Fabio Bedoya
United Kingdom
“I value conferences like JTS because they are dedicated to the open exchange of technical knowledge, allowing expertise developed within institutions to be shared more broadly across the audiovisual archival community.”
Fabio Bedoya is a film restoration technician and colorist specializing in digital preservation, color recovery, and machine learning assisted restoration workflows. His work focuses on developing practical, transparent tools for archival environments, with an emphasis on locally trained models, ethical data use, and reproducible processes. Fabio regularly presents and teaches internationally, sharing applied research on chroma reconstruction, spatial recovery, and restoration automation for small and large archives.
Andrew Boyer
Australia
“The Joint Technical Symposiums have actively prevented the loss of important collections and continue to be a vital model for sharing information in today’s fast changing environment.”
Andrew Boyer is a Curator at the NFSA, with nearly 20-years experience in the Film and Television industry. As the former Team Lead of Video Digitisation, Andrew has overseen the digitisation of both NFSA and other National Collecting Institution’s video collections. Andrew is currently working on D25: Headspace, ensuring Australia’s magnetic media can continue to be digitised into the future. He is also co-ordinating the digitisation of the NFSA’s preservation queues across all mediums and developing ways the Film Australia Collection can become more accessible to the public.
Charles Fairall
United Kingdom
“Having had the honour of attending JTS both as a delegate and speaker on a number of occasions through my career, I very often reflect on the tremendous value of periodically gathering together the thoughts, ideas and actions of those influencing technical decisions which invariably go on to benefit the entire audio visual archive community.”
Charles Fairall is a career archivist, having held operational, leadership and senior management roles at the BFI National Archive for over 40 years. With a broadcast technology and engineering background, he has been central to the BFI’s strategies, which over a generation helped shape the transition from analogue to digital working practices across film and videotape conservation, preservation, restoration and digital access programmes In his current role, Charles has particular interest in knowledge sharing across all aspects of magnetic based collections and in broader terms addressing the day-to-day challenges associated with maintaining conservation equipment in the face of ever-increasing obsolescence. Significant projects over the past 40 years which Charles has played pivotal roles in include: creation and evolution of the UK's national television archive; innovation of the BFI master film store; technical leadership of national lottery-funded digitisation of 10,000 films and 100,000 videotapes alongside creation of a digital presevation infrastructure.
Richard Falkner
New Zealand
"The Joint Technical Symposium is a fantastic opportunity to meet with colleagues from around the world, benefit from their experience and expertise, and celebrate our common purpose. In the South Pacific, Film Preservation is often practiced in relative isolation, with training and networking opportunities limited by the tyranny of distance, making these events even more valuable."
Richard Falkner has been part of the Film Team at Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision for sixteen years, joining the workforce just as digital film preservation came into sharp focus. Richard has preserved numerous titles, across several film gauges, from Super-8 and 9.5mm home movie collections to 16mm television shows and 35mm feature films. Included amongst these are unique nitrate footage and physically challenging vinegar syndrome-affected titles.
Sebastian Gliga
Switzerland
"The continued preservation and digitization of audiovisual carriers will increasingly require technical innovations beyond conventional playback machines and workflows. I am looking forward to JTS, which brings archivists, conservators, and engineers together to share practical solutions and lessons learned. It’s a great opportunity to learn about the latest approaches, common challenges, and state-of-the-art digitization methods."
Sebastian Gliga is a physicist at the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland. He grew up in Canada and earned his PhD in Germany, working on nanomagnetism. He currently uses X-rays to study the magnetic properties of materials at the nanoscale — tens of thousands of times thinner than a human hair. Sebastian’s passion for recorded audio was sparked by his mother, a musician, and is grounded in physics. He leads the development of an X-ray based technique to recover signals from degraded magnetic tapes and collaborates closely with the Montreux Jazz Digital Project (Switzerland) and the British Film Institute (UK) on preservation efforts.
