The Digital Legacy Conference is a not for profit event and free for all to attend. We are able to provide the conference, food and drinks for free to delegates due to the kind support from our sponsors. The conference has been ran at a loss for the last three years. The generosity from our sponsors help to reduce the costs incurred each year.

Digital Legacy Conference 2018 Supporters (so far)

The Digital Legacy Association is the international professional body dedicated to raising the quality of end of life care in all areas relating to digital asset and digital legacy. Our mission is to help ensure that everyone’s end of life wishes are met both in the real world and the digital realm. They do this by supporting the general public and by developing standards, frameworks and toolkits with charities and organisations that address end of life. The Digital Legacy Association run the Digital Legacy Conference in a different location each year.

We are delighted to announce that this year’s Digital Legacy Conference will take place at the wonderful Siena College. We look forward to working with Siena on this years conference. We also look forward to workshopping with social care students at Siena in the days leading up to the conference.

Siena College is a private, Franciscan liberal arts college located in Loudonville, NY (just a few minutes from the state capital of Albany). The Siena experience is built for a new generation of leaders eager to create a more just, peaceful and humane world. It empowers them through a transformative journey of intellectual, spiritual and personal discovery. Our students embrace the excluded and unite in service to the poor and marginalized. They lead by putting others first, thinking creatively and developing innovative solutions in pursuit of the greater good.

The Digital Legacy Conference is being co-sponsored by the Social Work Department with support from the School of Liberal Arts and the Vice President for Academic Affairs.

Founded in 1852, Albany Guardian Society (AGS) is a not-for-profit charitable foundation with a mission of improving the life of seniors, their family members, and their caregivers through education, research, information and community engagement.

Albany Guardian Society offers free educational programs and forums on aging in community, the Village Movement, healthy aging, senior housing, legal issues, caregiving and many more.

LaterTalk is an online service that gives their users the opportunity to maintain a journal of important events, holidays, anniversaries, milestones or other memories that are important to you and your family/ friends. LaterTalk also allows you to message your survivors with comforting words, encouraging comments and even humorous stories after you have passed away.

Reimagine End of Life is a community-wide exploration of death and celebration of life through creativity and conversation. Drawing on the arts, spirituality, healthcare, and design, we create weeklong series of events that break down taboos and bring diverse communities together in wonder, preparation, and remembrance.

Sponsors

Digital Legacy Conference 2018 Supporters (so far)