Global Business, Global Cultural Heritage

Here are some of the papers from the conference "Global Business, Global Cultural Heritage", held in Stavanger June 7-8. 2004. We hope to present more papers as they are being processed by the different speakers.

The conference focused on the various challenges we are faced with dealing with archives from large multinational companies, especially from the petroleum industry. Stavanger regional office of the National Archives of Norway has a special responsibility for saving archives from this business sector and has already managed to capture large archives from the Norwegian subsidiaries of petroleum companies like Total, Fina, Exxon and Phillips.

The speakers were as follows:

Global companies - local cultural heritage. Director General John Herstad, The National Archives of Norway

Why should our company spend money on archives? Director Human Resources and Administration Wenche Sandsundet-Hanssen, Total E&P Norway

Give away the archives? Legal and ethical considerations. Legal manager Tore Ulleberg, ConocoPhillips Norway

There is no truth - only different versions! How to make all versions of the oil history documented. Senior Advicer Stig Kvendseth, ConocoPhillips Norway

Cultural Heritage Ekofisk - more than archives. Project Manager Harald Tønnesen, The Norwegian Petroleum Museum

5.000 shelf meters from Ekofisk - how to cope? Senior consultant Magne Rege, Stavanger regional archives

Making archives accessible. Experiences from the Total/Fina project. Senior consultant Berit Bass, Stavanger regional archives

Best practises. Director Hans Eyvind Næss, Stavanger regional archives

How to ensure that archival material is known and utilized by researchers. Associate professor Eva Jakobsson, Stavanger University College.

Local history vs. corporate history. Responsible archival management of international subsidiaries of multinational corporations. Director Global Information Management, Elizabeth Adkins, Ford Motor Company.

The importance of keeping business and labour archives in order to understand modern society. Director Gunnar Nerheim, The Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology

The archives and public awareness? Director Information Services Bjørn Vidar Lerøen, Statoil and journalist Ulf Rosenberg, Stavanger Aftenblad.

Sist oppdatert 2004-09-06.
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