Jörg Houpert
Germany
“The Joint Technical Symposium is the most effective forum for members of the global audiovisual archival community seeking a deeper understanding of the technical aspects and new approaches in our field. The technological upheavals facing audiovisual archives have never been greater than they are today. Given the combination of technological obsolescence and dwindling expertise in the professional handling of historical media, as well as the risks and opportunities presented by new, highly complex technologies, there is a great need for a regular forum focused on professional, technological exchange. Let's meet in Canberra!”
Jörg Houpert studied electrical engineering with a focus on psychoacoustics and digital signal processing at the University of Bremen. To support international media archives, Houpert founded Cube-Tec International in 2005. In his role as Head of Technology, he is committed to introducing superior concepts for safeguarding the global audiovisual cultural heritage and creating enhanced solutions for media workflows.
Houpert is an active member of the FIAT/IFTA Preservation and Migration Committee. He is a personal supporter of the FIAF. He has been a member of the IASA Technical Committee for more than 25 years. He has experience in standardisation work at international, European and
national level (SMPTE/CEN/DIN).
As a project manager, he has led several European and National research projects to success and holds several patents in the field of digital signal processing and archiving technology.
His continuous pioneering work has led to working relationships with the most renowned and demanding media technology institutions around the globe.
Since the introduction of QUADRIGA as the world's first quality-controlled large-scale migration solution for audiovisual media in 1996 and the presentation of the underlying technology at the JTS Paris in 2000, he has been a regular speaker at the JTS for more than 25
years.
Dr Victor Kabata
United Arab Emirates
"JTS provides a vital forum for archivists and conservators to expand collaborative networks and share collective strategies needed to safeguard fragile audio-visual heritage."
Victor Kabata is an Assistant Professor at the Records Management and Archival Science Program in
the History Department at Sorbonne University, Abu Dhabi (SUAD). He teaches archives and records
management at Bachelors and master’s level. Currently, he is involved in research on the Leveraging
Artificial Intelligence to improve health outcomes in the UAE with specific focus on Abu Dhabi Health
Information Exchange platform. His other research interests include responsible and sustainable AI;
as well as the use of emerging technologies such as Piql to safeguard vulnerable audio-visual
archives. His latest publication on ‘Implementation of AI at the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum’ was
published in the April 2025 issue of the Swiss Electronic Journal of Information Science (RESSI).
Cynde Moya
Australia
Joshua Ng
New Zealand
Joshua Ng is a Digital Preservation Analyst specialising in digital audiovisual preservation at Archives New Zealand. For five years, he was involved in a project that led to the preservation of 70,000 at-risk audiovisual magnetic media. Wearing multiple hats, he informed procurement, planned infrastructure and workflows, helped designed quality control (QC) and validation processes, and wrangled metadata.
Kate Roberts
New Zealand
"We all aspire to deliver the benefits of digitising analogue holdings to our audiences and stakeholders. Archiving a national broadcast collection is complex, particularly when the content has ongoing commercial value – so strategy is essential. JTS is a valuable opportunity to meet colleagues from a range of audiovisual archives and to better understand where we fit within current trends and technical approaches."
Kate joined Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision in 2019 and began working on the Utaina Project in 2020, becoming Director in 2024. Kate has worked in the NZ and Australian GLAM sector in a range of roles from conservator and preservation manager to library manager and art gallery programme manager. Kate first ventured into audiovisual preservation while working for the Kimberley Language Resource Centre in Hall's Creek, with their collection of linguistic research recordings. The Utaina Project provided the opportunity to work on a larger scale, helping to digitise the national TV and radio collections held by Ngā Taonga. With Utaina finishing in December 2025 Kate will be moving to the role of Strategic Advisor - Archiving at Ngā Taonga.
