GEM Conference 2022 Programme Overview
Theme: Thinking Outwards: A Way Forward for Museum Learning
Dates: Wednesday 7th September – Friday 9th September 2022
Location: The Museum of Making, Silk Mill Lane, Derby DE1 3AF and online
Overview of the programme – ‘Thinking Outwards: A Way Forward for Museum Learning’
Wednesday 7th September
Main theme: Museum Learning and the Wider World
09.30 – 10.00 – Registration coffee and pastries (delegate badge making) 10.00 – 10.10 – Welcome and housekeeping – Caroline Marcus 10.10 – 10.30 – Keynote welcome from Tony Butler, Derby Museums 10.30 – 11.00 – Keynote – Sir Geoff Palmer, Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh 11.15 – 12.00 – Panel Discussion – ‘What does thinking outward mean to you?’ 12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch and GEM Fringe events (GLAM cares drop in) 13.00 – 14.00 – GEM member presentations 14.00 – 15.00 – Workshops or GEM Fringe event (CV surgery 1:1’s) 15.00 – 15.15 – Coffee Break 15.15 – 15.45 – Keynote – Professor Francois Mairesse, Professor of Museology and the Economics of Culture at the University of Paris 3 15.45 – 16.00 – Round up of the day |
Thursday 8th September
Main theme: Collaborating with Communities
09.30 – 10.00 – Registration coffee and pastries (delegate badge making) 10.00 – 10.10 – Welcome and housekeeping – Jenny Pistella 10.10 – 10.30 – Keynote welcome Kate Bellamy, The Clore Duffield Foundation 10.30 – 11.00 – GEM member presentations 11.00 – 11.45 – GEM AGM 11.45 – 12.00 – Coffee Break 12.00 – 13.00 – GEM member presentations 13.00 – 14.00 – Lunch GEM Fringe events (CV surgery 1:1’s and Freelance get together) 14.00 – 16.00 – Off-site visits (Royal Crown Derby Porcelain Company tour, Workshop at Museum of Making, visit to Pickford House, Derby Museum and Art Gallery – details to be confirmed) 14.00 – 15.00 – Online offer – GEM member presentations 15.00 – 16.00 – Online offer – Workshops 16.00 – 17.00 – Opportunity to see the Museum of Making Galleries 17.00 – 19.00 – Drinks reception in the Italian Mill, Museum of Making |
Friday 9th September
Main theme: Advocating within and outside the Museum
09.30 – 10.00 – Registration coffee and pastries (delegate badge making) 10.00 – 10.10 – Welcome and housekeeping – Rachel Tranter 10.10 – 10.30 – Keynote – Anra Kennedy and Ross Parry on The New Institute of Digital Culture 10.30 – 11.00 – Keynote – Jenny Waldman, Art Fund Director + Q&A 11.00 – 12.00 – GEM member presentations (CV surgery x 4 slots Google Forms) 12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch 13.00 – 13.20 – Keynote – Nick Winterbotham, Heritage, Learning, Leadership 13.20 – 13.45 – Keynote – Wendy Gallagher, Manchester Museums 13.45 – 14.00 – Coffee Break 14.00 – 15.00 – Workshops 15.00 – 15.45 – GEM member presentations 15.45 – 16.00 – Conference round up and end. |
GEM conference Fringe events
· Making sessions/ craft activities
· CV surgery 1:1’s – online and in-person · Stands and stalls · GLAM cares session – A care and support network for · Gallery, Library, Archives and Museum community engagement professionals · Blog posts on projects from GEM members – launched and promoted during conference. |
Please note that this programme is in the process of being finalised and is subject to change.
Download the Conference Programme Overview here.