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 March 24, 2025

 

9:00 a.m.	Opening / Welcome John Rutledge, Deputy 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 Update: Natalie Buda Smith and Vincent Coltellino (LOC) (PDF)
10:25 a.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 1 Media Overview & Projections: Georg Lauhoff (IBM)  (PDF) Disk Trends: Dave Landsman   (Western Digital) (PDF)  Storage Manufacturing Forecasts: John Monroe (Furthur Market Research) (PDF)
11:35 a.m.	Break
11:45 a.m.	Community Presentations: Part 1 GovInfo Trusted Digital Repository: Kirk Petri and Mark Caudill (GPO)  (PDF) Decoupled Custodial Copy for Cloud-Based Digital Preservation System: Steve Daly (The National Archives, UK)  (PDF) C2PA for Government and LAM: Kate Murray and Abbey Potter (LOC) (PDF)
12:15 p.m.	Lunch time Activity: Predictions for the Future: 2030, 2040, 2050
1:15 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 2 Tape Technology Update: Rich Gadomski  (Fujifilm)  (PDF) LTO-9: Larry Blake (Swelltone) and Linda Tadic (Digital Bedrock) (Part 1 mp4 and Part 2 PDF) LTO-10 Expectations: Turguy Goker (Quantum) (PDF) Building a 100-year Archive: Stijn Blyweert (Quantum) and Glenn Heinle (KeeperTech) (PDF)
2:15 p.m.	Break
2:30 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology : Part 3 Total Cost of Ownership of Archival Storage: Brad Johns (Brad Johns Consulting) (PDF)  Build Cost-optimized Storage with Amazon S3: Will Cavin (AWS) (PDF) Understanding and Reducing Storage Cloud Costs: David Boland (Wasabi)  (PDF)
3:30 p.m.	Storage Services: Part 1 Internet Archive Update: Jonah Edwards (Internet Archive) (PDF) iRODS 2025 Update and Lessons Learned: Kory Draughn (RENCI) (PDF)
4:30 p.m.	Community Presentations: Part 2 Warner Bros./Discovery Update and Challenges: Nina Smith (Warner Bros) (PDF) Fixity in the Cloud: Kyle Rimkus (Univ of Illinois) (PDF) End of Term Web Archive and AWS Open Data Sets: Mark Phillips (Univ of North Texas) (PDF)
5:15 p.m.	Close-Out Day 1

Day 2 – Tuesday March 25, 2025

9:00 a.m.	Day 1 Recap
9:15 a.m.	Developments and the Future: Part 1 DNA Data Storage Alliance Update: Dave Landsman (Western Digital) (PDF) Sustainability in Datacenters: Shruti Sethi (Microsoft) (PDF) Data Lifeboat: George Oates  (Flickr) (PDF)
10:15 a.m.	Developments and the Future: Part 2 Modern Multiformat Legacy Tape Reader: Charles Sobey (ChannelScience) (PDF) Cerabyte Ceramic Data Storage: Christian Pflaum (Cerabyte) (PDF) DOTS: Rob Hummel  (Group47) (PDF)
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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