Monday, October 5:
09.00 - 17.00      Board meeting, National Museum of Iceland

17.00 - 18.00      Registration at the National Museum

18.00 - 20.00      Reception - National Museum

Tuesday, October 6:
Chairs:   Michael Cassin 10.00 - 12.30
             Emma Nardi 13.30 - 15.50
             Arja van Veldhuizen 16.10 - 18.00

08.00 - 09.00      Registration Grand Hotel

09.00 - 09.10      Opening Ceremony
                         President of ICOM/CECA, Colette Dufresne-Tassé

09.20 - 09.40      Museums in Iceland and museum communication
                         Rakel Pétursdóttir, Head of Educaton, National Gallery of Iceland

09.40 - 10.00      Coffee break

10.00 - 10.30       Keynote paper: Museum, Collection, Canon
                          Professor Ástráður Eysteinsson, University of Iceland

10.30 - 10.45       Discussion

10.45 - 11.00      “This is not a museum educator”: Do museums need museum educators? 
                          Nicole Gesche – Koning, Teacher and Museum educator, Académie royale
                          des Beaux–Arts et Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

11.00 - 11.15      The role of Museum Organisations and Museums in Global understanding
                          Professor Eva Mæhre Lauritzen, Nature History Museum, University of Oslo, 
                          Norway

11.15 - 11.30       Discussion

11.30 - 11.45       Museums and the Global Polis
                          Dr. Hadwig Kraeutler, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria

11.45 - 12.00       Museums and Globalization: Fullfilling Political Correctness? 
                          Zeljka Jelavic, Senior Curator/Educator, Ethnographic Museum, Zagreb,
                          Croatia

12.00 - 12.30       Poster session:

- Cooperation of museum and school in research-oriented education –
  using museum items in the process
  Eduard Kletečki, MSc Biol and Renata Brezinšc, Dipl.ing. Geol. Croatian
  Natural History Museum, Zagreb

- Etude du regard et evaluation de dispositifs de mediation
  Hana Gottesdiener, Professeur émérite, Laboratoire Culture et Communication, 
  Université d‘Avignon et des Pays de Vaucluse and Alexandra Wallner,
  Doctorante, Laboratoire de Psyhologie Processus de Pensée et Interventions

- Art in family Project
  Anny Christina Lima, Museu Lasar Segall, São Paulo, Brazil     

- Une expérience didactique interculturelle dans la perspective oecuménique
  du musée diocésain
  Ileana Tozzi, Museo diocesano, Rieti, Italy

- Laboratory interactivity: The rethinking of science museums
  Miss Chinfang Chang, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College,
  University of London

12.30 - 13.30      Lunch - Grand Hotel

13.30 - 15.40      Research sessions:

13.30 - 13.50      Russian artworks on Charles Darwin as seen by the British audience: 
                         curatorial observations and thoughts
                         Olga Baird, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, UK  

13.50 - 14.10      Globalized Member: The Phallogical Museum and Neoliberalism
                         Dr Sigurjón B. Hafsteinsson, University of Iceland

14.10 - 14.30      Médiation Culturelle et didactique muséale: Coopérartion universitaire 
                         Franco-Russe au Musée Ethnographique de Iakaoutsk.  
                         Isabelle Brianso and Gianni Giardino, Enseignants-Chercheurs, Université 
                         de Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ), Chesnay, France

14.30 - 14:40      Discussion

14.40 - 15.00      Museum Communication in and Between Museums in a Global Context
                         Ph.Dr. Berit Ljung, Stockholm University, Sweden

15.00 - 15:20      A day in the life – Cronobiology, Museological Communication and scientific 
                         reception
                         Marilia Xavier/Menna Barreto, Luiz; WEY, Daniella, University of Sao Paulo, 
                         Brazil

15.20 - 15.30     Discussion

15.30 - 15.50     Coffee break

15.50 - 16.55     Market of ideas:

- The Experience of Educational Programs in National Gallery of Armenia
  Ani Avagyan, PhD student, in charge of Planning & Coordination of Educational Programs,
  National Gallery of Armenia

