José Velázquez, MA
ICA membership
Member category: D
José Velázquez has been involved in and around the world of digital video acquisition, compression and delivery since its coming of age in the early 90s. Trained at the BBC in broadcast operations and TV production, he also holds an MA in Documentary Research for Film and TV (London College of Communication, UAL) José helps major broadcasters deploy AI-infused solutions that deliver deeper understanding and insights from their existing media collections, and has led the inception of groundbreaking AI projects at renowned networks such as the BBC, CannesLions and MediaPro. In 2019 José was presented with an IBM Recognition Award for the innovative use of Natural Language Processing technologies in media archives (Watson Media). Since 2016, José teaches as associate lecturer in the interdisciplinary programme for the Masters Degree in Digital Humanities at Univesity Pablo de Olavide, Seville, focusing on the digitisation, indexing and cognitive analysis of audiovisual archives. He remains passionate about #Accessibility, #Preservation and #AI Ethics, and is actively engaged in technology that is more human, empathetic and adaptive to everyone. To this day, he remains a hapless theremin player...
EGABE - Archive Buildings and Environments EG EMDP - Emergency Management and Disaster Preparedness PAAG - Photographic and Audiovisual Archives AEG - Expert Group on Advocacy EGAD - Archival Description EGLM - Legal Matters EGRSO - Research Services and Outreach EGSAH - Shared Archival Heritage EG MDPR - Digital and Physical Records EGATTT - Theft, Trafficking and Tampering EGIM - Indigenous Matters
In 2012 the ICA's Programme Commission made Africa a priority area for its professional programme work to support the development of record-keeping capacity in Africa, the needs of African archivists and records managers, ICA strategic objectives and priorities, and the delivery of archival education.
One of the ICA's Objectives is to build capacity within the archive profession. A fundamental element of this capacity building is to support Young and New Professionals to develop their professional knowledge and to encourage them to participate in all that the ICA has to offer.
ICA’s Training Programme was established in May 2017 at the Programme Commission meeting in Arusha, Tanzania. It aims to provide ICA members with high quality training opportunities across the full scope of archive and recordkeeping competencies via a range of delivery methods including online learning, ...
ICA’s Fund for the International Development of Archives (FIDA) provides assistance to archive professionals and institutions working in especially challenging conditions, usually in developing countries.
ICA Conference Rome 2022 ICA Virtual Conference 2021
ICA Conference Adelaide 2019 ICA Conference Yaoundé 2018
ALA-ICA Conference Mexico 2017 ICA Conference Reykjavik 2015
ICA Conference Girona 2014 ICA Conference Brussels 2013
International Archives Week 2022 International Archives Week 2021
International Archives Week 2020 International Archives Week 2019
International Archives Day 2018 International Archives Day 2017
Appraisal of records Archival arrangement and description Audio-visual and photographic archives management Awareness raising and advocacy for records and archives Digital records and archives management Ethics Legal Issues Maintaining Professional Standards and Related Professions Outreach, access and learning services Preserving archives Records management