annual meeting

2025 Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting - Virtual

May 13-16, 2025
Redefining Resilience: Advocacy, Values, and Creative Solutions

Conference Overview

The 2025 Northwest Archivists Annual Meeting will be held virtually from May 13-16. The conference theme is Redefining Resilience: Advocacy, Values, and Creative Solutions. In the past decade or more, archives have lost staff and funding but are continually asked to do the same amount of—or more—work. It is time to reframe the conversation from “doing more with less” to “doing our best with less.” What core functions of archives should be prioritized? What can we let go of? As archivists, how are we finding tools and building skills to fill the gap of what has been lost? How do we empower representation while protecting personal and professional boundaries? This theme invites proposals that cover practical solutions to these problems, ideas for advocating and collaborating for more resources, and suggestions for how to incorporate the new realms of blockchain, artificial intelligence, and digital preservation into our work

Conference Schedule           Conference Webapp

Attending the Conference

The conference will be streamed on the conference management platform, Whova. Two days after you've paid your conference registration fee, click on the "Conference Webapp" link above to register on our conference Whova platform. When registering use the email you used to pay for your registration. If you have any issues registering/logging into Whova, email Mariecris Gatlabayan (mcgat@uw.edu).

In Whova, you will have access to the schedule/agenda, select sessions you would like to attend, attend sessions, create your own personal profile, participate in contests, and engage with attendees in the community boards and sponsors in their virtual booths. To familiarize yourself with Whova, we've also created a guide. A PDF program is also available.

Registration

Registration for the 2025 NWA Annual Meeting (virtual) is now open!

Registration rates are as follows:

• Members: $50
• Nonmembers: $100
• Students and Retirees: $25
• Institutional: $250 (4-15 members of an organization attend as one attendee. i.e. A watch party in which people watch from the same screen/account.)

If you are signing up to be a member at this time, this will be the last year that membership is prorated to August.

If you are a speaker, presenter, or poster presenter, please use the email you used for your proposal.

SAA Workshop: Registration for the pre-conference SAA workshop, Using ePADD in Email Archiving #2539 on May 13th is now FULL. Please register on SAA's website. 

The program is available here. On May 1, you will also receive a link to our conference platform, Whova, to register and login to Whova. Please use the email you used to register for the conference.

Information for Vendors

For opportunities for sponsors and other vendors, check out our Information for Vendors page. 

Conference Sponsors

• JSTOR (Silver Level Sponsorship)
• Relicura LLC (Silver Level Sponsorship)
• AM Quartex (Bronze Level Sponsorship)
• Hollinger Metal Edge, Inc. (Bronze Level Sponsorship)
• Mnemosyne Archives (Bronze Level Sponsorship)
• Winthrop Group (Bronze Level Sponsorship)

Program Committee:

• Kaitlynn Anderson
• Erin Baucom
• Becky Butler Gallegos (Co-Chair)
• Megan Garbett-Styger
• Libby Hopfauf (Co-Chair)
• Alexandra Joyaux
• Lauren Loftis
• Emily Moore
• Elinor Robinson

Virtual Arrangements Committee:

• Laura Froelke (Chair)
• Mariecris Gatlabayan
  
• Annalise Nicholson

Call for Proposals (CLOSED)

See the full Call for Proposals.
Session Proposals and Poster Proposals are closed.

Call for Submissions - Archival Screening Night

The sixth Northwest Archivists Archival Screening Night will be held virtually as part of the 2025 Annual Meeting. This event provides the opportunity for archivists to share film and video materials from their collections. The goal is to create an inclusive showcase of videotape and film materials that demonstrate the rich moving image history of the Northwest. Everyone is invited and strongly encouraged to submit!

Deadline EXTENDED: Submissions are due Friday, April 11, 2025 at 11:59 pm PST. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by Friday, April 18, 2025. Questions? Please contact info@mipops.org.

See the full Call for Submissions for more details. 
Submit an entry to be considered for the screening.