COMMA 2012-2 – Brisbane 2012 Congress: A climate of change (1) Trust and sustainability in the digital environment
The 17th quadrennial International Council on Archives (ICA) Congress was hosted by the National Archives of Australia. In August 2012 one thousand delegates representing 79 countries converged in Brisbane, Australia for 5 days of networking, decision-making, professional development and inspiration.
The ICA’s international congresses bring together ICA members and the wider international archival and records management communities. While we all participate in virtual and digital professional engagement, regular professional gatherings such as quadrennialcongresses and annual conferences continue to be critical events in our calendars. Often, as with the 2012 Congress, virtual and actual participation operate in parallel. Within a day of the Congress opening ceremony the Congress was ‘trending’ on twitter, and social media activity remained high throughout the event.