2025 Belt and Road Museums International Conference
Registration is open until May 30th 2025
Solutions through Cooperation
YEREVAN JULY 22-23
Introduction
Belt and Road Museums International Conference – Solutions through Cooperation, themed 'Challenges and Innovative Practices in Museums. Museums encounter numerous challenges such as financial constraints, the need for digital transformation, cultural sensitivities, legal complexities, and health and safety concerns. This conference provides a platform for museum professionals, researchers to discuss these challenges, share insights, and exchange innovative ideas, emphasizing the need for museums to adapt to societal, environmental, and technological changes. Innovation is vital for the survival and future progress of museums. The conference highlights innovative practices across various areas, including adopting new technologies, developing digital engagement platforms, and implementing fresh approaches to management and education.
Through keynote speeches and panel discussions, the conference will showcase research, case studies, and strategies that demonstrate museums' adaptability in times of change. This event aims to ensure museums continue to play a crucial role in preserving heritage while evolving with the needs of people, communities, and contemporary society. We invite participants from all countries to share their research results and best practices in the industry.
Registration
Opening Ceremony
Head of Department for Cultural Heritage Protection and Development, Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sports of Republic of Armenia
09:30
Programme
10:00
Signing Ceremony
11:10
Director, Service for Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations
Mr. Armen Hovhannisyan
Ms. Lilit Poghosyan
Mr. Armen Mkhitaryan
President, Armenian Chinese Partnership Center
Cultural Counsellor, Cultural Center of the Embassy of Islamic Republic of Iran in the Republic of Armenia
Mr. Mohammad Asadi Movahed
Vice President, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia
Mr. Pavel Avetisyan
Keynote Speech
11:20
Senior Researcher, Deputy Chief of the Archaeology Department of Hunan Provincial Bureau of Cultural Heritage
Mr. He Chun Ping
Ms. Arusyak Ghazaryan
Deputy Director, History Museum of Armenia
Ms. Tang Shifen
Director, Yerevan History Museum
Director, Management Committee of Shanghai Museum
Mr. Gevorg Orbelyan
Group Photo
12:00
Lunch Break
12:15
Session 1 : Technology and Innovation, Leveraging AI, and Big Data in Museum Management: Benefits and Challenges
14:00
Director, Hunan Museum
Mr. Duan Xiao Ming
Director, Hovhannes Tumanyan Museum
Ms. Lusine Gharakhanyan
Mr. Shi Zi Qiang
Deputy Director, Henan Museum
Session 2: Sustainability in Museums: Practices and Challenges
15:00
Deputy Director, National Museum of Armenian Ethnography History and Liberation Struggle
Ms. Svetlana Poghosyan
Ms. Bella Isahakyan
Director, Martiros Sarian House-Museum
Ms. Gayane Grigoryan
Director, Geological Museum Named after H.T. Karapetyan of the Institute of Geological Sciences of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Deputy Director, Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Ms. Xing Ge
Director, Dmanisi Museum-Reserve of Georgian National Museum
Mr. Jimsher Chkhvimiani
Deputy Director, Shandong Museum
Mr. Gao Zhen
Ms. Susanna Barseghyan
Chair of Environmental Management, Tourism and Service, National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia
Coffee Break
16:00
Session 3: Balancing Tradition and Innovation in Museum Practices
16:20
Mr. Zhao Zhi Ming
Deputy Director, Shanxi Museum
Ms. Astghik Babajanyan
Scientific Secretary, Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of National Academy of Sciences of Armenia
Mr. Nan Pu Heng
Deputy Director, Shanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Mr. Avetis Grigoryan
Archaeologist Researcher, Service for Protection of Historical Environment and Cultural Museum-Reservations
Closing Remarks
17:15
The programme is subject to change without prior notice.
Note: the conference will be conducted in Armenian, English and Chinese with the simultaneous interpretation throughout all programme sessions.
Mr. Khachatur Meliksetian
Director, Institute of Geological Sciences of National Academy of Sciences of RA