Lara Simmons
New Zealand
"The audiovisual archival sector faces unique challenges and many of us are the sole institution of our kind in our country. JTS provides a unique and valuable opportunity for “ako”-- a Māori term referring to the reciprocal relationship between teaching and learning, where both have something to give and receive."
Lara Simmons is the Lead Advisor Collection Management for Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. She led the project to develop the archive’s prioritisation model, Hakune, which is used to inform all Collection Management decisions. Her career history includes years spent as a structural engineer before receiving her Master of Museum and Heritage Practice from Victoria University Wellington where she transitioned to the GLAM sector. She now specialises in development and implementation of pragmatic strategic planning and frameworks to help archives maximise their resources and impact.
Casey Winkleman
United States of America
“As our necessity to digitize magnetic media collections intensifies, our collective need for collaborative knowledge-sharing and problem-solving likewise expands. JTS provides a forum for us to share our strategies, challenges, and ideas for finding creative ways forward together as our audiovisual preservation work grows in complexity.”
Casey Winkleman (she/they) is the Manager of the IS Library and Media Preservation Lab in the UCLA Department of Information Studies, Secretary of the Magnetic Media Crisis Committee, and Co-Director of the School of Education & Information Studies Center for the Preservation of Audiovisual Heritage (CPAH), which provides digitization resources for Los Angeles community-based archives and audiovisual training opportunities for information science grad students. She is the Principal Investigator of the Northern Mariana Islands Archival Permissions and Consent Research Project funded by the UCLA Global Advisory Council, which engages Chamorro and Carolinian knowledge bearers, seafarers, performers, weavers, carvers, archivists, librarians, artisans, healers, and community members in dialogue to increase understanding and access to the unique archival cultural protocols, restrictions, and access considerations across the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Dr Elena Nepoti
United Kingdom
“Attending JTS in person as both a speaker and delegate is an exciting opportunity to share expertise, network with colleagues, and remain informed about best practice developments, innovation, and emerging challenges within the technical aspects of our field.”
Dr Elena Nepoti is Film Conservation Manager at the British Film Institute (BFI, UK) and has been a member of the FIAF Technical Commission since 2025. She is an accredited (ACR) film conservator with the Institute of Conservation (ICON, UK) and has over fifteen years’ experience working in four FIAF-affiliated film archives. She studied silent cinema and film restoration theory at the University of Bologna, Italy, and her PhD thesis on the history of Italian silent cinema was published in two books. Her research interests include silent cinema history, film conservation, and heritage science.
Brianna Toth
United States
“JTS is where the urgent realities of audiovisual preservation meet collective creativity and care — not just a symposium, but a crossroads for practitioners confronting the limits of what we can save. In the context of Deadline 2025, it reflects a decade of grappling with the obsolescence of magnetic formats, collapsing playback ecosystems, and the ethical imperative to rescue audiovisual heritage before it disappears, knowing that tape not digitized by this point will in most cases be lost forever. JTS is valuable not only for building technical knowledge, but for creating a space where archivists and conservators share hard-won solutions, confront failures openly, and form the collaborations that turn urgency into strategy.”
Brianna Toth (she/her) currently works for the Smithsonian Libraries & Archives Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative (AVMPI) as their Video Preservation Specialist and serves as the Co-Chair of the Magnetic Media Crisis Committee (MMCC). Her research is concerned with the obsolescence of technical expertise in relation to the maintenance and preservation of analog video decks. In tandem with this research, she worked as AMIA’s Program Manager for Online Education and served as the Co-Chair of the Continuing Education Advisory (CEA) Task Force from 2021 – 2023. Brianna holds a Master's in Library Information Science (MLIS) with a focus on Media Archival Studies from UCLA.
Rod Butler
Australia
“I’m excited about JTS because it’s one of the rare conferences where the discussions will lead to tangible outcomes. It’s a chance to hear practical ideas, learn from people facing the same challenges, and to come back to work with solutions rather than just good intentions.”
