Program

Wednesday, May 21

13:00 — 14:00	Registration
14:15	Start and Welcome
14:30 — 15:30	Opening Impulses
	Short Break
15:40 — 17:10	Concurrent Session 1: „Diversity, Participation and Equity”
	From Adultism to Creative Justice in Youth Cultural Organizations: Cultivating a Creative Third Place Antonio Cuyler (University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre & Dance, USA)
	You Can’t Be What You Can’t See! Challenges to Enabling Workplace Opportunities for Young People in Museums, Galleries and Heritage Organisations in the UK Rachel Moss (Freelance Arts Educator and Evaluator)
	The Right to Cultural (Self-)Education: Strategies for Empowering Young People Cecilia Prüfer, Julius Heinicke, Vera Lemke (University of Hildesheim, Germany)
	In Which Ways Does Adultism from the Broader Society Get Ingrained in Cultural Policy? Case Study of Serbia Tatjana Nikolic (Institute of Cultural Management and Gender Studies \| IKM of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria)
	Short Break
17:20 — 18:20	Group Discussions
	Get Your Snack
19:00 — 20:15	Theatre Play: „Masks-Beatbox-Theatre”
	Audience Discussion
21:00	End of Day 1

Thursday, May 22

9:45 — 10:15	Registration
10:15- 10:30	Wrapup
10:30 — 12:00	Concurrent Session 2: „Complexity of the Wishes and Needs of Young Audiences”
	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 (Theatre Divadlo v Dlouhé, Prague, Czech Republic)
	What Matters Most to Young Festivalgoers? Insights from a Cross-Generational Analysis Matthias Johannes Bauer (University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf, Germany)
	Redefining Cultural Spaces: Technology, Cultural Engagement, Identity, and the „Figital” Experience of Adolescents Andres del Alamao (UX and Web Design professor at CEU university, Vienna, Austria)
10:30 — 12:00	Concurrent Session 3: „Building Long-Term Relationships of Museums With Young People”
	You (Don’t) Know What You Don’t Know: Engagement, Research, and the Value of Trust Partnership Museum & University Rachel Erickson (Manitoba Museum, Winnipeg, Canada)
	„Humboldting! Students Researching” Building lasting Relationships between a Cultural Institution and Youth Jocelyne Stahl (Curator and mediator, Berlin, Germany), Melika Ramić (Theatre 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 — 12:00	Workshop 1: Marketing for Culture – from Barrier to Bridge for Young Non-Visitors? Patricia Stainer (Lecturer for cultural marketing, cultural management and audience/non-visitor research) more information
	Workshop 2: Tate Collective – How Insight has Influenced the Growth of the World’s Largest Museum Youth Membership Judith Comyn (Tate, UK), Guy Turton (Morris Hargreaves McIntyre, London, UK) more information
	Workshop 3: Navigating Museums and Young People: When it Does Go Wrong Yaël Filipovic (Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Canada), Jo Higgins (Educator, researcher and public programmer, Australia) more information
	Workshop 4: A Future to Decide? Rethinking Participation, Power, and Collaboration with Young People Sarah Wenzinger (Conceptual artist and educator, Berlin, Germany) more information
12:00 — 13:30	Lunch Break including: 5 Minutes Yoga
13:30 — 15:00	Concurrent Session 4: „Specific Museum Program and Education Format for Young People?”
	Visitor Engagement in Science Museum: Implications for Public Pedagogy. Study on Interaction in Science Museums as Factor of Engagement of Thai Science Museum Visitors Pimsiri Aroonsri (Curator and mediator)
	Are Guided Tours a Good Format for Young Museum Visitors? Tom Straube, Andy Simanowitz (Jewish Museum Berlin, Germany)
	Bridging Classics and Modernity. Young People’s Perspectives on Developing a Digital Museum App Isabelle Hamm (University of Cologne, Germany)
	Engaging Adolescents in Museums: Exploring Autonomous Visits as an Educational Tool in Italy. A Study on Letting Youngsters Exlore a Museum in Pisa Completly by Themselves Gemma Bolognesi (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy)
13:30 — 15:00	Concurrent Session 5: „Out of the Box”
	#gransteatrerus: Bridging Generations Through Theater to Combat Loneliness and Foster Inclusion. Theater as a Cultural Bridge to Connect Young People and Older Adults Pepe Zapata (Director of Corporate Relations at Grup Focus, University of Barcelona, Spain)
	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)
	Leaving Mumbai: Youth, Megacities, and the New Museums of the Future Michael Peter Edson
	(Re)thinking Young Audiences at the National Museum in Oslo, Norway Dimitra Christidou, Sofie Amiri (National Museum, Oslo, Norway)
13:30 — 15:00	Workshop 5: Kids in Museum Laura Bedford (Kids in Museums, London, UK) more information
	Workshop 6: Driving Change through ‘The Engine’: Participatory Evaluation with Young People at London Transport Museum Tiggy Allen, Beth Atkinson (London Transport Museum, UK) more information
	Workshop 7: How to Make a Diverse Young Audience Feel at Ease in Your Theatre Joanna Mandalian (Theatre mediator, Berlin, Germany) more information
	Workshop 8: The Interpretation Design Strategy Model Nuntamon Kutalad (Mahidol University, Thailand) more information
15:00 — 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 — 17:00	Concurrent Session 6: „Experience with Co-Creation Around Theater and Classical Music”
	Between Fixed Hierachy and Participatory Practice. Classical Music at a Crossroads Alexander von Nell, Katharina von Radowitz (Netzwerk Junge Ohren, Germany)
	PROPS to You — What Happens When Children are Given Full Creative Control Over a Professional Theatre Production? Fabian Schrader (Theatre educator and process facilitater, Berlin, Germany), Emese Bodolay (Theatre educator and mediator, Berlin, Germany), Jonna Gröndahl (Graphic designer and educator, 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)
15:30–17:00	Concurrent Session 7: „Reaching Young People via Intermediataries”
	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 — 17:00	Panel Discussion 2: „Collaboration and Networking: Key Factors of Cultural Participation for Young Adults in Berlin„ Britta Noerenberg, Adrian Scholz Alvarado (Institut für Kulturelle Teilhabeforschung, Berlin, Germany)
15:30 — 17:00	Workshop 9: Working with Young People in Participatory Research Designs – A Workshop on Methods and Approaches Anke Schad-Spindler, Rida Arif, Helena Deiß, Veronika Ehm (EDUCULT, Vienna, Austria) more information
	Workshop 10: Empowering Co-Creation: Integrating Youth in WWII Memorials and Museums Idske Bakker, Annette Schautt (Act!On, Netherlands) more information
17:00 — 17:30	Short Break
17:30 — 18:00	Group Discussions
	Evening Reception
22:00	End of Day 2

