About the conference
The Digital Legacy Conference explores society’s changing attitudes and behaviours in relation to death, end of life, mourning and the internet. We do this by inviting professions to share relevant areas of expertise for review and discussion.
Digital Legacy Conferences have taken place at UCL Partners (London), Siena College (New York), EAPC (Berlin), St Joseph’s Hospice (London), Michael Sobell Hospice (London) and EAPC (Rotterdam), PHPCI (Bern and Taipei). It will take place at the University of Birmingham in 2027.
If you would like the DLC take place at your conference, congress, university, office or place of research in 2028 please do get in touch.
About the organiser
The Digital Legacy Association is the professional body raising awareness and improving areas relating to digital assets planning and digital legacy safeguarding.
They develop best practice, undertake research, advise governmental bodies, national institutions and blue chip organisations with this important field. To learn more about The Digital Legacy Association click here.
Why this is important
Society is spending more time online than ever before. Our conversations, photos, videos and assets that we purchase are increasingly moving away from from the physical form to different digital forms. These ‘Digital assets‘ can have a monitory and/or a sentimental value. Online organisations where these digital assets reside often provided a low level of support in areas relating to digital inheritance to their clients and users. In some circumstances organisations are exploiting society’s lack of knowledge for their own financial gain. In other circumstances sentimental photos and videos of the deceased are lost forever due to lack of knowledge and pre-planning. It is important that professionals understand these changes and are able to provide suitable support for patients and their families. It is important that society is aware of this field in order to plan accordingly.
Nilay Erdem (Facebook Stakeholder and Engagement, EMEA) speaking at the Digital Legacy Conference, Berlin
Data providing a snapshot of this area
The Digital Death Survey has highlighted societal importance and behaviours in areas relating to digital death for the last 10 years. A snapshot can be found below.
