CIfA is delighted to announce that the CIfA2024 conference will be hosted over Wednesday 24 April & Thursday 25 April 2024.
We are hosting CIfA2024 as an in-person conference, hosted live in Chester, UK and there will be post-event online recordings also available.
There will be two full days of engaging content incorporating keynote addresses, wide-ranging sessions and training workshops in a live in-person environment. If you are not available to attend in-person, do not worry you will have the option to watch the recorded content in your own time.
What to expect?
Archaeology is about legacy, the decisions we make and the actions we take now impact whether and how future generations access, interact with and benefit from their historic environment. They determine who the archaeologists of the future will be and they influence how archaeology is perceived and valued by policy makers and by society. In the face of significant environmental, social and economic challenges, they may even determine whether there is a future for our discipline and our profession.
CIfA 2023 identified the need for collaboration to navigate these challenges. The theme for CIfA 2024 takes this a step further – the sessions at CIfA2024 will showcase co-creation, partnership and the benefits of cross-disciplinary working. From the micro to mega scale, you'll hear about projects and initiatives that are considering the needs of future generations, changing the way we do things and leaving legacies.
Our conference is the premier professional archaeological conference in the UK, attracting hundreds of participants across the heritage environment sector.
Recordings - Wednesday
Opening address
- Welcome address
- Legacy: choosing to be collaborative
- You are hired! Apprenticeships at Albion Archaeology
The Foundations of Archaeological Data: how stable are they?
- The Foundations of Archaeological Data: how stable are they? - Mike Feider
- 1s a truly interoperable fieldwork data standard from - Jay Carver
- What might the future of Post Excavation (PX) Stratigraphic Analysis look liker - Keith May
- Designing an OAŠIS Plus module: creating sustainability through a community approach
Good Natured Progress; working with nature in improving the resilience of habitats and water systems to create a legacy of balanced ecological and historic environments
- Open Habitats, Archaeological Opportunities: how the Thetford Forest Open Habitat plan can aid the management of archaeology in woodland - Krysia Truscoe, David Robertson and Naomi Smith
- The spirit not the dead form: Good natured progress for The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty - Hannah Fluck
- We’re taking this public: A discussion - Emily Carroll and Jo Robinson-Hooper
- Reflections on past landscapes - Phillipa Puzey-Broomhead and Kristina Krawiec
- Born to be Re-Wild: Archaeology and Water Network - Thomas Dew, Matthew Town, Ian Barnes, Andrew Johns & Catherine Barnett
- Leading the Way: Working Towards Heritage-Led Nature Recovery in Natural England - Elaine Willett
If we build it, will they come? Long term visions within short term work streams
- A long term vision for workplace learning - reflecting on the legacy of HLF and Historic England training schemes - Kate Geary
- Skills for the Future? The unexpected legacy of a community archaeology trainee - Caroline Pudney
- Utilising archaeology strategies to realise skill development needs - Cara Jones
- Regional Context workshop - Nicola Duncan-Finn
- All this stuff is here, why aren’t we utilising it? - Phil Pollard
The future of archaeology in forestry in the UK: maximising opportunities or focusing on threats?
