Come by for a coffee and get your conference badge at the Sibelius Hall.

David Vuillaume (Germany), NEMO
Sari Multala (Finland), Finnish Minister of Science and Culture (Digital contribution)
Pekka Sauri (Finland), President of the Finnish Museums Association
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament (Digital contribution)

Museums Facing Extinction: joining forces for a sustainable future
Kirsten Dunlop (Belgium/Australia), Chief Executive Officer at Climate KIC

Stretch your legs and get some refreshments.

This session explores the different spheres of impact museums have in order to raise awareness and engage with the public by transforming into sustainable institutions. 

Introduction and moderation by Birgitte Kehler Holst (Denmark), Danish Museums Association.

Climate of Change: Museums as Catalyst for Tomorrow
Julie Decker (USA), Anchorage Museum Alaska

Communicating complex issues the science centre way
Heidi Rosenström (Finland), Heureka Science Center

Cultural heritage as an instrument for a sustainable future 
Ciprian Stefan (Romania), National Network of Romanian Museums and ASTRA Museum

Time for lunch before the afternoon programme starts.

This session evaluates how museums as role models only remain relevant and trustworthy if they lead by good example and take responsibility for their own contribution to climate change. 

Introduction and moderation by Karen Jagodin (Estonia), Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom

Look up! It's about us, not about the climate
Stefan Simon (Germany), Rathgen Research Laboratory

Be honest – objects survived centuries in unstable environments
Łukasz Bratasz (Poland), Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry and Polish Academy of Sciences (Digital contribution)

Navigating with the climate issues in different cultural fields 
Teemu Kirjonen (Finland), Åbo Akademi University Foundation – Sibelius Museum, Ett Hem & Casa Haartman

Stretch your legs and get some refreshments.

Learn more about the workshop topics on the dedicated webpage. Please note that the workshops run in parallel and that pre-registration is required.

• Small Museums, Big Impact – The tools and skills for climate change action
  Sandro Debono (Malta), Museum Thinker, Consultant & Academic
  Room: Haapa
• From knowledge to action. Important steps to implementing a professional sustainability management (advanced level)
  Tabea Leukhardt (Germany), Consultant
  Room: Koivu
• Co-creating a sustainable future
  Natalia Cetera (Poland), Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation, Zuzanna Ciesielska-Janik (Poland), Centrum Cyfrowe Foundation and Úna Hussey (Ireland), Hunt Museum
  Room: Saunakabinetti
• Step into Action: Create your Sustainability Action Plan in an hour
  Lorraine Finch (the United Kingdom), Consultant
  Room: Kuusi
• Pitching for a green museum sector
  Miisa Pulkkinen (Finland), Finnish Museums Association and Tijana Mićanović (Serbia), Green Art Incubator
  This workshop is only open to national museum umbrella organisations.
  Room: Pihlaja

Reception at the Museum of Visual Arts Malva.

Make sure to visit Malva's exhibitions, which are kept open for conference participants from 18:00-20:00.

Come by for a coffee and get your conference badge at the Sibelius Hall.

Interview with Claudia Casali (Italy), Director of the International Museum of Ceramics

This session explores the scale from activism to taking action, by analysing the different positions and perspectives of museum representatives and (climate) activists. What can museums do to sum up power for climate?

Introduction and moderation by Eva Koppen (the Netherlands), NEMO and the Association of European Jewish Museums.

Rebekka Eschauzier (Belgium), Extinction Rebellion Belgium

Emek Yılmaz-Sancar (Türkiye), Museums for Future Türkiye

Vera Carasso (the Netherlands), Dutch Museums Association

Stretch your legs and get some refreshments.

In the Museum Slam on Stories of Action, six museum professionals will present their small and big steps of climate action in museums. Moderated by Rebecca Thonander, NEMO.

• Operation Rubbish!
  Ana Salvador (Belgium), House of European History
• Generation Hope: Act for the Planet 
  Harry Cutmore (the United Kingdom), Natural History Museum
• How to become an eco-positive museum in 2030?!
  Cato Ebeling Koning (the Netherlands), National Maritime Museum Amsterdam
• Inexpensive, Economical, Practical ... Sustainable!
  Urška Repar (Slovenia), Museum of Recent History Celje
• Curating Change: BELvue's Journey to a Sustainable Tomorrow
  An Lavens (Belgium), BELvue Museum
• Oops! I gave a teenager a (climate) chance!
  Ilenia Valerio (Norway), Natural History Museum

In the Participatory Session it’s your time to get talking and we want to hear how your organisation is working with sustainability and climate change. In a Wrap-up, the Chair of the NEMO Executive Board will summarize the learnings so far.

David Vuillaume (Germany), NEMO

Time for lunch before the afternoon programme starts.

You are invited to join one of three workshops organised by NEMO's Working Groups. Learn more about the workshop topics on the dedicated webpage. Please note that the workshops run in parallel and that pre-registration is required.

• Fighting climate change through art education
  Organised by NEMO Working Group LEM - The Learning Museum
  Room: Saunakabinetti
• GreenICT – Sustainable use of digital offers
  Organised by NEMO Working Group Digital Transformation
  Room: Haapa
• Amplifying democracy: Museums as catalysts for fostering dialogue
  Organised by NEMO Working Group Sustainability and Climate Action
  Room: Kuusi

Stretch your legs and get some refreshments.

NEMO members can register to the Annual General Meeting.

The NEMO Annual General Meeting is only open to members of NEMO.
Registration will be open from 16:00.

The final reception will take place at the Ski Museum Lahti.

Although the conference officially is finished, we have arranged some additional museum visit opportunities. On your way back from Lahti to Helsinki on Wednesday 22 November, you have the option to attend:

• Tour of Heureka Science Centre in Vantaa
  Please note that the tour is fully booked.
  The train travel back to Helsinki from Lahti passes by Heureka allowing for a convenient a stop on the way. Heureka can be reached in 5 minutes by foot from the train station. Travel is organised individually by the participants.
  Meeting point: Heureka Science Centre at 11:00
• Individual visits to Amos Rex, Finnish National Gallery and/or Oodi in Helsinki
  Please note that travel to the museums in Helsinki is organised individually by each conference participant and that there are no specific tours to catch. Instead, we welcome you to explore the exhibitions by yourself, or perhaps together with new connections from the conference. You enter the museums for free by showing your conference name badge.