What is IMCC InFocus

IMCC InFocus is a specialized program of the International Museum Leadership Congress (IMCC) that brings museum leaders and design professionals together for an intensive, project-based learning experience. Created for a smaller audience—typically 75–100 attendees — InFocus encourages rich discussion, networking opportunities, and close engagement with the places and people shaping today’s most compelling cultural projects.

InFocus attendees will spend more time in the field exploring projects firsthand and engaging directly with the teams who conceived and delivered them. The plenary sessions that frame the program focus exclusively on the projects attendees will visit, providing essential context and insight before participants head into the field.

InFocus offers a rare opportunity to see major cultural projects up close, understand the decisions behind them, and connect with global peers in an intimate, collaborative setting.

Upcoming InFocus Meetings (2026)

IMCC InFocus Notre Dame
26–27 February 2026

IMCC InFocus Basque Country
10–12 May 2026

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  • “IMCC's unique mix of sessions on the planning, commissioning, delivering and operating of major capital transformation projects and the insightful explorations of current debates and trends - plus the calibre of its attendees - have made it the most essential industry forum of the year.”

    — Jim Broughton

  • “The best museum conference I’ve attended in my 35 years working in the sector. The caliber and quality of the session topics is very high, and the attendees are an impressive group of decision makers from both the museum side and the supplier side of our industry. The networking opportunities are excellent, and I’ve had the chance to chat informally with people with whom I’d never get to meet in the course of my day to day work. The site visits are extremely useful as well as lots of fun. So, its fair to say that IMCC has expanded my mind and my contacts! The behind the scenes tour of the Natural History Museum in Berlin was a real highlight…I’ll never forget sipping a flute of champagne underneath the dinosaur skeleton!”

    — Ann E. Curtis
    Managing Director, Heritage Solution Ltd Editor, MuseumINSIDER

  • “The IMCC has become one of the most important forums globally for those designing, delivering and operating cultural venues. I have attended for many years as the event never fails to provide fantastic opportunities for learning, networking and knowledge sharing with colleagues from across the sector, and the bonus that all this takes places in interesting places and beautiful venues.”

    — Ben Melham
    Director of Mortice Consulting.

  • “The large family that forms IMCC drives and helps shaping the future of our international museum construction community during a time of unique challenges, it has become the lighthouse for current and future museums.”

    — Javier Martínez
    Proasur

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