- Cross - Administrative art education and holistic learning
  Sanni Veera Hannele Pöntinen, producer, City of Tampere museum services 
  department, Finland

- For those who use their heart to see
  Mila Skaric, Museum educator, Archaeological Museum in Zagreb, Croatia

- The touring exhibition - an arena for art based learning and youth agency
  Lisa Lundström, Tour Production Manager, Swedish Trawelling
  Exhibitions, Visby, Sweden

- Using multimedia handhelds to re-invent the audio tour as a tool for cultural  
  heritage interpretation
  Peter Samis, Associate Curator, Interpretation, San Francisco Museum of  
  Modern Art, USA

- New museum order -  Bringing the museum to the people!
  Gunhild Aaby, Head of Education, Vest-Agder Museum, Norway

- Learning About the Past Begins  With the Present
  Lada Laura, Senior museum educator. Museum of Croatian Archaeological 
  Monuments, Split, Croatia

17.00                 New publications on museum education
                         Introduction: Colette Dufresne-Tassé

18.00 - 20.00      Reception at the Maritime Museum

Wednesday, October 7:
Chairs:  Ólöf Sigurðardóttir 08.30 - 12.10
            Arja van Veldhuizen 14.00 - 15.50

08.30 - 08.45      Museum Architecture as Interpretive Instrument
                         Tanja Thorjussen and Don Lawrence, curator, artist, writer, architect, 
                         Oslo, Norway

08.45 - 09.00      Museum school dialogue: reflections and examples for the discovery of 
                         priorities and processes in Museum Studies
                         Roser Calaf Masachs and Olaia Fontal Merillas

09.00 - 09.30      Keynote paper: Democracy and Museums
                         George E. Hein, Professor Emeritus at Lesley University, Cambridge, 
                         Masachusetts, US

09.30 - 09.50      Discussion

09.50 - 10.05      Sacred space for spiritual connections - sharing a buddhist collection in a 
                         buddhist community
                         Rebecca Weldon Shittiwong, Curator, Chiang Rai, Thailand

10.05 - 10.25      Coffee break

10.25 - 10.40      Museums as tool for making identity? 
                         Arja van Veldhuizen, Head of Education and Audiences, Landschap 
                         Erfgoed Utrecht, Netherlands

10.40 - 10.55      A discussion about guidelines and standards for our work: Museum education 
                         revisited, described and revised 
                         Peter Schueller, Kunstsammlung Nordrehein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany

10.55 - 11.10      Discussion

11.10 - 11.25      Creating space for thinking
                         Michael Cassin, Director, Center for Education in the Visual Arts, The Sterling 
                         and Francine Clark Institute, Williamstown, USA

11.25 - 11.40      One museum for the independence 
                         Daniel Castro Benitez, Museum of the Independence-Ministry of  Culture, 
                         Bogotá, Colombia

11.40 - 11.55      Discussion

11.55 - 12.10      Free session:
    
- Educative experiences with older adults and museums. A research about 
  connections to exhibits objects and personal histories
  Prof. Roser Juanola and PhD student Anna Colomer, Universitat de Girona,
  Spain        

- Making a critical exhibition for multi-cultural visitors’ understanding: 
  A preliminary exploration of “Voyage 15840 – Migrant Worker Photography 
  Exhibition” at Ludi community college, Taiwan
  Pang–Yen Cheng, PHD student, National Dong Hua University, Taiwan

12.10 - 13.30      Lunch

13.30 - 14.15      Introduction, projects of the board of ICOM/CECA
                         Collette Dufresne-Tassé

14.15 - 15.15      General Assembly of CECA

15.15 - 15.30      Discussion

15.30 - 17.40      Study tour of the Reykjavik Museums

18.00 - 20.00      Reception at the National Gallery of Iceland

Thursday, October 8:
09.00 - 17.00      Study tour. Field trips with departure from the hotels. 
                         Eyrarbakki - Gullfoss - Geysir - Þingvellir

Friday, October 9:
Chairs:    Daniel Castro Benitez 08.15 - 11.45
              Anne-Marie Ëmond 11.45 - 13.00

