AI4LAM Meetup - Canberra 2025

The AI4LAM community are invited to a professional meetup (places in person and online) hosted at the National Museum of Australia in the Peninsula room. The aim is to peer network and share work developing or experimenting with AI/ML and applying that to cultural heritage or humanities and arts digital collections and data.

• Welcome and introductions (10 min) - co-convenors and/or hosts   

• Francis Crimmins & Terence Ingram, NLA (15 min + 5 min Q&A) 

• Kent Fitch, ADFA, UNSW (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

• TBC (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

• Break (25 min)

• Sae Ra Germaine, CAVAL (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

• Lucie Paterson & Jeff Williams, ACMI (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

• TBC, NAA (15 min + 5 min Q&A) 

• TBC, NFSA (15 min + 5 min Q&A)

• Discussion with audience (30 min)

The meetup is timed to occur in the same week with two great conferences. One in Canberra, Australia, hosted by the Australasian Association of Digital Humanities (Digital Humanities Australasia) and one in London, England, hosted by the British Library (Fantastic Futures).

Options to host attendees onsite and virtually is facilitated.

Ticketing is in place for "In person" or online attendance.