The DSA meeting brings together technical and industry experts; LC IT and subject matter experts; government specialists with an interest in preservation; decision-makers from a wide range of organizations with digital preservation requirements; and recognized authorities and practitioners of digital preservation. This meeting is by invitation only.

Background Reading (PDF)

Common Terms for Attendees (PDF)

Agenda

Day 1 – Monday April 15, 2024

 

9:00 a.m.	Opening / Welcome Judith Conklin, Chief Information Officer Library of Congress
9:15 a.m.	Technology Overview: Part 1 LOC Storage Architecture: Carl Watts (LOC) (PDF) LOC Tech Refresh: Chris Barr   (LOC) (PDF) LOC Digital Strategy: Natalie Buda Smith (LOC) (PDF)
10:25 a.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 1 Media Overview & Projections: Georg Lauhoff (IBM)  (PDF) Disk Trends: Jon Trantham  (Seagate) (PDF)  Storage Manufacturing Forecasts: John Monroe (PDF) Update on Storage Outlook, AI: Fred Moore (PDF)
11:35 a.m.	Break
11:45 a.m.	Community Presentations: Part 1 Taiga & Granite: NCSA Research Data Platform: J.D. Maloney (NCSA)  (PDF) Cold Data Archiving in the Cloud: Vikranth Etikyala  (PDF)
12:15 p.m.	Lunch time Activity: Predictions for the Future: 2030, 2040, 2050
1:15 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 2  Digital Collections and Generative AI: Greg Ritter (Amazon)  (PDF) Tape Technology Update: Rich Gadomski  (Fujifilm)  (PDF) HDD Update: Dave Landsman & Michael Rohwer (Western Digital) (PDF)
2:15 p.m.	Break
2:20 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology : Part 3 Design and Operation of Exascale Archives in Azure: Aaron Ogus & Shashidar Joshi (Microsoft) (PDF)  ActiveScale Cold Storage: Turguy Goker & Stijn Blyweert (Quantum) (PDF) S3 Open Source Gateway: Bruce Gilpin (Versity) (PDF)
3:30 p.m.	Storage Services: Part 1 AI/ML and Object Storage for Digital Collections: David Boland (Wasabi) (PDF) Evolving a Multi-Cloud Strategy for Preservation: Nathan Tallman, Andrew Diamond & Flavia Ruffner (AP Trust) (PDF) iRODS Overview: Kory Draughn (RENCI) (PDF)
4:30 p.m.	Community Presentations: Part 2 Warner Bros. Current Storage Architecture & Plans for the Future: Francis Badzey (Warner Bros) (PDF) Archiving & Preserving Online Fanworks Archives: Kai Fay (Organization for Transformative Works) (PDF) 3-2-1 Digital Preservation: Dale Poulter  (Vanderbilt) (PDF) Amazon OpenSearch Analysis: Eric Lopatin & Terry Brady (California Digital Library) (PDF)
5:15 p.m.	Close-Out Day 1

Day 2 – Tuesday April 16, 2024

9:00 a.m.	Day 1 Recap
9:15 a.m.	Alternative Media and the Future DOTS: Rob Hummel (Group47) (ppsx) Twist Bioscience: Esther Singer   (PDF) Cerabyte Basic Principles: Sebastian Kirsch & Steffen Hellmold  (Cerabyte) (PDF) Data Retention Metrics in a DNA Storage System: Dave Landsman (Western Digital) (PDF)
10:15 a.m.	Break
10:45 a.m.	Overall Discussion & Feedback
11:15 a.m.	Predictions Summaries
11:45	Close-Out Day 2
Noon	End

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