The European Museum Academy Annual Meeting and EMA Awards Ceremony will take place on the island of Lesbos from 19 to 21 May 2016. The event is being organised by the Bank of Piraeus Group Cultural Foundation which is an associate partner of EMA and which has been very active in creating new museums in several different Greek regions, including the Lesvos Museum of Industrial Olive Oil Production. The Meeting will include seminars, lectures and presentations connected with the 21st Micheletti Award as well as the DASA Award and the Heritage in Motion Award.
PROGRAMME
Thursday 19 May 2016
Arrival on the island of Lesbos. Shuttle service to the hotels.
Evening:
Venue: Museum of Industrial Olive-Oil Production of Lesvos (http://www.piop.gr/en/diktuo-mouseiwn/Mouseio-Biomixanikis-Eleourgias/to-mouseio.aspx)
19.00 Coaches from the recommended hotels to the Museum
19.30 Registration
Welcome reception / Guided tours / Traditional dances / Opening of exhibitions
Friday 20 May 2016
Morning:
Venue: University of the Aegean (http://www.aegean.gr/aegean2/index.html)
8.00: Coaches from the hotels to the University
9.00: Registration – coffee
9.30 -13.30
Welcome speeches
Presentation of EMA-Micheletti Award candidates in a Pecha Kucha session
13.30 – 14.30: Light lunch and networking opportunities
14.30-16.30 Seminar on The various shades of Museums
Chairman: Wim van der Weiden
Alexandra Bounia (Professor, University of the Aegean, Dpt of Cultural Technology and Communication) “Museums and cultural landscapes”
Marilena Alivizatou (Senior research associate, UCL Centre for Museums, Heritage and Material Culture Studies) “How can museums safeguard intangible heritage?”
Massimo Negri (European Museum Academy Director) “The public quality of Museums”
Stavroula-Villy Fotopoulou (Director of Modern Cultural Assets and Intangible Cultural Heritage Directorate, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports) “The protection of tangible and intangible heritage in times of crisis”.
Coaches from the University to the hotels
Evening:
Venue: Museum of the Industrial Olive-Oil Production of Lesvos
20.00 Coaches from the hotels to the Museum
20.30 – 22.00 Heritage in Motion Awards
22:00 Cocktail – String Demons concert
Saturday 21 May 2016
Morning:
Lesbos Tours: Choice between
A) G. Iakobides Digital Museum – Museum of the Lesvos Petrified Forest
B) Theophilos Museums – Tériade Museum – Archaeological Museum of Mytilini –
C) Walking tour Molyvos
Evening:
Venue: Museum of the Industrial Olive-Oil Production of Lesvos
19.00 Coaches to the Museum
20.00 EMA Micheletti-DASA Awards Ceremony
22.00 Dinner (Vafios restaurant)