Register: AI4LAM Fantastic Futures Canberra 2024 conference

[Ingrid Mason]

** Apologies for cross-posting ** 

 We are thrilled to announce that registrations for the Fantastic Futures 2024 conference, held at the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia, are now open!Held on the 15-18 October 2024, the four-day conference will explore the theme of ‘Artificial intelligence in the future of work in the GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums)’, and will comprise two days of onsite workshops and tours and two days of formal sessions.
There will be peer networking and evening events in a social program that provide the opportunity to meet up and get a taste of Australian art and culture.Places are limited so get in quick! 

Ingrid Mason (National Film and Sound Archive of Australia) 

[Ingrid Mason]

Key speakers for FF24 announced:Fantastic Futures 2024, whose theme is ‘Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work in the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) Sector’, will bring together a range of international organisations concerned with AI and Machine Learning technology.The acclaimed keynote speakers will focus on AI/ML application to cultural, research and heritage collections, and feature a strong presence from Australian and New Zealand sector leaders to highlight the innovation and expertise emerging in the region.

• Associate Professor Kirsten Thorpe (Worimi, Port Stephens), is a Chancellor’s Indigenous Research Fellow at Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education & Research at the University of Technology, Sydney. She leads the Indigenous Archives and Data Stewardship Hub, which advocates for Indigenous rights in archives and data, and drives research to support culturally appropriate management of Indigenous knowledges.
• Associate Professor Sydney Shep is a Reader in Book History and The Printer, Wai-te-ata Press: Te Whare Tā O Waiteata, Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand. She brings historic and contemporary media into creative conversation though explorations into the digital handmade, generative AI, and augmented reality experiences.
• Peter-Lucas Jones (Te Aupōuri, Ngāi Takoto, Ngāti Kahu) is the Chief Executive Officer of Te Hiku Media, a communications hub at the forefront of an initiative to revitalise te reo Māori using AI technology.
• Kathy Reid, Australian National University PhD candidate, works at the intersection of open source, emerging technologies, and technical communities, most recently working as a voice open-source specialist for Mozilla. Her research centres on voice data and ways to prevent and respond to bias in machine learning systems that use voice and speech, such as speech recognition.
• Eryk Salvaggio is an artist, writer, and researcher examining the social and cultural impacts of artificial intelligence. He serves as the Emerging Technologies Research Advisor for the Siegel Family Endowment and was a 2024 Flickr Foundation Fellow.
• Kartini Ludwig is the Director and Founder of Kopi Su, a digital design and innovation studio in Sydney whose projects empower artists to access and control new technology. Kartini is the driving force behind the AI music and performance series Sonic Mutations and has worked on numerous other projects at the intersection of arts, culture and technology.