Following the success of our previous conferences, the CIfA Early Careers Special Interest Group and the Council for British Archaeology are hosting the fifth digital student and Early Careers Conference during the Festival of Archaeology 2025.
Date: 30th of July 2025
Time: Start 3.00 pm – Close c.7.15 pm
This digital conference aims to platform students and early career archaeologists, and to give them the opportunity to gain presentation experience.
Who is it for?
SPEAKERS: The conference speakers are those studying archaeology or an associated subject such as osteoarchaeology, anthropology, or cultural heritage management, undertaking an apprenticeship or training scheme, or in early career employment in archaeology (contributors should be less than 36 months into their archaeology career).
AUDIENCE: We hope the conference audience will comprise of anyone who has an interest in the range of topics that will be discussed and/or those who wish to support early career archaeologists and heritage professionals in a welcoming and friendly environment.
Is there a theme or preferred presentation format?
This year we have four themed sessions:
Session 1: Digital Approaches to Interpretation and Outreach in Archaeology
Session 2: Public Engagement with Heritage: the public contribution
Session 3: Fresh Perspectives and Approaches to Interpreting the Archaeological Record
Session 4: Archaeology and Sustainability
Each session is a mix of 15-minute live and pre-recorded talks with a Q&A at the end.
You can download the conference schedule here: 2025 Conference Schedule
You do not need to attend for the whole conference. Instead you might like to attend one or more of the sessions.
Schedule
Wed, 30 Jul
3:00 PM
|
7:15 PM
Duration of event
4 hours with regular breaks. You do not need to attend the whole event to present and/or chair.
Additional booking information
Once you have signed-up we will send a Zoom link the week before the event.