Every half year the ICARUS community gets together at the so-called ICARUS Convention for the purpose of welcoming new members and updating each other on the latest developments, project and work group progress. The meetings also serve as venues for exchanging experiences and knowledge about archival work and for envisioning and developing ideas for new projects and future cooperation.
It is at these meetings that the international network of institutions comes together, and the people behind the institutions meet face-to-face. We as a community are convinced that these get-togethers where information and ideas are shared professionally contribute to ICARUS’ success to a great extent: it is at these meetings where personal relations are established and trust in each others capabilities is built and deepened, so that thriving and sustainable synergies can flourish in the long-term.
Each ICARUS Convention is hosted by a member institution and organised in close cooperation with the ICARUS headquarters in Vienna (AT). The dates for these 3-day meetings usually fall in late spring and autumn. For detailed information on upcoming meetings, please take a look at our Event Calender below.
ICARUS celebrates its 15th anniversary and the beginning of a new era with our new president Birgit Kibal from the National Archives of Estonia!
For this reason we cordially invite you to a meeting with a discussion how to strategically orient and organize ICARUS in the future:
The meeting will take place from 23rd to 24th June 2023 in Klein-Mariazell (30 min. from Vienna – see www.mariazell-wienerwald.at).
Approximate programme:
23rd June:
- 11.00 Bus transfer from Vienna main railway station
- 12.00 Welcome at the meeting venue – the old abbey cellar in Klein-Mariazell 43a
- 13.00-17.00 Professional part – discussions on the future of ICARUS
- 17.30-19.00 Hike through the former abbey forest to Hafnerberg
- 19.00 Dinner in Hafnerberg
24th June:
- 09.30-12.00 Professional part – conclusions
- 12.00 Bus transfer from Vienna main railway station
- 13.00-14.00 ICARUS4all: general assembly (for ICARUS4all members only)
- 15.00-15.30 Organ concert in the basilica with guided tour by Thomas Aigner
- 16.00-17.30 Festive event: festive speech by Dr. Margit Ksoll-Marcon, former director general of Bavarian statal archives
- 18.00-05.00 Anniversary party with Na Mahones o Inis Beag (Irish folk), Schlawiener & friends (Rock, Pop covers) and some surprises!
Please note: there will be bus transfers back to Vienna that can be organized individually; please let us know your preferences when to go back (a schedule will be arranged).
It is fully up to you whether you would like to join the entire meeting or just to come for the festive event,
but in order to being able to organize your accommodation & bus transfer we would like to ask you to confirm your participation latest until 31st May 2023 by filling the following form:
We are looking forward to seeing you in Klein-Mariazell and have a huge party together!
Any questions regarding the event? Please write to tatjana.hoelzl@icar-us.eu