08.45 - 09.30      Keynote paper: Museums - Inspiration, Creativity, Learning
                         Jocelin Dodd, Director, RCMG, Director Research Centre for Museums 
                         and Galleries, Department of Museum Studies, University of Leicester, UK

09.30 - 09.45      La educacion museistica en un contexto global: El caso brasileno
                         Ceca, Brazil, Marilia Xavier Cury, São Paulo, Brazil
                         Autores: Vasoncellos, C.M. (coord.), Almeida, A.M., Aranha, C.S.G.,
                         Aidar, G., Guarita, S.G., Cury, M.X., Magalhaes, T.R., Seibel, M.I.M., 
                         Moura Tavares, R.M.

09.45 - 10. 00      Learning moments: Museum education and families
                          AlmaDís Kristinsdóttir, Education project manager, Reykjavík Art Museum,
                          Iceland

10.00 - 10.15      Hot Spot – A forum for social debate
                          Samuel Thelin, Education officer, Malmö Museum, Sweden

10.15 - 10.25      Discussion

10.25 - 10.45      Coffee break

10.45 - 11.00      How permanent exhibitions can reflect present cultural dilemmas
                         PhD student/Curator Mette Boritz, The National Museum of Denmark

11.00 - 11.15      Á l’heure de la globalisation, une redéfinition de l´education muséale 
                         s´impose-t-elle? 
                         Dr Michel Allard, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada

11.15 - 11.30      Sharing and learning in Vietnam
                         Helka Ketonen, senior adviser, Community Relations and Development, 
                         Finnish National Gallery

11.30 - 11.45      Discussion 

11.45 - 12.15      Market of ideas:

- How Museums can Help in the Education of Politicians
  Marián Cíz, Museum in St Anton, Slovakia

- Documenter, conserver, diffuser:  Les archives informatiques de centre 
  de didactique muséale
  Silvia Ciriello, Università degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy

- How Education and Cultural Action (eca) can Make the difference in a 
  global village
  Frederike van Ouwerkerk, University of Applied Sciences Breda, 
  The Netherlands

- Mobileguide-a audioguide in a global context
   Erja Salo, Educational Curator, The Finnish Museum of Photography,
   Helsinki, Finland

12.30                  Departure from Grand Hotel for Árbaer Museum

12.45 - 14.00       Lunch at Árbaer

14.00                  Study tour and workshops in museums

19.00                  Departure from Grand Hotel

20.00                  Gala Dinner - Viðey Island

Saturday, October 10:
Chair:  Arja van Veldhuizen 09.00 - 10.10
           Nicole Gesché-Koning 10.30 - 12.45

09.00 - 11.50       Research sessions:

09.00 - 09.20       Report on Trends in Museum Education 2008 – The Netherlands
                          Marjo van Hoorn and Piet Hagenaars, Director Cultuurnetwerk Nederland,
                          Utrecht, The Netherlands

09.20 - 09.40      Théorisation d´une typologie sur les dissonances et les consonances 
                          cognitives
                          Professeure Anne Marie Emond, Université de Montréal, Canada

09.40 - 10.00       Les visiteurs nous surprendront toujours ! Non seulement ils lisent les 
                          textes de l’exposition, mais il les utilisent
                          Dr.Dufresne-Tassé, Colette, Maîtrise n muséologie, Université de Montréal,
                          Canada

10.00 - 10.10       Discussion

10.10 - 10.30       Coffee break

10.30 - 10.50       Extremes: Life in Subarctic Canada – The impact of exhibition 
                          evaluation on setting priorities for museum education in a global context 
                          Jenni Fuchs, Visitor Studies Officer, National Museum, Scotland

10.50 - 11.10       The Museum as a tool to improve reading comprehension
                          Professor Emma Nardi, Universitá degli Studi Roma Tre, Italy

11.10 - 11.20       Discussion

11.20 - 11.40       Visiting Tate Britain’s Displays
                           G-Gina Koutsika, Head of Interpretation, Tate Britain, UK

11.40 - 11.50       Discussion 

11.50 - 12.10       Closing session

12.10 - 12.20       Next CECA Conference

15.00 - 17.00       Board meeting - National Museum of Iceland