*Hello!With just about 8 weeks to go until the BitCurator Users Forum 2018:
Living on the Edge: Extending Digital Forensics into New Sectors
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/buf2018> scheduled to take place
September 13-14 at the UCLA Charles E. Young Research Library we wanted to
send a reminder that registration is open and we’d love to see you in Los
Angeles! Register here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcurator-users-forum-2018-registration-45109631121
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bitcurator-users-forum-2018-registration-45109631121>Final
Program Now Available!We are happy to announce that the final program is
now available on the BitCurator Consortium website.
https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/buf2018-program
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/buf2018-program>Introduction to Digital
Forensics WorkshopThe first day of the BitCurator Users Forum will feature
an "Introduction to Digital Forensics" workshop aimed at practitioners who
are just getting started working with digital forensics tools and methods.
This workshop will include an overview of digital forensics concepts, and
will mostly focus on hands-on exercises and activities.Let’s-Do-This-a-thon
Sessions Day One will also feature a “Let’s-Do-This-a-thon”--collaborative
working sessions on various topics, hare-brained project ideas, problems,
issues, etc. We have invited submissions for the “Let’s-Do-This-a-thon” in
advance, but will also be providing time at the beginning of Day One for
attendees to self-organize around topics and interests. If you are
interested in submitting an ideas for a session you can still submit those
in advance here
<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1gWA6UxEGIoh0IRgdvpltIXgBpQNosyQM1GDoI5vicMc/edit#gid=0>.Sponsorship
informationFinally, the Program Committee would like to thank our initial
sponsors, Digital Intelligence <http://www.digitalintelligence.com/>,
Digital Library Federation <https://www.diglib.org/>, Digital Revolution
<http://www.digitalrevolution.tv/>, and LYRASIS
<https://www.lyrasis.org/Pages/Main.aspx>, whose generous support has
helped to make the BitCurator Users Forum 2018 event possible. We are still
seeking additional sponsors for the event, so if you are interested and
would like to learn more please visit the Sponsorship
<https://bitcuratorconsortium.org/buf2018-sponsor> section of the website. *

Best,

Sam Meister
Preservation Communities Manager, Educopia Institute
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