London (BST), 4:00am Paris & Oslo (CEST). World Clock - UTC (GMT) Wednesday 21st May 2025 02:00.