- Community Resilience and Inclusivity: How is your museum enhancing community resilience by ensuring that previously under-represented groups have full access to its resources, programs, and opportunities? What strategies are in place to ensure these groups feel valued and heard?
- Fostering Dialogue and Collaboration: How is your museum fostering dialogue and collaboration among diverse populations and generations to promote tolerance, respect, and community cohesion? What innovative approaches are you taking to build bridges and encourage mutual understanding?
- Promoting Civic Engagement: How is your museum contributing to responsible citizenship and leadership within a democratic society? What initiatives are in place to encourage active and informed civic participation?
- Creating Safe Spaces: How does your museum facilitate safe spaces for exchanging ideas and perspectives among individuals from different backgrounds? What measures are taken to ensure these spaces support open and respectful dialogue?
- Inspiring and Motivating Responsible Action: How is your museum inspiring responsible actions to address significant challenges such as pandemics, immigration, human rights abuses, and threats to democracy and religious freedom? What role does the museum play in motivating positive change in response to these issues?
- Advancing Sustainable and Regenerative Development: How is your museum educating and enabling communities to address obstacles to sustainable and regenerative development and respond effectively to the impacts of climate change? What practices are being implemented to promote environmental sustainability and regeneration?
- Community Resilience and Museums: Explore how museums can enhance community resilience in response to social and environmental crises.
- Innovative Communication Strategies: Examine creative approaches to museum communications and engagement addressing challenges to public health, environmental sustainability, and democracy.
- Museum Adaptations and Best Practices: Discuss adaptations and innovations in museum operations and programming in response to contemporary crises.
- Role of Museums in Social Justice: Investigate how museums advocate for social justice and human rights.
- 15 August—15 September: Announcement of Conference, Call for Presentations, MPR Travel Grant Applications, Online Registration Opens (no registration fee).
- 30 September: Deadline for Call for Presentations and Travel Grant Applications.
- 7 October: Notification of Proposal and Travel Grant Status.
- 4 December: On-site Registration and Check-in, Walking Tours, Opening Reception
- 5-6 December: Keynotes, Presentations, Panels, Discussions
- 7 December: Excursion(s)
- A description (400 words) outlining the topic and its relevance to the conference themes.
- An abstract (150 words) for inclusion in the conference program and online if accepted.
- A brief biography (100 words) for each speaker.
- Proposals will be evaluated based on their relevance to the conference themes and feasibility within the specified format and time allocation.
- A limited number of live-streamed or recorded presentations will be organized for those unable to travel, with preference given to in-person presentations.
- All proposals must be submitted in English. We may consider presentations in other languages if pre-recorded videos with English subtitles are provided, as requested by speakers.
- Presenters selected for the conference are expected to participate in the full event, whether virtual or in person.
- Presenters will be provided with the specifications for articles to be included in a post-conference publication.
- All presentations will be videotaped and posted on YouTube.
If you are submitting a proposal, you must also register for the conference via the Conference Registration Form.
We look forward to your contributions and to exploring how museums can lead and inspire through times of change and crisis.