The DSA meeting brings together technical and industry experts; LC IT and subject matter experts; government specialists with an interest in preservation; decision-makers from a wide range of organizations with digital preservation requirements; and recognized authorities and practitioners of digital preservation. This meeting is by invitation only.

Background Reading (PDF)

Common Terms for Attendees (PDF)

Agenda

Day 1 – Monday March 9, 2026

9:00 a.m.	Opening / Welcome Judith Conklin, Chief Information Officer Library of Congress
9:10 a.m.	Library of Congress Technology Overview LOC Storage Architecture: Carl Watts (LOC) (PDF) Technology Refresh: Chris Barr   (LOC) (PDF) Digital Strategy: Natalie Buda Smith and Vincent Coltellino (LOC) (PDF)
10:00 a.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 1 Improving Sustainability & Lowering Cost with Modern Tape: Brad Johns (Brad Johns Consulting)  (PDF) AI Redesigning Storage Architecture: Fred Moore  (Horison Information Strategies) (PDF)  Data Storage Trends: Georg Lauhoff  (IBM) (PDF)  Storage Manufacturing Forecasts: John Monroe (Furthur Market Research) (PDF) Mass Capacity Storage in an AI Era: Jon Trantham (Seagate) (PDF)
11:20 a.m.	Community Presentations: Part 1 DPC Carbon Footprint Taskforce: Alicia Wise (Digital Preservation Coalition)  (PDF) Storage Architecture and Digital Preservation at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Elise Tanner, Joe Sadoski (Rock & Roll Hall of Fame)  (PDF) Cloud Storage Performance and Digital Preservation Operations: Eric Lopatin (CDL) (PDF) HPC-AI Leadership Organization: Frank Indiviglio (IQM Quantum) (PDF)
12:30 p.m.	Lunch and Future Predictions
1:15 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 2 Cloud Storage Technologies and AI: David Boland  (Wasabi)  (PDF) LTO10 Tape Technology: Kevin Judd (IBM) (PDF) Digital Storage Architectures for AI and ML: Will Cavin (Amazon) (PDF)
1:40 p.m.	Storage Services: Part 1 Digital Preservation as Disaster Recovery: Flavia Ruffner (APTrust) and Michael Runyon (Wm & Mary) (PDF)  Internet Archive Update: Jonah Edwards (Internet Archive) (PDF) Long-Term Preservation Architecture: Nelson Nahum (Geyser Data)  (PDF)
2:35 p.m.	Storage Industry Technology: Part 3 "100 Year Archive" update: Glenn Heinle (Keeper Technology) (PDF) Tape Technology Update: Rich Gadomski (Fujifilm) (PDF) Active Scale Cold Storage: Stijn Blyweert (Quantum) (PDF) On Managing LTO10 for AI Applications: Turguy Goker (Quantum) (PDF)
3:35 p.m.	Developments and the Future: Part 1 Advancing 5D Optical Data: Ilya Kazansky (SPhotonix) (PDF) Project Silica: Richard Black (Microsoft) (PDF) DOTS: Rob Hummel (Group 47) (PDF) Cerabyte: Martin Kunze (Cerabyte) (PDF)
4:35 p.m.	Close-Out Day 1

Day 2 – Tuesday March 10, 2026

9:00 a.m.	Community Presentations: Part 2 Prioritizing Media Migration: Andrew McDonnell, Megan Mummey (University of Kentucky) (PDF) Guinness Historical Database: Leanne Harrington (Diageo) (no presentation available) Open and Automated Workflows: Brian Dietz  (NCSU Libraries) (PDF)
9:55 a.m.	Developments and the Future: Part 2 DNA Storage Alliance Update: Robertas Skliaustas (Genomika) (PDF) DNA Data Storage Product Update: Bill Banyai (Atlas) (PDF) Toward an ISO Standard for an Open Long-Term Storage Framework: Steffen Hellmold  (Cerabyte) (PDF)
10:50 a.m.	Storage Services: Part 3 Flash for Archival Storage: Ethan Miller (Everpure) (PDF) Mediaflux Data Platform: Graham Beasley (Arcitecta) (PDF) Digital Preservation Media Requirements: Linda Tadic  (Digital Bedrock) (PDF)
11:45	Close-Out Day 2

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