With more than 35 years’ experience at the National Archives of Australia and the National Film and Sound Archive, Rod Butler has led nationally dispersed teams to deliver curatorial, acquisition, preservation, and access services. His work includes developing national preservation policies, strategies and projects, and delivering significant public access programs. Rod has presented widely on archival practice in Australia and internationally, and he currently serves as the Convenor of the ACT Branch of the Australian Society of Archivists and as Treasurer for the Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (PARBICA).
Andrew Martin
Australia
“From my experience speaking at the 2016 Ninth Joint Technical Symposium in Singapore, JTS stands out as a crucial space for examining how collaboration underpins sustainable audiovisual practice in archives and beyond. As we look to the future of long-term access, JTS’s role in analysing change and connecting expertise will be more important than ever.”
Andrew Martin is a digital preservation specialist with over 20 years’ experience in audiovisual archiving and cultural heritage digitisation. He is Digital Preservation Coordinator at the National Museum of Australia, where he leads digitisation programs, develops sustainable preservation workflows, and works across collection, repository, and asset management systems to enable long-term access.
Andrew is Vice President (Communications) of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) and a member of its Technical Committee, contributing to international preservation guidelines. His work centres on responsible, culturally informed digitisation, including the application of Indigenous data governance in heritage contexts.
Jean-Christophe Kummer
Austria
"Our 25-year commitment to non-destructive, quality-driven preservation ensures that high-resolution untouched originals now serve as a sustainable resource for content re-use and AI development. The JTS Symposium will be an excellent venue to share our latest insights and connect with peers."
Jean-Christophe Kummer is managing director and co-founder of NOA Archive. He successfully brought the company from a technical niche solution provider of audio archive digitization and preservation workflows to a large scale operating archive system specialist delivering CAPEX systems for digitization and management for all kind of AV media. He has successfully set up video and audio archive digitization and management systems at clients such as Swedish National Broadcaster(SRF), Belgium national broadcaster (VRT), Austrian Archive and National Broadcaster (ORF and Mediathek), Fonoteca Mexico, Croatian Radio Television, Slovenian Radio Television, Hungarian National Radio & Sharjah Broadcasting Authority in UAE and many others. The estimated total value of legacy AV material which has been digitised with NOA technology (ingestLINE, mediARC, jobDB, actLINE) is counting up to more than 6 mio hours worldwide. Jean-Christophe provides comprehensive preservation strategies and end-to-end systems for 10,000+ active users across four continents.
Richard Vorobieff
Australia
“I’m humbled to be invited to address the Joint Technical Symposium and look forward to meeting, sharing and learning from professionals from around the world. Opportunities like this are few and far between."
Having started his career at 19 at the Nine Network Archives, Richard Vorobieff has been immersed in the world of Australian television, videotape and its preservation. He joined the National Film and Sound Archives in 2016 and amassed a wealth of knowledge, as well as found and bought some of the rarest videorecorders. In his time at the NFSA alone, he preserved over 10,000 tapes from 2" Quadruplex to HDCamSR and every format in-between. He is presently on secondment to the National Archives of Australia sharing his knowledge of videotape and video systems.
Daniela Matarazzo
Australia
“Sustainable film preservation requires us to rethink not only how we care for fragile materials, but how science, ethics, and access intersect. By bridging conservation practice with green chemistry and collaborative research, we can develop solutions that protect both our collections and the environments in which they are preserved.”
Daniela Matarazzo is an Audiovisual Conservator Specialist at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), specialising in the preservation, risk management, and documentation of film collections, with a focus on cellulose nitrate materials. Her work combines hands-on conservation, preventive care, and technical reporting within large-scale institutional projects.
She holds a Master of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Heritage Materials Conservation. Her research explores sustainable conservation approaches, including the application of green chemistry—particularly Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES)—to address nitrate film deterioration.
With professional experience in Australia and Brazil, Daniela brings a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates conservation science, collections management, and access. She is actively engaged in professional networks focused on disaster preparedness, risk management, and sustainable audiovisual preservation.
