Mr Ray Edmondson (Australia) spoke on Wednesday 20 February in the session Unravelling the registers.

Dr Anthony Seeger (USA) spoke on Wednesday 20 February in the session Making the intangible tangible.

Professor Hilary Charlesworth (Australia) gave the Opening Address on Tuesday 19 February.

Mr Erling Dahl (Norway) spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Sustaining the programme.

Dr Adrienne Kaeppler (USA) chaired the session Making the intangible tangible on Wednesday 20 February.

Professor William Logan (Australia) spoke on Tuesday 19 February in the session Understanding the UNESCO umbrella: individual perspectives.

Dr Jan Lyall (Australia), Conference Chair Communities and Memories, chaired the Opening Ceremony, the Opening Address, the session on Conference resolutions and the Closing Ceremony.

Mr Jonas Palm (Sweden) spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Preservation and access: socio-cultural and socio-technical aspects.

Ms Margaret Birtley (Australia) chaired the UNESCO Soap Box session on Friday 22 February.

Emeritus Professor Ken Taylor (Australia) spoke on Wednesday 20 February in the session Making the intangible tangible and led a tour of Canberra on Friday 22 February.

Professor Allan Marett (Australia) spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Preservation and access: socio-cultural and socio-technical aspects.

Dr Alex Byrne (Australia) spoke on Tuesday 19 February and Wednesday 20 February about the role of IFLA and Memory of the World and Indigenous issues with digitising.

Ms Elizabeth Watson (Barbados) spoke in the session Understanding the Memory of the World framework: perspectives of affiliated associations and regional areas on Tuesday 19 February.

Ms Marsali Mackinnon (Australia) spoke about UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme: how can it achieve greater media recognition and public status?

Dr Susanne Ornager (UNESCO) spoke in the session Sustaining the Programme on Thursday 21 February.

John Mohi (New Zealand, spoke in the session Understanding the Memory of the World framework: perspectives of affiliated associations and regional areas on Tuesday 19 February.

Mr Ian Cook (Australia) chaired the session Understanding the Memory of the World> framework: perspectives of affiliated associations and regional areas on Tuesday 19 February.

Mr Li Minghua (China) spoke about the Asian perspective on Memory of the World in session CW1.

Mme Nada Itani (Lebanon) spoke about the perspective of the Arab States on Memory of the World in session CW1.

Mr Seteraki Tale (Fiji) spoke in the session Understanding the Memory of the World framework: perspectives of affiliated associations and regional areas on Tuesday 19 February.

Professor Lothar Jordan (Germany) spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Sustaining the Programme. (Photo: Winfried Mausolf).

Dr Wim van Zanten (Netherlands - left) gave the ANU Public Lecture The UNESCO Convention for Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage on Monday 18 February.

Mr Sam de Silva (Sri Lanka) presented the workshop Setting up a website on Friday 22 February.

Dr Shubha Chaudhuri (India) spoke on Tuesday 19 February in the session Understanding the UNESCO umbrella: individual perspectives.

Ms Ellen Ndeshi Namhila (Namibia) spoke on Tuesday 19 February in the session Understanding the UNESCO framework: global and regional views.

Ms Joie Springer (UNESCO) spoke on Tuesday 19 February in the session Understanding the UNESCO framework: global and regional views, chairing the session Unravelling the registers and speaking during the conference dinner.

Ms Alissandra Cummins (Barbados) chaired the session Understanding the UNESCO framework: global and regional views and spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Sustaining the programme.

Mr Kevin Bradley (Australia) spoke on Thursday 21 February in the session Preservation and access: socio-technical and socio-cultural aspects.