Congratulations to Daniel Teruggi who will receive the 2016 SMPTE Archival Technology Medal Award for his leadership of the Presto European Commission Research and Innovation Projects and his contributions to the preservation of the world’s audiovisual cultural heritage. The Presto projects have involved hundreds of scientists and researchers from dozens of academic and commercial organisations in the investigations of archival technology for audio-visual heritage collections and the development of new tools and technologies for archival preservation and access.

The SMPTE Archival Technology Medal Award will be presented to Daniel on Monday 24th October at the SMPTE 2016 Honors & Awards Ceremony in Hollywood.

For the full list of 2016 SMPTE honors and awards recipients see the SMPTE press release.