Sixteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum

  • Museum Transformations: Pathways to Community Engagement
  • 18-20 September 2023
  • UBC Robson Square, Vancouver, Canada + Online

2023 Plenary Speakers

The Sixteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum featured plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Laurier Turgeon

Laurier Turgeon

Professor and Director, Institute for Cultural Heritage at Laval University, Canada

Maria Balshaw

Maria Balshaw

Director of Tate Museums and Galleries, UK

Susan Rowley

Susan Rowley

Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology and Curator, Museum of Anthropology (MOA), University of British Columbia, Canada

Cynthia Chavez Lamar

Cynthia Chavez Lamar

Director of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, USA

Janis Monture

Janis Monture

Executive Director and CEO, Canadian Museums Association, Canada

W. Richard West Jr.

W. Richard West Jr.

Founding Director Emeritus of the National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA

Research Network Chair

Amareswar Galla

Amareswar Galla

Professor of Inclusive Cultural Leadership and Director, International Centre for Inclusive Cultural Leadership (ICICL), and Dean of Faculty Development and Leadership, Anant National University, Ahmedabad, India; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; UNITWIN-UNESCO Network – Tourism, Culture and Development, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne; and Former Vice President, ICOM, Paris, and former President, ICOM of the Asia Pacific, Paris

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2023 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Hamdy Hammam Hassan Husien

Hamdy Hammam Hassan Husien

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

(In-Person)

Osama Mohamed

Osama Mohamed

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

(In-Person)

Shenouda Rizkalla Fahim Youssef

Shenouda Rizkalla Fahim Youssef

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

(In-Person)

Mohamed Abdelrazik

Mohamed Abdelrazik

Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Egypt

(In-Person)

​Muriel Molinier

​Muriel Molinier

Paul Sabatier University Toulouse 3, France

(In-Person)

Ana Canzani

Ana Canzani

Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina

(In-Person)

Olivia Cimino

Olivia Cimino

University of Illinois Chicago, USA

(In-Person)

Rachel Dukes

Rachel Dukes

University of Illinois Chicago, USA

(In-Person)

Rachel Schwartzman

Rachel Schwartzman

Space Center Houston, USA

(In-Person)

​Jojo Galvan Mora

​Jojo Galvan Mora

Northwestern University, USA

(In-Person)

David Crellin

David Crellin

University of California Santa Cruz, USA

(Online Only)

Alia Reza

Alia Reza

University of Maryland, USA

(Online Only)

Maria Asunción Pérez de Zafra Arrufat

Maria Asunción Pérez de Zafra Arrufat

University of Granada, Spain

(Online Only)

Jonathan Feldman

Jonathan Feldman

Universidad Nacional de las Artes / Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero, Argentina

(Online Only)

Stefanie Steinbeck

Stefanie Steinbeck

Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

(Online Only)

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​​Selene Frascella​

​​Selene Frascella​

University of Barcelona, Spain

(Online Only)

Zida Wang

Zida Wang

Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, USA

(Online Only)

Chiara Ianeselli

Chiara Ianeselli

Institut für Museumsforschung, Germany

(Online Only)

Katie Prinkey

Katie Prinkey

George Washington University, USA

(Online Only)

Tyler J Stewart

Tyler J Stewart

University of Lethbridge, Canada

(Online Only)

Conference Partners