About me
Somaya Langley has a background in the arts, culture, festivals, broadcast, and ICT, in particular producing, presenting, promoting, and preserving digital content. She has worked in Australia, Germany, and the United Kingdom, for organisations including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Cambridge University, Electrofringe Festival, and the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Somaya is the inaugural Digital Preservation Manager at the Science Museum Group, UK, Co-Chair of the International Council on Archives’ Expert Group on Managing Physical and Digital Records, and Vice Chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition’s Museums and Galleries Working Group. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Cultural Leadership and is the recent recipient of the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives’ 2023 Lars Gaustad Award.