Program

Wednesday, 21 May

13:00 — 14:00Registration
Theater Strahl Foyer
14:00 — 14:30Welcome
Theater Strahl First Floor
Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
Vera Allmanritter (Institut für Kulturelle Teilhabeforschung)
Karen Giese (Theater Strahl)
14:30 — 15:30Opening Impulses: There is no such Thing as „THE” Young People – a Collective Keynote
Theater Strahl First Floor
Marc Calmbach (SINUS Institute, Heidelberg/Berlin, Germany)
Ryan Auster (Museum of Science, Boston, USA)
Oliver Tewes-Schünzel, (IKTf, Berlin, Germany)
Vera Allmanritter (IKTf, Berlin, Germany)
15:30 — 15:40Short Break
15:40 — 17:10Concurrent Session 1:
Diversity, Participation and Equity
Theater Strahl First Floor
You Can’t Be What You Can’t See! Challenges to Enabling Workplace Opportunities for Young People in Museums, Galleries and Heritage Organizations in the UK
Rachel Moss (Freelance Arts Educator and Evaluator)
From Adultism to Creative Justice in Youth Cultural Organizations: Cultivating a Creative Third Place
Antonio C. Cuyler (University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance, USA)
The Right to Cultural (Self-)Education: Strategies for Empowering Young People
Cecilia Durojaye Prüfer, Vera Lemke, Julius Heinicke (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
15:40 — 17:10Workshop 0:
Between Fixed Hierarchy and Participatory Practice. Classical Music at a Crossroads
Theater Strahl Ground Floor
Filiz Oflazoğlu, Franziska Haberland (Netzwerk Junge Ohren, Berlin, Germany)
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17:10 — 17:20Short Break
17:20 — 18:20Group Discussion
Theater Strahl First Floor
Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
18:20 — 19:00Get Your Snack
19:00End of Day 1
19:00 — 20:15Theater Play:
„Typen” — Masks-Beatbox-Thea
ter
20:15 — 20:45Audience Discussion

Thursday, May 22

9:00 —
10:00
Registration
Theater Strahl Foyer
10:15- 10:30Wrap-up
Theater Strahl First Floor
10:30 — 12:00Concurrent Session 2:
Complexity of the Wishes and Needs of Young Audiences

Theater Strahl First Floor
Engaging Younger Audiences: A Key to Preventing Empty Theaters
Petra Paterno (Performing arts officer at the Federal Arts and Culture Section, Austria)
Young People: a Surprisingly Diverse, Picky, and Hard-to-Assess Audience — Young Spectators Club in Prague, Czech Republic. Theater Performances for Schools.
Barbora Werner (Theater Divadlo v Dlouhé, Prague, Czech Republic)
What Matters Most to Young Festivalgoers? Insights from a Cross-Generational Analysis
Matthias Johannes Bauer (IST-University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany)
Redefining Cultural Spaces: Technology, Cultural Engagement, Identity, and the „Figital” Experience of Adolescents
Andres del Alamo Cienfuegos (UX and Web Design professor at CEU University, Vienna, Austria)
10:30 — 12:00Concurrent Session 3:
„Building Long-Term Relationships of Museums With Young People”

Theater Strahl Ground Floor
Filling in the Gaps: Real-Time Science, Youth Engagement, and a Museum-University Partnership 
Rachel Erickson (Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Canada)
„Humboldting! Students Researching” Building lasting Relationships between a Cultural Institution and Youth
Melika Ramić (Theater director and cultural mediator for young people, Berlin, Germany) and two students
Amplifying Youth Voice: Strategies for Youth Collective Working
Catherine Nicholson (Victoria and Albert Museum South Kensington, London, UK)
Key Factors and Experiences Contributing to Young Visitors Developing a Strong Emotional Connection with Museums, and Ways Museums Can Leverage These Elements to Cultivate Commitment
Olga Kucheruk (Museum Booster, Vienna, Austria)
10:30 — 12:00Workshop 1:
Marketing for Culture – from Barrier to Bridge for Young Non-Visitors?

