At Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo
November 25 – 27, 2019

Archives Today and Tomorrow: Prospering as a Diversity of Records Dramatically Increase　  

Monday, November 25  DAY 1　Executive Board Meeting 　      　　　　　　　　　　Venue*
13:00～17:30	Registration / Secretariat Open　　　　　  　　　　　　　　Room Fujinami, 3F
14:00～17:00	Executive Board Meeting  (15:30-15:50 Coffee break)　　　　  Room Chidori, 3F
17:00～17:30	(This event is an additional event to EASTICA)                 Room Chidori, 3F Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Cooperation between Japan and Mongolia
19:00～21:00	Dinner for the Executive Board members　                   Room Shunkin, 3F
Tuesday, November 26  DAY 2　General Conference and Seminar
08:30～17:30	Secretariat Open　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Room Fujinami, 3F
08:30～17:30	Registration Open　　　　　　　　　　　  Entrance of Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F
09:30～09:45	Opening Ceremony　　　　　　　　　　 　　       Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F Welcome speech by Mr. KATOH Takeo, Chair of EASTICA, and President of the National Archives of Japan Congratulatory speech by Mr. OTSUKA Taku, State Minister of Cabinet Office
09:45～10:30	General Conference　　　　　　　　       　　　　Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F Chair: Dr. Lee Sangmin, Secretary General of EASTICA
10:30～10:50	Break
10:50～12:00	General Conference (cont’d)　　　　　　　　　　　　Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F Chair: Dr. Lee Sangmin, Secretary General of EASTICA
12:00～13:30	Lunch　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 　  Banquet Room Banri, 2F
13:30～14:20	Seminar Session 1　　                             Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F Theme: Changing Circumstances surrounding Archives and Archivists Speaker: Dr. Anthea Seles, Secretary General of International Council on Archives “A Brave New World: Artificial Intelligence and Archives” Q & A
14:20～15:10	Speaker: Mr. Laurence Brewer, CRM, Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government, National Archives and Records Administration “Transforming Records Management to Build the Digital Archives of Tomorrow” Q & A
15:10～15:30	Break
15:30～16:20	Seminar Session 2　　　　                         Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F Theme: Archives Today and Tomorrow Speaker: Dr. TAKANO Akihiko, Professor of the National Institute of Informatics “Can Digital Technology Open the Archives? －The Impact of “Japan Search”－” Q & A
16:30～17:30	Panel Discussion Moderator: Dr. SUGIMOTO Shigeo, Professor of the University of Tsukuba Panels: Dr. Anthea Seles, Secretary General of ICA　　 　　 Mr. Laurence Brewer, Chief Records Officer of NARA 　 　 Dr. TAKANO Akihiko, Professor of NII
19:00～21:00	Dinner Hosted by the National Archives of Japan          Banquet Room Banri, 2F               　　　　　　　　　 Greetings by Mr. KATOH Takeo, Chair of EASTICA, and President of the National Archives of Japan Congratulatory speech by Mr. KITAMURA Seigo, Minister of State, in charge of Official Document Management, Regional Revitalization, Regulatory Reform, etc. Edo Tezuma (Traditional style of Japanese Magic Show) by Mr. FUJIYAMA Taiju
Wednesday, November 27  DAY 3　Seminar Session 3
08:30～13:00	Secretariat Open　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  Room Fujinami, 3F
08:30～13:00	Registration Open　　　　　　　　　　　  Entrance of Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F
09:00～10:20	Seminar Session 3: Country/Territory Report       　　 Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F 1 Japan: Mr. ARAKAKI Kazuaki, National Archives of Japan 2 China: Mr. Ding Yong, National Archives Administration of China 3 Republic of Korea: Mr. Lee Ju Kwang, National Archives of Korea 4 Mongolia: Mr. Enkhbaatar Samdan, General Archival Authority of Mongolia
10:20～10:40	Break
10:40～11:30	Seminar Session 3: Country/Territory Report (cont’d) 　Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F 5 Hong Kong: Ms. Lau Shin-kwan, Government Records Service of the Hong Kong 6 Macao: Ms. Cheung Ka Yee, Historical Archives of Macao Wrap-up
11:30～12:00	Closing Ceremony                                 Banquet Room Yukyu, 2F
12:00～13:30	Lunch　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　        Banquet Room Banri, 2F
13:40	Professional Visit
	Meet at the lobby of Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo
	〈Group A〉 13:50  Leave the Hotel by bus 14:20～15:50　Sumida Hokusai Museum (15:50～16:15　Travel to Printing Museum) 16:15～17:35　Printing Museum Tokyo (17:35～17:50　Go back to the Hotel)	〈Group B〉 14:00  Leave the Hotel by bus 14:15～15:35　Printing Museum Tokyo (15:35～16:00 Travel to Hokusai Museum) 　 16:00～17:30　Sumida Hokusai Museum (17:30～18:00　Go back to the Hotel)
18:45 19:00～21:00	Meet at the lobby of Hotel Metropolitan Edmont Tokyo and move to the restaurant by walk Dinner Hosted by EASTICA                             Hotel Grand Palace

