Greeting from the Municipal Archivist of Girona

It is a pleasure to welcome you and invite you to participate in the Archives and Cultural Industries Congress that will be held in the city of Girona between the 11th and the 15th of October 2014.

The event is being organized by Girona City Council, through its Municipal Archive, the International Council on Archives (ICA) and the ICA's European Branch (EURBICA), in collaboration with various public and private institutions and organizations.

Archives and Cultural Industries will host the 2nd Annual Conference of the International Council on Archives, the 9th European Conference on Archives, and the 13th Image and Research Seminar. Its goal is to foster debate on a key issue for archives: the potential for the documentation that has been conserved in them to be a wealth generator and resource provider for the creation and consumption of culture among the population.

Let me take this opportunity to thank the members of both the Scientific Committee and the Local Committee for their collaboration. Their commitment and their contributions are crucial in ensuring the success of our Congress.

Come to Girona. We will be pleased to receive you and take the opportunity to show you both our documentary heritage (Girona is a city of archives) and all the architectural heritage amassed since the city was founded by the Romans over twenty-one centuries ago.

Joan Boadas i Raset
Municipal Archivist