Karelle Duchesne
Australia
"I’m delighted to share new research on early Australian ‘natural’ colour processes with audiovisual archive colleagues from around the world. Drawing on the National Film and Sound Archive’s collections and oral histories, this presentation revisits Arthur Higgins’s 1938 colour process, Solarchrome, and explores related processes developed by Mervyn Murphy and George Malcolm. Once widely popular but now largely forgotten, these colour systems deserve renewed attention within Australia’s film heritage and the wider international history of colour cinematography."
Karelle Duchesne is a Film Conservation Specialist at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), where she works on the preservation and restoration of motion picture film materials. She holds a Master’s degree in Audiovisual and Cinema Studies from the University Paris VIII and completed the professional training offered by the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) in summer 2024.
Karelle’s work combines practical conservation with research into early colour film processes and historical film technologies. Her current project investigates the 1938 Australian-developed Solarchrome colour process and its derivatives, Panachrome and MalComm Color processing, tracing their technical and cultural significance. Passionate about preserving moving image heritage, she is dedicated to advancing understanding of Australia’s contribution to global film history through hands-on conservation and archival research.
Joshua Grigg
Australia
"A platform such as JTS is vital for us to recognise that challenges we face in our industry are not in isolation. Sharing and learning from one another on a global stage is remarkable and substantial."
Joshua Grigg (He/They) has a background in collection management, exhibitions, digital projection, filmmaking, and broadcast. They are currently working on the redevelopment of the nitrate film vaults and in collection storage sustainability for the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Invested in developing targeted and holistic practices to keep the earliest film heritage alive and accessible, they are curious about the roles dangerous goods compliance and conservation science play in the ever-iterative landscape of audiovisual preservation.
Alex Vamvas
Australia
“As an early-career conservator, attending my first Joint Technical Symposium as both delegate and presenter is an exciting opportunity to learn from peers, share practical research, and be part of a community working together to preserve audiovisual heritage for the future.”
Alex Vamvas is a conservator from Melbourne, Australia. She is currently a Collection Conservation Officer at the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), where she previously worked as an Audiovisual Conservation Technician. In her current role, she cares for documents and artefacts through treatments, exhibition preparation, condition reporting, and research. Holding a Master of Cultural Materials Conservation from the University of Melbourne, Alex is interested in how conservation practice brings together scientific analysis and historical research to deepen our understanding of film heritage and inform its preservation for the future.
Stanislas Defawes
France
"I am very interested in sharing our methods and challenges related to the migration of our physical media with the JTS community!"
Stanislas Defawes is Head of Off-Air TV & radio and recordings department for Legal Deposit at INA (the French National Audiovisual Institute).
He began his career at INA in 1988 as archives vaults manager. In 1994, he moved into an audiovisual technician role within the Legal Deposit team, where he supervised tape duplication robotics handling cassettes delivered by French television broadcasters.
With the rise of the internet and the digital transformation of the audiovisual sector, he developed expertise in digital audio and video compression. He also contributed to the development of dedicated tools for managing ingest workflows and quality control processes.
Since 2016, Stanislas Defawes has been Head of Operations for the capture department. In this role, he actively contributes to maintaining operational readiness of technical systems and participates in strategic planning to support the evolution of technologies and practices related to audiovisual legal deposit.
Guillaume Seznec
France
"JTS is a great opportunity to share our work, with its successes and constraints, always with the aim of preserving audiovisual heritage."
Guillaume Seznec is a software engineer (Multimedia / Media Systems) for legal deposit at INA (French National Audiovisual Institute) since 2018.
He is mainly in charge of the maintenance, improvement and modernization of the Off-Air TV & radio recording system,
and creation of workflows to read legacy media and migrate them to newer standards.
Before INA, he was a web and mobile developer for several french TV and radio stations ... which he now records.