2026 IMCC ATTENDEE GUIDE

Welcome to the 2026 IMCC Attendee Guide. Below you will find links to everything you need to know about the congress, including the agenda, the attendee list, speaker presentations and more.

AGENDA DAY 1 | AGENDA DAY 2 | AGENDA DAY 3 | SPONSORS | ATTENDEE LIST

MAP | PHOTOS | PRESENTATIONS

DAY 1: Sunday 25 October, 2026

Day 1 Location - Literaturhaus

12:00 – 13:30

Congress Registration & Arrivals

13:30 – 13:35

Congress Welcoming Remarks

Stefanie Klinge, Congress Chairperson, ATELIER BRUCKNER

13:35 – 14:15

Keynote Presentation Day 1

Prof. Dr. Karl Borromäus Murr, Head, State Textile and Industry Museum Augsburg / DE

14:15 – 14:45

The Big Picture: Museum and Heritage Capital Projects Planned for the Next Decade in DACH

Ann Curtis, Publisher, MuseumINSIDER

14:45 – 15:30

Networking Break

15:30 – 16:15

Revitalize by Reimagining: Valkhof Museum as a Civic Marketplace

Tina Kortmann, Associate Director / Senior Architect, UNS United Network Studio
Sanne Grijsen, Head of Audience & Presentation, Valkhof Museum
Thomas Widdershoven, Creative Director, Thonik

16:15 – 17:15

Sanierung Neue Pinakothek

Timo Keller, Associate, Caruso St John Architects
Adam Caruso, Director, Caruso St John Architects
Markus Schubert, Associate, Hild und K Architekten

17:15 – 18:30

Opening Reception sponsored by WHY

DAY 2: Monday 26 October, 2026

Day 2 Location - Residenz Museum

9:00 – 9:30

Congress Registration & Arrivals

9:30 – 10:15

Fireside Chat

Gertrud Hvidberg-Hansen, Director, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
Anton Biebl, Generaldirektor der Bayerischen Staatsgemäldesammlungen

10:15 – 10:45

A Novel Type of Edutainment: Deutsches Optisches Museum

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Timo Mappes, Founding Director, Stiftung Deutsches Optisches Museum

10:45 – 11:30

Networking Break

11:30 – 12:30

Reimagining the Münchner Stadtmuseum

Dr. Markus Speidel, Director, Munich City Museum
Moritz Auer, Architect & Managing Partner, Auer Weber Architects
Elisabeth Ramm, Associate Partner, ATELIER BRÜCKNER

12:30 – 14:15

Lunch (on your own)

14:15 – 15:00

Let Us Boldly Confront Our Shared History

Michelle Charters OBE, Head of International Slavery Museum, National Museums Liverpool
Kossy Nnachetta, Partner, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Jessica Glynn, Associate Director, Atelier Ten

15:00 – 15:45

V&A Storehouse Presentation

15:45 – 16:15

Networking Break

16:15 – 17:00

Strategic Renewal for an Evolving Museum

Audun Opdal, Senior Partner, 3XN
Karen Grøn, Museum Director, Trapholt Museum

17:30 – 19:00

Networking Reception sponsored by Luci at Augustiner Stammhaus

DAY 3: Tuesday 27 October, 2026

Day 3 Location - Deutsches Museum

9:00 – 9:30

Congress Registration & Arrivals

9:30 – 10:00

Keynote Presentation: "People don't remember the place, they remember how it made them feel: Designing meaningful human experiences"

Yves Peitzner, Artist and Creative Director

10:00 – 10:45

Museum Island

Donacio Cejas Acosta, Senior Designer, Casson Mann
Prof. Dr. Wiebke Ahrndt, Museum Director, Übersee-Museum Bremen

10:45 – 11:30

Networking Break

11:30 – 12:30

Built to Last: A Decade of Evidence from Integrated Master Planning at the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

Jens Burk, Assistant Director and Curator, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum
Marcus Herdin, Preventive Conservation & Building Care, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum

12:30 – 13:30

Networking Lunch

13:30 – 14:15

Dib Bangkok: Revitalizing a 1980s Warehouse into Thailand's First International Contemporary Art Museum

Kulapat Yantrasast, Founder and Creative Director, WHY Architecture
Mark Thomann, Landscape Director, Wilding × WHY

14:15 – 15:00

The Harris Reimagined: Community Empowerment and Creating a Space for Everyone

Tim Joel, Assistant Director, Head of Arts and Culture, The Harris
Sarah Pollard, Director of Physical Design – London, Ralph Appelbaum Associates

15:00 – 15:10

What's Next - FRAMES and IMCC 2027