- The future of archaeology in forestry in the UK: introduction - David Robertson and Lawrence Shaw
- Panel discussion on threats: Forestry and Archaeology - Chaired by David Robertson and Lawrence Shaw
Improving syntheses of development-led archaeology: the role of collaboration across the sector to promote the concept and secure resources
- Introduction and background to the session - Stewart Bryant and Christopher Evans
- Producing archaeological syntheses: examples from northern England - Robin Holgate
- Illuminating the late Iron Age/Roman transition through ceramic assemblages - Isobel Thompson
- Summarising a Revolution: Industrial Archaeology, Developer Funding, & Data Overload - Mike Nevell
- After Origins: Historiography and High Densities Pasts - Christopher Evans
- In-depth, comparative and synthetic research from development led archaeological investigation must be driven by improved information management - Jay Carver
- Opportunities to improve synthesis from cross-sector advocacy and collaboration - Stewart Bryant
Published legacies: alternative approaches to fieldwork publications
- Introduction - Zena Kamash
- Public user needs survey 2 - Leah Hewerdine
- Archaeological storytelling: reframing knowledge dissemination with comics - John Swogger
- Doing digital without glowing rectangles - Adrian McEwen
Recordings - Thursday
Exploring the legacy of innovation in archaeology - risk vs reward
- Sustaining the legacy: do we need to normalise innovation? - Jim Williams
- Case study: the Northgate Project, Chester - Mark Leah, Paul Dunn, Rachel Newman
- Landscape-scale change for people and nature - risks and rewards - Cat Lodge
- Can you teach old lags (like me) new tricks? Could a shared manual for post-excavation (PX) analysis help with innovation in archaeological practice - Keith May, James Taylor, Kenneth Aitchison, Doug Rocks-Macqueen
- Telling different stories: a case study from large scale linear infrastructure - Alice Clough
- Online Communities as a tool for innovation - Len Branson
Heritage Crime: prevention, investigation and enforment developments & opportunities
- The development of Heritage Crime Practice in the UK - Mark Harrison
- Heritage Protection developments in Wales - Jonathon Berry
- Working with the Police; volunteering opportunities and challenges - Jenny Kent
- Tackling Heritage Crime in partnership - Andy Bliss
- Heritage Crime Training and Skills - where do we go from here? - Aisling Nash
- Countering Heritage crime in the marine zone - Hefin Meara
- Heritage Crime Panel Discussion - Chair: Paul Jeffery
Beyond the dig: working with volunteers to advance our understanding of the historic environment and enhance its care
- Adopt a Monument: Scotland - Helena Gray
- Changing Chalk: connecting nature, People and Heritage - Gary Webster
- Kent Coast - Grace Conium
- Passengers. Pastronauts and Mission Control: Deep Time and the National Trust - Brendan Wilkin
- The HART of the matter: Public participation and conservation benefits - Viviana Caroll, Patrick Edwards
- Condition Monitoring in National Park Context - Tomos lones
- Panel Discussion - Debbie Frearson, John-Ette, Tom Dommett
New techniques in development-led archaeology
- Quantum archaeology: a geophysical paradigm - Andy Boucher
- Test tubes and trowels? The biomolecular revolution in the lab and the field - Edouard Masson-MacLean, Orsolya Czére and Kate Britton
- ‘Rewilding’ later prehistory: Shaping a new research landscape from development-led archaeology - Anwen Cooper
- Archaeological assessment and evaluation of large-scale developments - Clive Waddington
Making it last: Achieving sustainable legacy in public archaeology
- Welcome and introduction to the session - Chair: Paul-Samual Armour
- Digital and Interactive: creating resources for the future- The Venerated Women project - Martina Tenzer
- A Concrete Legacy: Bringing back a lost heritage of conflict on the White Cliffs of Dover
- Making It Last: Case Studies in Sustainable Legacy from East Kent - Andrew Richardson
- Discussion - Chair: Paul-Samual Armour
Changing roles and legacies in archaeology
- Changing roles and legacies in archaeology - Gail Boyle
- A (brief) history of CIfA and the CBA - Pen Foreman
- Archaeology Scotland 80 Years and the Power of Archaeology to Change Lives - Phil Richardson
- Young Archaeologists' Club: What is YAC? - Jo Kirton
- The role of FAME and commercial archaeology - Kenneth Aitchison
- Archaeology needs to find its Aspiration - Neil Redfern
- Changing roles - Panel Discussion
Resilience and realignment: the agency of heritage professionals within the framework set by multidisciplinary design and engineering consultancies
- Welcome and introduction to the Session - Alan Ford
- Foundations Come First: laying the groundwork for tangible and measurable public benefit - Jessica Elleray
- Breaking New Ground: Understanding Innovation in Heritage Practice and the opportunities Net Zero Ambitions - Roger Doonan
- We are not King Cnut: Archaeology and heritage in flood and coastal erosion management projects, a collaborative approach - Jasmin Folland