Katharina Markus (ZB MED) and Yvonne Tunnat (ZBW) talk to Jette Junge of the Royal Danish Library about organizing and planning the international digital preservation conference iPRES 2026 in September 2026 in Copenhagen. They also touch on the topics of iPRES in general, what's special about iPRES, why coffee breaks are important (and also why virtual conferences sometimes aren't enough) and what has changed with iPRES during the last few years.

The interview was recorded in March 2025.

Persons involved:

• Jette Junge: Digital Collections Manager, Royal Danish Library
• Yvonne Tunnat: Projektmanagerin Digitale Langzeitarchivierung, ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
• Dr. Katharina Markus: Leitung Digitale Langzeitarchivierung, ZB MED - Infor­mations­zentrum Lebens­wissen­schaften

Links:

• iPres 2022 (Glasgow) - Closing ceremony: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fffBoZ5ataE
• iPres 2022 (Glasgow) - Keynote Speaker: Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDEWqey559M
• iPRES Conference: https://ipres-conference.org/
• The UNHCR Archives: A Short Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MckHt3um5ro