Youth Hostel Schleswig-Holstein
Patricia Stainer (Lecturer for cultural marketing, cultural management and audience/non-visitor research)
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Workshop 2:
Tate Collective
How Insight has Influenced the Growth of the World’s Largest Museum Youth Membership
Youth Hostel Baden-Württemberg
Judith Comyn (Tate, UK), Guy Turton (Morris Hargreaves McIntyre, London, UK)
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Workshop 3:
Navigating Museums and Young People: When it Does Go Wrong

Youth Hostel Lichtenberg
Yaël Filipovic (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada), Jo Higgins (Educator, researcher and public programmer, Australia)
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Workshop 4:
A Future to Decide? Rethinking Participation, Power, and Collaboration with Young People

Youth Hostel Ostkreuz
Sarah Wenzinger (Conceptual artist and educator, Berlin, Germany)
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12:00 — 13:30Lunch Break
Youth Hostel
13:30 — 15:00Concurrent Session 4:
Museum Programs and Education Formats Specifically for Young People?

Theater Strahl First Floor
Visitor Engagement in Science Museums: Implications for Public Pedagogy. Study on Interaction in Science Museums as Factor of Engagement of Thai Science Museum Visitors
Pimsiri Aroonsri (Curator and mediator, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)
Are Guided Tours a Good Format for Young Museum Visitors?
Tom Straube, Andy Simanowitz (Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany)
Engaging Adolescents in Museums: Exploring Autonomous Visits as an Educational Tool in Italy. A Study on Letting Youngsters Explore a Museum in Pisa Completly by Themselves
Gemma Bolognesi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy)
Bridging Classics and Modernity. Young People’s Perspectives on Developing a Digital Museum App
Isabelle Hamm (University of Cologne, Germany)
13:30 — 15:00Concurrent Session 5:
Out of the Box: Reworking Youth Listening Strategies

Theater Strahl Ground Floor
Queer Fans – Comfort, Utopia, Ecstasy, and the Hangover
Kaly Halkawt Lundström (screenwriter, author and PhD student in child and youth studies at Stockholm University, Sweden)
(Re)thinking Young Audiences at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway
Dimitra Christidou, Sofie Amiri (National Museum, Oslo, Norway)
Leaving Mumbai: Youth, Megacities, and the New Museums of the Future
Michael Peter Edson (Museum expert and strategist)
13:30 — 15:00Workshop 6:
Driving Change through ‘The Engine’: Participatory Evaluation with Young People at London Transport Museum

Youth Hostel Baden-Württemberg
Tiggy Allen, Beth Atkinson (London Transport Museum, UK)
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Workshop 7:
How to Make a Diverse Young Audience Feel at Ease in Your Theater

Youth Hostel Lichtenberg
Joanna Mandalian (Theater mediator, Berlin, Germany)
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Workshop 8:
The Interpretation Design Strategy Model

Youth Hostel Ostkreuz
Nuntamon Noma Kutalad (Mahidol University, Thailand)
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15:00 — 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 — 17:00Concurrent Session 6:
Experience with Co-Creation
Theater Strahl First Floor
PROPS to You — What Happens When Children are Given Full Creative Control Over a Professional Theater Production?
Emese Bodolay (Stage designer, Berlin, Germany), Jonna Gröndahl (Educator, Berlin, Germany), Fabian Schrader (Theater pedagogue, Berlin, Germany)
Kids on Stage — Other Ways of Playing in Performance Art
Transgenerational. Transcultural. Transdisciplinary & Co-Creation

Darren O’Donell (Mammalian Diving Reflex, Toronto, Canada)
KIKUK – Künstliche Intelligenz – Kritisch und Kreativ (Artificial Intelligence: Creative and Critical)
Katharina Lilli Ochse (Goethe-Institut, Berlin, Germany)
Young Bauhaus vs. the Museum – Finding Loopholes in the System
Lisa Rocke, Sonja Tautz (Young Bauhaus Berlin, Bauhaus Archiv, Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, Germany)
15:30 — 17:00Concurrent Session 7:
Reaching Young People through Intermediaries

Youth Hostel Schleswig-Holstein
Social Media and Influencers — a (New) Way for Museums to Reach Young People?
Victoria Siede (Stiftung Zukunft Berlin, Germany)
Presentation of the Network for Young Concert Listeners REIHE_15, which Aims to Strengthen Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging in the Festival Scene
Katja Stark (NORDMETALL Foundation, Hamburg, Germany), Hannah Bregler (Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival, Germany)
KulturKick – The Youth Project of KulturRaum München e.V.
Milena Velasquez (KulturRaum München e.V., Munich, Germany)
Shaping the Future: Involving Young People Through Friends Associations in Cultural Work
Isabelle Hamm (University of Cologne, Germany)
15:30 — 17:00Panel Discussion:
Collaboration and Networking: Key Factors of Cultural Participation for Young Adults in Berlin

