MCN 2026

MCN 2026

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8:30am PDT

Continental Breakfast Quinault Ballroom Registration and Badge Pickup Gallery Community Partner Showcase Level 5 Foyer

9:00am PDT

Opening Remarks Elwha Ballroom

10:15am PDT

Sustaining Voice: Digital Media, Indigenous Representation, and Institutional Trust 501 ChiwawaKimberly Lý From Audience to Author: Remaking Museum Storytelling from the Outside In Elwha BallroomJocelyn Edens • Rachel Nicholson • Sofie Andersen • Sarah Wambold • Glenn North • Christine Murray The Museum as Experimental Space: Testing AI Interpretation in a Public Setting 512 WillapaRonald Czik • Lindsay Bartholomew Speed Networking 502 Cowlitz

10:40am PDT

A Collection of Relationships 501 ChiwawaDaniel Davis • Carrie Gonzalez

11:00am PDT

Refreshment Break Level 5 Foyer

11:15am PDT

Going Beyond the Exhibition: Harnessing Virtual Tours for Preservation and Community Care 501 ChiwawaMia Cariello Trust, Built Locally: A Library's Archive AI 512 WillapaJungu Guo Digital Strategy Case Studies from Three Museums: Aligning Plans, People, and Practice 502 CowlitzRyan Waggoner • Jennifer Talbott • Kevin Kane • Frances Lloyd-Baynes • Jill Oster Reclaiming Your Digital Infrastructure Elwha BallroomChad Weinard • Colin Brooks • Gary Dauphin • Michelle Gude • Mike Lee

11:40am PDT

Assessing and implementing new AI workflows in the identification and description of artworks. 512 WillapaMark Simon Haydn • Jennifer Sellar From Novelty to Necessity: A Pressure Test for Museum XR 501 ChiwawaEsther Choy

12:00pm PDT

Break for Lunch Gallery

1:30pm PDT

The Art of Conversation: Designing an AI Companion Visitors Trust — and Enjoy 512 WillapaAmanda Boomstra • Stace Treat F***, Marry, Kill: Guidelines for Determining the Lifespan of a Digital Project 502 CowlitzMara Kurlandsky • Erin Cecele Dunigan • Sarah Luken From Metadata to Meaning: AI and the Future of Online Collections Elwha BallroomMartín Franzini • Neil Hawkins • nikhil trivedi • Madeleine DiBiasi Session Information Coming Soon 501 Chiwawa

1:55pm PDT

AI with Intention: The Kelp Desk Story 512 WillapaSarah Call

2:30pm PDT

Designing Trust: Art, Voice, and Difficult Histories 501 ChiwawaScott Gillam Art in 3D: A multi-institutional perspective on 3D in museums 502 CowlitzWilson Santiago • Brett Renfer • Kurt Heumiller • Nathan Ian Anderson • Dale Utt Collections Online in 3.5 Months: An Honest Look 512 WillapaBruce Wyman • Piotr Adamczyk • Susan Chun • Mark Dischler The Enduring Practice of Participatory Engagement Elwha BallroomEmily Cain • Summer L. Hamilton • Ann Sacher • Kamilah Stinnett

2:55pm PDT

Digital Governance at Getty 501 ChiwawaDavid Newbury • Britt Scholnick

3:00pm PDT

Refreshment Break Level 5 Foyer

3:30pm PDT

Magical, Tactile Media Devices: Creating Digital Experiences that Feel Anything But 501 ChiwawaCollin Warren Neither Here Nor There: Musetech as Ecotone 502 CowlitzIsabella Bruno • Marina Gross-Hoy Why Is This Even Here? Power, Interpretation, and Shared Authority in the Museum 512 WillapaAriel Hirschhorn • Jeremy Radtke • Kris Wilton • Alex Hanesworth Will GenAI kill the website as we know it? Elwha BallroomMatt Tarr • David Newbury • Andrea Ledesma • Martín Franzini • Douglas Hegley

3:55pm PDT

Mondrian at MoMA: Crafting interactive narratives from scientific research 501 ChiwawaMadhav Tankha • George Benson

6:00pm PDT

Evening Reception Pacific Science Center