14th General Conference of EASTICA
Tokyo, Japan
26 November 2019

RESOLUTIONS

1) EASTICA wishes to express its gratitude for the support and cooperation from all members in carrying out its program of activities in the past two years since our last Conference in 2017..

2) During the 14th General Conference, EASTICA has elected the new Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Treasurer, and Executive Board members for a 4-year term, from 2019 to 2023, with immediate effect as follows: Chairman: Mr. Wang Shao Zhong (National Archives Administration of China)
Vice-Chairman: Pr. Soyon LEE (National Archives of Korea)
Treasurer: Dr. Choi Jaehee (Republic of Korea)
Board Member: Mr. KATOH Takeo (National Archives of Japan)
Board Member: Ms. Lau Fong (Archives of Macao)
Board Member: Mr. Enkhabaatar Samdan
Board member: Ms. Luk Yuk0shan (GRS Hong Kong)

3) EASTICA awarded an honorary membership to Mr. Simon Chu to recognize his contribution to the development of professionalism in East Asian region and great devotion to EASTICA for 22 years.

4) EASTICA wishes to express its great gratitude to Mr. Katoh Takeo of the National Archives of Japan for his excellent service to EASTICA as a Chairman of EASTICA from 2015 to 2019.

5) The Postgraduate Certificate Program in Archival Studies (PCAS) was held in Beijing in June 2019 and the new Postgraduate Diploma program in Archival Studies (PDAS) was held in Hong Kong in October 2019.
EASTICA has resolved to continue working with the University of Hong
Kong in arranging future PCAS and PDAS courses on archives management.

6) EASTICA endorsed Ms. Luk Yuk-shan, the Director General of the Government Records Service of Hong Kong SAR Government as a new Executive Board Member.

7) EASTICA is pleased to accept the following institutions as its new Category C members:
i) (Category C) School of Information Resource Management,
Renmin University of China
ii) (Category C) Fujian Provincial Archives

8) EASTICA continues its commitment to upholding professionalism in archival institutions, to promoting the dissemination of archival
knowledge and culture, and to meeting the challenges posed by emerging technologies, the changing political and economic environment and natural disasters.

9) EASTICA wishes to express its gratitude to Dr. Anthea Seles, Mr. Lawrence Brewer, and Dr. Takano Akihito for their presentations of professional expertise to the General Conference.

10) EASTICA continues to support professional cooperation and communication among its members and with other archival communities around the world.

11) EASTICA wishes to convey its great appreciation to the National Archives of Japan for making the 14th General Conference of EASTICA a notable
success and a memorable occasion for all participants. EASTICA also wishes to thank the National Archives of Korea to be a host of 2020 EASTICA seminar.