Youth Hostel Baden-Württemberg
Britta Noerenberg, Adrian Scholz Alvarado (Institut für Kulturelle Teilhabeforschung, Berlin, Germany)
Round table: Nils Erhard (Theater an der Parkaue), Regina Huber (Bauhaus Archiv), Sarah Potrafke und Emilie Guérin (Sasha Waltz & Guests)
15:30 — 17:00Workshop 9:
Working with Young People in Participatory Research Designs – A Workshop on Methods and Approaches

Youth Hostel Lichtenberg
Anke Schad-Spindler (EDUCULT, Vienna, Austria)
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Workshop 10:
Empowering Co-Creation: Integrating Youth in World War II Memorials and Museums

Youth Hostel Ostkreuz
Idske Bakker, Annette Schautt (Act!On, Netherlands)
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17:00 — 17:30Short Break
17:30 — 18:00Group Discussion
Theater Strahl First Floor
Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
18:00 — 21:00Evening Reception with LEGO Play Session
Foyer & Court
Presented by Charlotte Coosemans, Fiona Herrmann, Nike Dreiss, Mareile Klose, Network of Youth Panels at Art Institutions)
21:00End of Day 2

Friday, May 23

9:30 — 10:00Registration
Theater Strahl Foyer
10:15 — 10:30Wrap-up
Theater Strahl First Floor
10:30- 12:00Concurrent Session 8:
Handing Over Control To Young People in Museums

Theater Strahl First Floor
Collaboration of Cultural Institutions with Young Adults and Teenagers — Experiences and Reflections
Lisa Firlus, Elio Galen, Maika Metzler (Museumsmanagement, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, Berlin)
Youth Engagement Participation is Vital to National Science and Media Museums (NSMM) in Bradford
Clare Leavey (Bradford Digital Creatives, UK), Elaine Richmond (National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, UK)
Be Resilient: An Exploration of Sustaining Impactful Co-Creation With Young People (Ages 16–25) at the National Gallery of Ireland
Oisín Kenny (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland)
Wait, This is Going to Be in the Exhibition? Youth Co-Production at Kensington Palace
Lisa Rodio (Freelance Community Producer, London, UK), Caterina Berni (Historic Royal Palaces, London, UK)
10:30 — 12:00Concurrent Session 9:
Supporting Young People’s Personalities and Social Integration

Theater Strahl Ground Floor
KomMINIkator:innen: Pilot Project to Promote Social Integration Through Cultural Participation
Veronica Reyes Carrillo (Museum for Communication, Bern, Switzerland)
Collective Learning in the Educational Ecosystem ‘Museum at School
Alexandra Moormann, Caspar Pauli (Museum für Naturkunde Berlin — Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Berlin, Germany)
Shaping Tomorrow: How Collaboration Between Youth, Industry, and Education Fuels Success in Creative Technology Careers
Frazer Meakin (Director, movement director and educator, UK)
Cultural Pass Models in Europe
Kathrin Hohmaier (Kulturens Analyseinstitut/Denmark)
10:30 — 12:00Workshop 11:
The Young Producers: Creating Sustainable Co-Production Programs for Young People

Youth Hostel Lichtenberg
Cristina Torrente (Imperial College, London, UK)
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Workshop 12:
Achtet AlisMB: Youth Advisory Board of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Youth Hostel Ostkreuz
Marie-Sophie Czech, Nike Dreiss (Achtet AlisMB, Berlin, Germany)
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12:00 — 13:30Lunch Break
Youth Hostel
13:30 — 14:30Talk Show or ‘The Next Voice: Emerging Scholars on Youth Engagement
Theater Strahl First Floor
Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
Lisa Firlus, Elio Galen, Maika Metzler, Heledd Ruddigheit, Salomé Schröder (Museumsmanagement, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, Berlin, Germany)
14:30 — 14:50Coffee Break
14:50 — 16:00Workshop 13:
Motivational Identities and Youth Audiences
Theater Strahl First Floor
John Falk, Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
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16:00Closing and Goodbye
Theater Strahl First Floor
The End