Friday, May 23

9:45 — 10:15	Registration
10:15 — 10:30	Wrapup
10:30- 12:00	Concurrent Session 8: „Handing Over Control To Young People in Museums”
	Children’s Boards: Presentation of the Work of Various Children’s Boards (12 children aged 8 to 12) in Different Museums Around the World Jose Antonio Gordillo (Cultural Inquiry, Switzerland)
	Youth Engagement Participation is Vital to National Science and Media Museums (NSMM) in Bradord 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 — 12:00	Concurrent Session 9: „Supporting Young People’s Personalities and Social Integration”
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	Shaping Tomorrow: How Collaboration Between Youth, Industry, and Education Fuels Success in Creative Technology Careers Frazer Meakin (Director, movement director and educator, UK)
	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)
	KomMINIkator:innen: Pilot Project to Promote Social Integration Through Cultural Participation Veronica Reyes (Museum for Communication, Bern, Switzerland)
10:30 — 12:00	Workshop 11: The Young Producers: Creating Sustainable Co-Production Programmes for Young People Cristina Torrente (Imperial College, London, UK) more information
	Workshop 12: Achtet Alis^MB: Youth Advisory Board of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Marie-Sophie Czech, Nike Dreiss (Achtet Alis^MB, Berlin, Germany) more information
12:00 — 13:30	Lunch Break including: 5 Minutes Yoga
13:30 — 14:30	Collaboration of Cultural Institutions with Young Adults and Teenagers — Experiences and Reflections Tobias Nettke, Elio Galen, Maika Metzler, Lisa Firlus (Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Technik, Berlin, Germany)
	Coffee Break
14:50 — 16:00	Workshop 13: Interaktive Forum John Falk, Judy Koke (Institute for Learning Innovation, Beaverton, USA)
16:00	Closing and Goodbye
	The End