Events DAM and Collections Management for Cultural Heritage 2026 Rights, Access, and Governance: Lessons from Evolving the V&A's Digital Asset Management Strategy

Background and context
From 19th-century photographic documentation to today's digital-first strategies, the V&A's approach to image and asset management has always centred on one goal: improving public access to its collections. But with over 2.8 million objects and a Digital Asset Management System (DAMS) supporting both curatorial and non-curatorial staff across the museum, ensuring appropriate access requires sophisticated governance frameworks and rights management. 

Events DAM and Collections Management for Cultural Heritage 2026 From Archive to Primetime: How One Photograph Transformed Hidden History into Global Impact

A journey from a single photograph to worldwide recognition

The Backstory

In 2018, while researching an 1880s South London wrestler and boxer, Jack Wannop, historian Sarah Elizabeth Cox stumbled upon an unusual name in a newspaper archive: "Ching Hook." A Google search led her to a striking photograph held in The National Archives – a young Black boxer, fists raised, digitised but unidentified. There was no other information publicly available about the man.

Events DAM LA 2026 Course Basic Page Reading List

The DAM Los Angeles 2026 Reading List

As the DAM Los Angeles conference approaches, we've curated an essential reading list to prime you for the event. These carefully selected blogs and resources from event speakers and sponsors offer a sneak peek into the cutting-edge conversations and innovations you'll encounter at the conference.

 

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Events Event Speaker Dan Hunt

Dan is an experienced strategic and creative leader, with over 18 years’ experience in content creation. Building on this experience, Dan now works with some of our biggest clients to help solve creative operations challenges with extensive knowledge on creative automation and building content at scale. A key part of his remit today is guiding clients in evaluating emerging AI tools, collaborating with ICP’s studio team to test their ability to deliver against client needs and ambitions.​

Events Event Speaker Jewell Morson

Jewell R. Morson serves as a Frontend Web Development Support Specialist at Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America, where she brings nearly two decades of technology and e-commerce experience to one of the world's most iconic entertainment brands. A rare blend of technologist and artist, Jewell's perspective is uniquely shaped by her parallel career as founder of graffikceramiks, her design and ceramics studio, a creative practice that has quietly informed her approach to digital commerce since 2008.

 

Events Event Speaker Baylie Brenner

Baylie is currently the Head of UX Operations at Twitch, with previous leadership roles at Disney and J.P. Morgan Chase. She brings deep experience in scaling design, product and engineering orgs, building design systems, and leading strategy across complex environments. She has a diverse background in M&A, data analytics and machine learning as well as large-scale change management. Baylie has been featured in Design Shots- How to Design an Organization, and her career path is memorialized in the book Chief Design Officers.