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Welcome to “Meet, See, Do 2024 – International Museum Conference that Makes the Difference”, happening in Tivat, Montenegro, on 18-19 April 2024.
On this page, you will discover the comprehensive program of our conference, including details on each session: title, venue, summary, and biographies of the presenters. Our agenda includes:
- Two keynote speakers
- Three panel discussions
- Nine workshops
- Thirteen case study presentations
All sessions will take place in the Municipality of Tivat building, with the exception of three workshops hosted at the Public Institution Museum and Gallery Tivat.
Workshop Registration: Please choose the three workshops you wish to attend before arriving at the conference. You can find the registration form linked under the “Workshops” section.
Inquiries & Poster Submissions: For any questions or to submit a poster, reach out to Aida Vezic at aida.vezic@bmuseums.net.
We’re excited to share the moments of learning, inspiration, and networking with you. See you soon in Tivat!
Program
- Day 1 - 18 April 2024
- Day 2 - 19 April 2024
8.00 – 9.00 Registration of participants
9.00 – 9.30 Welcome notes
- Jelena Petrović, Ministry of Culture and Media of Montenegro
- Municipality Tivat (tbc.)
- Danijela Đukić, Public Institution Museum and Gallery Tivat, Director
- Dragan Radović, Museum Society Montenegro, President
- Aida Vežić, Balkan Museum Network
Facilitator: Azra Bečević Šarenkapa, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.30 – 10.00 Keynote speech: The Time of Crisis, again?
- Tatjana Cvjetićanin, National Museum of Serbia & Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Belgrade, Curator & Professor
Facilitator: Azra Bečević Šarenkapa, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Lujza Varga, Hungarian National Museum, Head of Department, Deputy Head of Director General’s Cabinet; Department of Project Coordination and Exhibition Management
- Nataliya Chukhray, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Vice-Rector for Education and International Relations
- Olivera Dzartovska-Tachevska, Blue Shield Macedonia
- Cameron Walter, Customs Adviser and Head of Heritage Crime Task Force, Border Security and Management Unit, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE
Facilitators: Jove Pargovski, N.I. Institute and Museum Bitola & Aida Vežić, Balkan Museum Network
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break and moving to the workshop spaces
11:30 – 12:30 Workshops Parallel Session 1
“Access and Inclusion” Maria Vlachou, Acesso Cultura
12.30 -12:40 Film screening: The Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI). The first year of operation
12:40 – 14.00 Lunch break
14.00 – 15.00 Workshops Parallel Session 2
- “Preserving cultural heritage through digitalization tools (VR, AR)“ Marija Dimova and Nikola Vanchoski, KAMAi MEDIA
- “Planning Museum Collection Strategy with Collaborative Resource Sharing (A Case Study Workshop)” Tina Fortič Jakopič, National Museum of Contemporary History of Slovenia
- “Pandemic, earthquake (‘s)… what’s next? – Did we learn and prepare ourselves for the “next round “?” Milena Bušić, Dajana Batinić and Juraj Sekula, Zagreb City Museum
15.00 – 15.30 Coffee break
15.30 – 16.30
Case studies presentations
- Danijela Đukić – Sustainability Plan of PI Museum and Gallery Tivat
- Harry Chlouverakis – Digitization as a means for enhancing neglected heritage
- Emilija Apostolova Chalovska – The XIX century revival basilicas in the Republic of North Macedonia: A neglected heritage
- Amra Ćebić – Empty frames-Who cares? (Challenges and problems of missing works of art at International gallery of portrait)
- Ledio Xhoxhi – Engaging young people with their heritage
- Jasmina Davidović – Play Sirmium
Facilitator: Zana Hoxha, Institute of Albanology in Prishtina
16.30 – 17.15 Panel discussion
Navigating the Complexity: Interpreting Neglected and Dissonant Heritage
- Milica Bozic Marojevic, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
- Kosjenka Laszlo Klemar, Technical Museum Nikola Tesla Zagreb
- Elma Hodžić, History Museum of BiH
Facilitator: Elma Hašimbegović, History Museum of BiH
17.30 – 19.00 Joint photo and tour of the city
19.30 Social dinner (optional)
- Robert Davies, the Heritage Management,
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Bienert, The Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Director
- Dragos Adrian Neagu, ANPBR, President of the Association
- Ioana Crihana, ANPBR, Executive Director
Facilitator: Milena Milošević Micić, Homeland Museum of Knjaževac
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break and moving to the workshop spaces
11:30 – 12:30 Workshops, parallel session 3
- “Preparing digital heritage for Europeana” Robert Davies, The Heritage Management Organisation
- “Museum of Yugoslavia – Where the voice of the community has a real impact?!” Sara Sopić and Aleksandra Momčilović Jovanović, Museum of Yugoslavia
- “All Colours of Montenegro – Dyeing Wool with Vegetable Dyes” Jelena Đukanović, Faculty of Design and Multimedia, Department of Fashion Design UDG
12.30 – 13.00 Activities of the BMN
Announcing The Headley SEE Cultural Heritage Fund 2024 – 2026
13.00 – 14.10 Case studies presentations
- Yllka Gjikopulli – “A New Chapter, Reviving Ethnographic Museums in Albania Post-2019 Earthquake”
- Bojana Janeva-Shemova- “Newest normal – Initiative for guided exhibition tours“
- Dorina Xheraj-Subashi and Inesa Sulaj- “Reviving abandoned heritage into a cultural tourist trail“
- Maja Minoska-Pavlovska- “Anatomy of a museum guide“
- Snežana Mijić – “Digitization of cultural heritage”
- Zaklina Mucheva- “We are here- Holocaust education“
- Efrosinija Breshovska- “Order in disorder. The challenges of working with neglected museum collections“
Facilitator: Irena Ruzin, N.I. Institute and Museum Bitola
14.10 – 14:20 Film screening: The Heritage Emergency Response Initiative (HERI). The first year of operation
14:20 – 14-25 Closing of the Conference
14:25 – 15.00 Lunch break
Panel Discussions
Workshops
Please select one primary and one secondary workshop under each parallel session. There three parallel sessions…
Case studies presentations
Venue
Tivat Municipality
- Address: Address: Trg Magnolija 1, 85320 Tivat, Montenegro
PI Museum and gallery Tivat
- Address: 2 Culture Square, Tivat 85320, Montenegro