The impact of AI/ML technologies has had a huge impact on our society, and the GLAM sector, and will shape our future for years to come. Traditional archives and records practice and capabilities have never been more relevant, particularly in ontology and graph database modelling for AgenticAI, LLMs for GenAI, and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). I currently represent Australia/NZ on the ISO Working Group developing the ISO standard for AI and Archives & Records Management. Setting standards provide a safe space for the GLAM sector to experiment, innovate and iterate our adoption of these tools. Having a considered and defensible approach, underpinned by standards, will have an enduring impact both in how we grow our GLAM practice but also on how we maintain the outputs of these technologies for future generations.

Stephen Clarke, InfoGovNZ: Stephen Clarke is an Information Management and AI Consultant, previously a CDO, and Chief Archivist of NZ. Stephen has co-developed ISO standards such ISO15489, ISO13028, and ISO16175. As an anthropologist he understands human systems, and as a technical expert he understands information systems, using technology to connect them is his mission. Stephen was on the NDF conference committee in 2006 - 08, and was the conference convenor in 2007, he remained within the NDF family as an elected member of the NDF board until 2012.