The 2008 conference of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) will be hosted by the Australasian Sound Recordings Association (ASRA) at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Australia.

The survival of sound and audiovisual archives is dependant on the exchange of ideas, shared standards, similar technological approaches and mutual support. The conference will explore the activities, achievements, interconnections and relationships between individuals and institutions active in the field of sound and audiovisual collections.

Oral Presentation of Joerg Houpert
on Friday morning 19 September 2008

QUADRIGA - Ten years of practical experience with audio digitations projects - Lessons Learned

The presentation will give an overview from the beginning of QUADRIGA as the first workstation on the market for quality supervising audio ingest to the most recent developments as a sound archive migration workgroup solution.

Cube-Tec International and Syncrotech Cube-Tec’s distributor for Australia und New Zealand are one of the sponsor of the IASA conference.

We are a Sustaining Member of IASA since year 2000. The ASRA IASA 2008 international conference will attract speakers and delegates from Australia, the Pacific, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Americas including senior archival and collections staff from research, broadcast and national audiovisual archives and libraries. and leading experts in technology, preservation, documentation and access.