The free-to-attend event is a half-day conference at Everyman cinema, Kings Cross on 2 October
The final few tickets are available for the free-to-attend Archive & Restoration Forum, which takes place at the Everyman Kings Cross on 2 October.
The half-day morning conference discusses techniques, challenges, and importance of restoring and maintaining classic media.
It will also cover AI and copyright, the future of restoration and archiving and will host a number of informative case studies.
The Archive & Restoration Forum is sponsored by Fujifilm, Iron Mountain, Memnon, Mnemonica, Ad Signal and Digital Garage.
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The Archive & Restoration Forum Programme
09:00 09:40 – Registration
09:40 09:45 – Welcome
Speakers: Jake Bickerton, Editorial Director - Broadcast Tech & Sport Group
09:45 10:15 – State of the Nation: Archive
This session explores the current landscape of film and TV archiving in the UK, what’s working, what’s at risk, and what the future holds. With insights from leading archive professionals across broadcast, independent, and institutional sectors, this panel will examine funding models, archive access, regional disparities, and the challenges of digital preservation. Where is collaboration happening, and where is urgent action needed to protect our screen heritage?
Sponsored by Ad Signal and Memnon
Chair: Jake Bickerton, Editorial Director - Broadcast Tech & Sport Group
Speakers:
Tim Forrest, Head of Content Distribution & Commercial Innovation - ITN
Bríd Dooley, Head of Archives - RTÉ
Tom Dunning, CEO & Co-Founder - Ad Signal
Heidi Shakespeare, CEO - Memnon
10:20 10:45 – Saving the Source: Archiving Working Media for Tomorrow
As productions accelerate, working materials like dailies, rushes, and scripts are often overlooked in long-term storage plans. But with growing demand for remasters, recuts, and archival access, managing these assets from day one is critical. This panel of production experts explores how to balance fast-paced workflows with smart, scalable preservation strategies. Especially as networked storage, remote collaboration, and streaming review platforms become standard. Learn what questions to ask during production, how to avoid future headaches, and why what you save—and how you save it—matters more than ever.
Chair: Max Miller, Senior Reporter - Broadcast Tech & Sport Group
Speakers:
Stephen Springate, Archive Producer - Woodcut Media
Layla Snell, Archive Producer
Will Godsiff, Senior Digital Strategist - Sunset+Vine
10:50 11:10 – From the Basements to the Clouds: Pioneering Europe’s Digital Archive Revolution
Europe’s audiovisual heritage is being transformed, and Mnemonica, together with the prestigious L’Immagine Ritrovata, is leading the way. Their collaboration shows how restored films can become instantly accessible, commercially valuable, and sustainably managed digital assets in the cloud. Mnemonica is the first Italian company to win the Creative Europe MEDIA Innovative Tools & Business Models award. Its mission is to transform how Europe preserves and monetises its audiovisual heritage, ensuring both cultural and business sustainability.
Sponsored by Mnemonica
Speakers:
Piero Costantini, CEO & Founder - Mnemonica
11:15 11:45 – Coffee Break
11:50 12:10 – The BFI National Archive at 90
As the British Film Institute National Archive marks its 90th year, join Heidi Shakespeare in conversation with Kieron Webb, Head of Conservation, to explore how the organisation is safeguarding the nation’s screen heritage while preparing for the future of film and television.
This 20-minute discussion will chart the BFI National Archive’s journey from its pioneering preservation work to today’s world of digital access and streaming, including how contemporary works are being archived for generations to come. Highlights will include this year’s Film on Film Festival, featuring screenings of the original 1977 Technicolor print of Star Wars, alongside recent BFI projects such as the restoration of one of the earliest Silent screen adaptations of Sherlock Holmes and the addition of the surviving Victorian 68mm Biograph films to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register preserved in the collections of Eye Filmmuseum (Amsterdam), BFI National Archive, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art (New York) and the CNC, Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée (Paris).
Chair: Heidi Shakespeare, CEO - Memnon
Speakers:
Kieron Webb, Head of Conservation - British Film Institute
12:15 12:35 – Archiving on the Edge: Lessons from History, Opportunities with AI
The history of film and television archiving began with pioneering institutions like the Cinémathèque Française and MoMA’s Film Library in the 1930s, which established the foundation for systematic preservation of moving images. The integration of library science principles transformed these collections from inaccessible vaults into organized, searchable repositories through standardized cataloguing and metadata systems. The digital revolution made digitization a core archival activity, enabling broader access while protecting fragile originals, while advances in conservation science led to climate-controlled facilities and proper storage materials that can preserve film and magnetic media for centuries. Today, artificial intelligence represents the next frontier, offering automated cataloguing, transcription, and analysis capabilities that promise to connect diverse new audiences with our audiovisual heritage through intelligent search, automated translations, and personalized discovery tools. What lessons from the past will help us navigate this incredible moment as we look into the future?
Sponsored by Iron Mountain Media & Archival Services
Speakers: Andrea Kalas, Vice President of Media & Archival Services - Iron Mountain
12:40 13:00 – Archive in the World of AI
In this groundbreaking session, we sit down with Benjamin Field, CEO of Deep Fusion Films, to explore how artificial intelligence is revolutionising the documentary filmmaking process. Field shares insights into how his team is transforming the use of archival footage, removing traditional commissioning barriers, and streamlining production—without eliminating the human element.
Chair: Charlotte Wheeler, Director - Broadcast Tech & Sport Group
Speakers:
Benjamin Field, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer - Deep Fusion Films
13:00 13:00 – Event Close
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