Monday, November 12
8 p.m. Opening Ceremony
Representatives of Canadian and Québec Governments
Mitsuoki Kikuchi, CITRA Vice President, Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, and Lise Bissonnette, CEO, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Tuesday, November 13
8:30 a.m. - 12:30 pm FIRST SESSION: Professional Theory and Practice of Archives, Libraries and Museums in the early 21st century - Similarities and Contrasts
Chair: George Mackenzie, Keeper of the Records of Scotland
8:30 a.m. “Professional Theory and Practice of Archives”
Carol Couture, Curator and Director General of the Archives, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Terry Cook, Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
9:30 a.m. “Professional Theory and Practice of Libraries”
Sjoerd Koopman, Co-ordinator of Professional Activities, International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
10:00 a.m. “Two Examples of Cooperation between Libraries and Archives”
Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada, and Lise Bissonnette, CEO, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
Debate
10:30 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Coffee Break
11 a.m. “An Example of Cooperation between Museums and Archives”
Sina Ah Poe, Museum of Samoa, Secretary, Pacific Islands Museums Association
11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. “Cooperation between Archives, Libraries and Museums: Conditions for Success”
Kjell Nilsson, International Director, National Library of Sweden, Atakilty Assefa Asgedom, Director General, National Archives and Library, Ethiopia, and Karel Velle, General Archivist of the Kingdom, Belgium
Debate
2:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. SECOND SESSION: Opportunities for Better Information Management: Co-operation between Archives and Government Records Creating Agencies
Chair: Angelika Menne-Haritz, Vice-President, Bundesarchiv, Germany
“Recordkeeping and Modernisation of Public Sector”
Martine de Boisdeffre, Directrice des Archives de France and Gabriel Ramanantsoavina, Department of Finance, France
“Reforming Records Management in the Federal Environment: A Partnership between NARA and Federal Agencies”
Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist for Records Services, NARA, United States
“Records Management in Government”
Sidek Jamil, Director General, National Archives of Malaysia
Debate
3:30 p.m. 4 p.m. Coffee Break
4 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Discussion Groups
Wednesday, November 14
9 a.m. 12:30 a.m. THIRD SESSION: Prospects for International Cooperation between Archives, Libraries and Museums
Chair: Nolda Römer-Kenepa, Director, National Archives of the Netherlands Antilles
“The World Digital library”
John Van Oudenaren, Library of Congress, United States
“The European Digital Library”
Perry Moree, Royal Library, Netherlands
“International Cooperation for Training within a Linguistic Community: the International Portal of Francophone Archives (PIAF)”
Gérard Ermisse, Chair of the International Association of Francophone Archives and Papa Momar Diop, Director, Archives of Senegal
Debate
10:30 a.m. 11 a.m. Coffee Break
11 a.m. 12:30 a.m. Discussion Groups
2 p.m. 5.30 p.m. Session of National Archivists and Meeting of Presidents of Section with local archivists
Thursday, November 15
9 a.m.- 9:30 a.m. Session of National Archivists: Conclusions
9:30 a.m.12:30 a.m. FINAL SESSION
Conclusions of groups and discussion of resolutions