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This year, the 62nd annual CMA Conference will take place from the 25th to the 28th of March in Toronto.
A team of DOCAM researchers will hold an educational session on the day of Thursday, March 26th. We are proud to introduce the DOCAM team and a summary of the themes they will debate.

Media Art Challenges: University and Museum Training for Current and Future Museologists
Museologists are facing new challenges with the acquisition, documentation, exhibition, and preservation of media art. In this session, specialists in the field will present innovative case studies on art with technological components. Issues addressed include technological obsolescence, integrity and authenticity of works, ephemerality versus preservation, written agreements with artists, ownership of intellectual property (copyright and moral right), and artists’ intentions and their collaborations with museums. New management techniques will be explored. Presentations will be followed by a question and answer period.

Moderator:
Madeleine Lafaille, Heritage Information Analyst, Canadian Heritage Information Network

Speakers:
Sylvie Lacerte, Independent researcher & curator, Course lecturer at Université du Québec à Montréal and McGill University
University training in media art

Anne-Marie Zeppetelli, Registrar, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Museum training in the cataloguing and preserving of media art

Rina Pantalony, Department of Justice, Canada and adjunct faculty, Tisch School of the Arts, New York University
Guidance in the management of intellectual property

Elaine Tolmatch, Grants Co-ordinator for Government and Foundation Giving, The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Reaching out to museum professionals and the general public

Please note that it will be possible to make travel arrangements directly through the Conference’s website:
http://www.museums.ca/

For more information or to view the Annual Conference’s complete program, please visit the CMA website.