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Our Calendar of Conferences and Events

At TownsWeb Archiving, we’re passionate about engaging with the heritage and cultural sector. Throughout the year we take part in key events, including conferences, exhibitions, forums, webinars, and networking sessions.

Whether we’re attending, sponsoring, or exhibiting, these events give us the chance to share knowledge, and connect with organisations working to preserve and share their collections.

Stay updated on where you can find us next, and come and say hello if you’re attending too.

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February 2026:

    • Date: Thursday 26th February 2026
    • Time: 2pm – 3pm (GMT)
    • Location: Online – Register here
    • Summary: TownsWeb Archiving’s live webinar will explore how we support the digital reimagining of the invaluable services your crematorium and cemetery provide.Join John Wallace, who will cover logistics and digitisation, Nathanael Liu, who will discuss transcription and the careful redaction of sensitive information, and Casper Smithson, who will present the PastView Chronicle management system, website functionality and monetisation opportunities.During this live demonstration, you will see how burial registers and index cards, grave registers and purchase records, and cremation records can be securely digitised, accurately transcribed and made instantly searchable.Discover how you can retrieve a grave, burial, cremation or map entry within seconds using our bespoke software, while protecting your unique physical registers from permanent loss or damage caused by fire, flood, theft or ongoing manual handling.
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March 2026:

    • Date: Wednesday 4th March 2026
    • Time: 9am – 5pm
    • Location: One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA
    • Summary: Heritage Day is a leading annual sector conference, run by the Heritage Alliance for over 10 years. The theme for 2026 is ‘Heritage Connects’, a celebration of how heritage builds bridges between communities, people and places every day: from local traditions to international collaboration.
    • TownsWeb team members exhibiting: 

 

    • Date: Friday 20th March 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: Augustine United Church, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Summary: The Community Archives and Heritage Group Scotland (CAHG Scotland) is proud to mark its 5th anniversary this year, recognising half a decade of supporting, connecting, and inspiring Scotland’s community archive and heritage sector.
    • TownsWeb team member exhibiting: 

 

April 2026:

    • Date: 11th April 2026
    • Time: 1pm – 5.30pm
    • Location: The Photographer’s Gallery (Education Space) 16-18 Ramillies Street, London W1F7LW
    • Summary: An in-person session will explore the principles and practical techniques behind high-quality cultural heritage digitisation. Drawing on proven approaches used at the highest level of capture quality, John Wallace will explain how the same standards, workflows, and techniques can be applied to a wide range of camera and copy stand setups. The session will cover the purpose of digitisation, common standards such as FADGI and ISO, colour management and quality control, and equipment setups for film and flat material, concluding with a practical demonstration of camera scanning for film and flat art. Book Now.
    • TownsWeb team member presenting: 

 

    • Date: Friday 29th April 2026
    • Time: 10:30am – 4:30pm
    • Location: Barbican Centre, London
    • Summary: This popular one-day conference showcases the creative and innovative ways museums are using digital technology. At the heart of this event is a focus on embedding strategic approaches to technology.
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    • Date: Friday 29th April 2026
    • Time: 1.30-2.00pm
    • Location: Online – Register here
    • Summary: “How to Write a Winning TownsWeb Digitisation Grant Application”. Join TownsWeb, for a practical session on how to maximise the chances of submitting a successful TWA Digitisation Grant application. This year marks a special milestone for TownsWeb, which is celebrating both its 20th anniversary and the 10th year of its annual Digitisation Grant programme. Over the past decade, the grant has supported more than 135 organisations and awarded over ÂŁ200,000 in funding to help preserve and improve access to valuable collections. To celebrate this anniversary year, the funding has been significantly increased, with 10 grants of ÂŁ3,000 available instead of the usual three.
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May 2026:

    • Date: 11th – 13th May 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: International Convention Centre, Wales
    • Summary: ISBA’s popular annual conference brings together many of the independent education sector’s leading experts offering topical updates for schools plus networking opportunities and an exhibition of over 180 professional advisers and companies dedicated to providing high quality services to the education sector. 
    • TownsWeb team members attending: 

 

    • Date: 13th – 14th May 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: Olympia London
    • Summary: The Museums + Heritage Show is the UK’s largest event of its kind – a dynamic two days where the museums, galleries, heritage, and cultural attractions world comes together. It offers companies operating in this sector a unique chance to grow your business, raise your profile, and connect directly with the people shaping the sector.
    • TownsWeb team members attending: 

 

    • Date: 17th – 19th May 2026
    • Time: 9am – 5.20pm
    • Location: The Celtic Manor Resort, Wales.
    • Summary: The annual IRMS Conference is the go-to event in the information management calendar, bringing together over 400 practitioners, compliance managers, senior executives and others from a range of organisations across all industry sectors in the UK and beyond.
    • TownsWeb team members attending: 

 

June 2026:

    • Date: 17th June 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: London
    • Summary: Exhibitors will have the opportunity to showcase their footage collections and connect with industry professionals in a welcoming, collaborative setting. Whether you’re looking to discover new archive material, share your own collections and services, or gain industry insights from engaging speakers, this event celebrates the spirit of community at the heart of the archive world.
    • TownsWeb team members attending: 

 

    • Date: 23rd – 25th June 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: Hilton Southampton – Utilita Bowl
    • Summary: The Cremation Society and the Federation of Burial and Cremation Authorities are pleased to be working in partnership once again to deliver this year’s CBCE. The extensive programme will ensure attendees hear from speakers addressing the latest topics of interest to those responsible for and working in the burial and cremation sector. As well as a first-class programme, CBCE provides an excellent showcase of market-leading exhibitors covering a wide range of products and services of interest to the funeral profession. 
    • TownsWeb team member exhibiting: 

 

    • Date: 25th – 26th June 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: London
    • Summary: DAM Europe 2026 will explore the shift from static repositories to dynamic systems that understand content, automate workflows, enhance metadata, and support smarter decision-making. Join 300+ professionals in London for Europe’s leading Digital Asset Management event as we explore, celebrate, and accelerate The Intelligent Evolution of DAM.
    • TownsWeb team members exhibiting: 

 

    • Date: 26th June 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: London
    • Summary: DAM and Collections Management for Cultural Heritage 2026 brings together GLAMP professionals who understand that managing cultural heritage is about stewardship, scholarship, and serving the public. Professionals who know that the challenge is to be as good as possible with limited resources.
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August 2026:

    • Date: 5th – 7th August 2026
    • Time: All day
    • Location: Radison Blu Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland
    • Summary: Join us on Stand 10 for The Archives and Records Association Conference 2026. Focusing on the theme of “authenticity”, the event is bringing together archivists, records managers, and heritage professionals for a programme of talks, panels, workshops, and networking opportunities. TownsWeb will also be announcing the 10 winners of our 2026 digitisation funding grant awards.
    • TownsWeb team members exhibiting: 

 

October 2026:

    • Date: 7th October 2026
    • Time: TBC
    • Location: DoubleTree by Hilton, Cambridge Street, Glasgow
    • Summary: The 2026 Scottish Distillers Conference schedule is coming soon.
    • TownsWeb team members attending: