On March 20, 2024, the Call for Submissions for the 50th Annual Conference of ICAMT was announced.
Let’s wrap up this unforgettable event!

Organized by: ICAMT /  The National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan / Taiwan Museum Association, ROC (TMA)
Co-organizers: National Museum of History (NMH), Taipei / The National Palace Museum, Taipei / Tainan Art Museum, Tainan / Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum, Kaohsiung
When / Where: Taitung and Taipei, Taiwan, 6-10 October. Post Conference tour, 11 October
Title: ENCOUNTERING TRANSITION – Reshaping Museum architecture, exhibition design and techniques in response to global/local changes.

Sub-Themes:
The main theme was explored through 3 sub-themes:
#1 – Cross-Cultural Museum Architecture
#2 – Exhibition Design – tangible, intangible and digital: current tendencies
#3 – Museum Techniques & Sustainability

Keynote Speakers:

• Jou Min Lin AIA – Principal architect of J.M. Lin Architect / The Observer Design Group
• Marco De Mutiis – Digital Curator, Fotomuseum Winterthur – Switzerland
• Paulina Florjanowicz, PhD – Director General, National Institute for Museums, Archaeologist, expert in cultural heritage management

Contributions:

• 24 Oral speeches (on-site paper presentations – max. 15 minutes. Two presentations took place online)
• 3 Digital posters available at the dedicated website
• 21 Highlight sessions (on-site “Ignite Talks”, 5 minutes to talk accompanied by 20 slides, 15 seconds each)
• 1 Roundtable –”Museum Architecture and Technique for Better Lives: Humanity, Technology, and Sustainability”

Keynote Speakers:

• Shiro Sasaki (National Ainu Museum, Japan)
• Sirin Yuanyaidee (Director of Kanjanaphisek National Museum, Thailand)
• Chang-Hwa Wang (Board member of ICOM-ICAMT/ The former Director of the National museum of History, Taiwan)Moderator – Futuru C.L. Tsai, Director of the National Museum of Prehistory, Taiwan

Participants:
140 people from 20 different countries registered to the conference. The number of attendees varied daily as the conference took place in two different venues/cities: Taitung and Taipei.

Reserved field trips were prepared for all ICAMT members, speakers, Keynote speakers, participants and moderators in Kaohsiung City and Tainan.

Grants offered:
Three grants were announced through our communication channels and two were given by our committee to eligible candidates.
Grantees:

• Marcella Giostri Verardo, France
• Alba Di Lieto, ItalyBoth attended the conference onsite and delivered a post-conference report and documentation of their expenses covered by the committee.
  

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Here are some outcomes from the 50th Annual Conference of ICAMT

Conference Proceedings

Conference Manual

Key Moments on YouTube

A Daily Photo Gallery:  

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