Conference Program
Theme: Documents – Continuity and Innovation
Day 1: Wednesday, September 17, 2025
18:00-19:30: Welcome Happy Hour (Local brewery or café near Humboldt University)
Day 2: Thursday, September 18, 2025
08:00-08:30: Registration and Arrival (coffee and snacks provided)
08:30-09:00: Welcome Address by Sascha Donner and Vivien Petras
09:00-10:00: Keynote Presentations by Maurizio Ferraris on Webfare and by a representative of the AI project group of the German federal administration
10:00-10:15: Coffee Break
10:15-11:45: Session I: Document and Culture (Alternative: Document for continuity)
11:45-13:15: Lunch (on your own)
13:15-14:45: Session II: Digital Documentation in Interdisciplinary Research
14:45-15:00: Coffee Break
15:00-16:30: Workshop I: Presentation and Meeting of the DOCAM Research Alliance – focus on comparative documentation research (Host: Niels Windfeld Lund)
18:00-21:00: Evening Cultural Program: short city tour and visit to the Neues Museum1, followed by dinner.
Day 3: Friday, September 19, 2025
08:00-08:30: Registration and Arrival
08:30-10:00: Session III: Lightning Talks (Hybrid)
10:00-10:30: Invited Talk by Geoffrey Bowker
10:30-10:45: Coffee Break
10:45-12:15: Session V: AI and the Document of the Future
12:15-13:45: Lunch (on your own)
13:45-15:15: Workshop II: Legacy and Future in Documentation Research (Host: Joacim Hansson)
15:15-15:45: Coffee Break
15:45-17:15: Session IV: Document Theory and Practice (empirical research)
17:15-17:30: Honoring the DOCAM Founders and Trailblazers
17:30-18:00: Business Meeting: Open to all attendees to discuss the future of DOCAM.
18:00-21:00: Evening Cultural Program: short city tour and visit to the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin2 (Haus Unter den Linden), followed by dinner.
Day 4: Saturday, September 20, 2025
08:00-08:30: Registration and Arrival
08:30-10:00: Session VI: Documentation for Equity and Sustainability
10:00-11:30: Panel Discussion: Future Directions in Documentation Research
11:30-12:00: Closing Remarks
1 https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/neues-museum/home/
2 https://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/en/