Transformations in Museum Practice Through Intergenerational Change One of the most important forces pushing transformation in museum practice is youth. In this session, ICME wants to address the way museums and their staff are responding to youth-led initiatives and youth participation, and to their demands for activism and justice. Particularly, we would like to focus on how collaboration with new generations can provoke changes in leadership structure, museum vision and research agendas. Are these collaborations taking museums to a genuine and meaningful shift in policies or practice, or are they superficial? How are museums engaging with younger generations as partners and visionaries? We invite participants to think about what younger generations want from museums today, and how we are meeting their expectations as cultural institutions. Moreover, in this session we want to explore how we define “youth” in museum practice. Are we talking about temporal age or newness in practice or ideas? What happens when youth is also understood as a political position and discursive approach that challenges the conventional and insists on alternative knowledge(s) and futures? ——————– Transformations in Museum Practice Through Intergenerational Change Wednesday, 12th November 2025, 16:30 – 18:00 16:10 – 16:30   Coffee Break Moderator: Anamaria Rojas Munera (Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington/ICME Secretary, Chile/New Zealand) Moderator: Ali Mahfouz (Falconviz Company, Egypt/Saudia Arabia) 16:30 – 16:35   Introduction 16:35 – 16:45   Ana Isabel Maya (Comfenalco Antioquia, Colombia): Coolness as Commitment: Youth, Relevance, and the Museum’s Social Role 16:45 – 16:55   Marenka Thompson-Odlum and Aolani Kailihou (Pitt Rivers MuseumUniversity of Oxford, UK and Kamehameha Schools, Hawaii, USA): Moʻolelo in Motion: Youth-Led Reimaginings of Museum Practice Across Oceans 16:55 – 17:05   Ana Katarina Ziherl (Slovenian Alpine Museum, Slovenia): Reaching New Summits: Curating Alpinism for Gen Alpha 17:05 – 17:15   Sara Eisa (Sharjah Museums, United Arab Emirates): From Employing Augmented Reality Technology to Enhance Museum Experience for Children with Autism Case Study: Sharjah Museums 17:15 – 17:25   Yuling Lin (Another Year Studio, Taiwan): Envisioning Future-Oriented Museum Management in the Digital Age through the Lens of SDG 17: A Case Study of a Cultural and Creative Entrepreneur’s Innovative Start-up Journey 17:25 – 17:35   Fatma Ahmed Soliman Abdelnabi (King Tut Ankh Amon Training Center, Egypt): Bridging Tour Guides and Exhibitions: A Community-Centered Approach at the Grand Egyptian Museum 17:35 – 17:45   Alessandra Frontini and Ramona Quattrini (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy): Bridging the Digital Divide: empowering Digital Maturity and Transformation for young professionals in Museums 17:45 – 18:10   Panel discussion