Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum
- Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums: Engines of Innovation and Social Participation
- 15-17 September 2025
- University of San Jorge, Zaragoza, Spain + Online
The Eighteenth International Conference on the Inclusive Museum featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.
Director for Culture, Salzburg Global Seminar, Austria
"Reimagining Historic Spaces: Healing, Transformation, and Belonging at Schloss Leopoldskron"
Professor, University of Zaragoza, Spain
"The Importance of Museum Introductions: Singularly in Galleries of Contemporary Art"
Professor, Faculty of Design Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium
“Presents, All the Way Down…and Up”
Full Professor, University San Jorge, Spain
"Digital and Digitised Heritage As Inclusive Heritage"
Director, Barbados Museum and Historical Society, Barbados
Conference Rapporteur
Pro-Chancellor and Distinguished Professor of Indigeneity and Inclusive Museum & Heritage Studies, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneshwar, India; Professor and Pro Chancellor, Kaling Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneshwar & UNESCO Chair on Museums and Sustainable Heritage Development; Emeritus Faculty, Australian National University, Canberra; Executive Director, International Institute for the Inclusive Museum, Australia/India/USA; Founding Member, 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; formerly full Professor of World Heritage and Sustainable Development at the University of Split located in the World Heritage City of Split; first full Professor of Museum Studies in Australia at the University of Queensland, Brisbane; and prior to that full Professor and Director of Sustainable Heritage Development Programs, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra; extensive publication record includes the flagship project and publication, World Heritage: Benefits Beyond Borders, Cambridge University Press & UNESCO Publishing , for the 40th Anniversary of the 1972 UNESCO World Heritage Convention launched in Kyoto, Japan, 2012 (English, Korean & French).
Professor, University San Jorge, Spain
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 2025 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:
University of Zaragoza, Spain
(In-Person)
Concordia University, Canada
(In-Person)
Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain
(In-Person)
University of Barcelona, Spain
(In-Person)
Drexel University, USA
(In-Person)
Externado University of Colombia, Colombia
(In-Person)
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
(In-Person)
Monash University / Govett Brewster Art Gallery & Puke Ariki Museum, New Zealand
(Online Only)
Saint Thomas University, USA
(Online Only)
University of Vienna, Austria
(Online Only)
University of Barcelona, Spain
(Online Only)
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
(Online Only)
University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau / Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira, New Zealand
(Online Only)
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
(Online Only)
University College London / Group for Education in Museums, UK
(Online Only)
Durham University, UK
(Online Only)
Zaragoza, España
Zaragoza, España
Zaragoza, España