PreserveIT! 2019: Disasters

Friday & Saturday, April 26th & 27th

People protect what they love most.  Whether it’s formalized in museums and archives or on an individual basis, societies have continued to develop ways to preserve and share their most treasured items. But what happens when disaster strikes? When an institution catches fire? A neighborhood floods? A website gets hacked?...

FRIDAY

10:30 AM – Dann Sears, Aberdeen Museum of History – Preparing for (& Surviving) Fire Disasters

11:30 AM – Carl Leon, Seattle Office of Emergency Management – Disaster Preparedness

12:30 PM – Demonstration (TBD)

1:00 PM – Keith Perez, Living Computers – Preserving BBN Systems

2:00 PM – Kurt Daviscourt, Belfor – Disaster Preparedness: Setting Up Your Toolbox

3:00 PM – Nives Mestrovic, Frye Art Museum – Roll Up Your Sleeves: Navigating Leaks in Museums

All Day – Disaster Movies & Board Games

SATURDAY

10:30 AM – Corey Nachreiner, WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. – Surviving a Digital Apocalypse: Why Lack of Cybersecurity Could Case a Real Disaster

12:00 PM –  Vicky de Monterey Richoux , Vashon Be Prepared – Preparation in the Community

1:00 PM – Dr. Peter Neff, University of Washington – Antarctic Ice Memory: Atmospheric Chemistry & Climate from Layers & Bubbles

2:00 PM – Megan Levy, University of Washington – Cascadia Coming: Earthquakes, Seattle, and the “Big One”

3:00 PM – Steve Malone, University of Washington – Documenting volcanic eruptions: The preservation of Mount St. Helens seismic data

All Day – Disaster Movies & Board Games 

Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2192873187462260/

BUY TICKETS: https://www.showclix.com/event/preserveit-2019-disasters