09:00-09:30

10:00-10:30

Chair: Lila de Chaves, President, Hellenic Federation of Friends of Museums

Konstantinos Karamesinis, Vice General (I) (retired) President of the War Museum
Italo Scaietta, President of the World Federation of Friends of Museums
H.E. Mrs. Laurence Auer, Ambassadress of France in Greece
Haris Doukas, Mayor of Athens (pre-recorded message)
Lina Mendoni, Minister of Culture of the Hellenic Republic (pre-recorded message)

10:30-12:00

Chair: Lila de Chaves, President, Hellenic Federation of Friends of Museums

Archaeological museums in transition: Facing the new challenges
Nicoletta Saraga
Deputy Director of Archaeological Museums, Exhibitions and Educational Programs, Hellenic Ministry of Culture

ICOM resolutions shaping museums’ collective vision, priorities and commitments
Penelope (Peny) Theologi-Gouti
Chair, ICOM Greece. Head, Science and Technology Museum, University of Patras, Greece

Beyond the Membership Card: redefining museum friends as strategic partners in the 21st century
Alexandra Bounia
Professor of Museology, University of the Aegean, Greece

The psychology of personal spirituality and the detection of the “spiritual” potential of museums
Marlen Mouliou
Ass. Professor of Museology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Museums and their invisible Friends: Approaching inclusion in the age of Artificial Intelligence
Maria Tzevelekou
President of the Board of Directors, Lighthouse for the Blind of Greece

12:00-12:30

12:30-14:00

Chair: Sofia Avgerinou-Kolonias, Gen. Secretary, Hellenic Federation of Friends of Museums

Can every museum have friends? How its status affects its potential? Searching answers from the perspective of the small museum of the Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece
Pari Kalamara
Manager of the Historical Archive of the National Bank of Greece

The role of the Association of Friends of Museums in times of crisis
Elena Korka
President of the Hellenic Committee of the Blue Shield

Museums: survival in difficult times
Afroditi Kamara
Lecturer, Masters’ Programs CultTech & ManTech, University of the Peloponnese, Greece

Toward rapid ad hoc coordination: an important tool for cultural heritage preservation and monitoring during armed conflict
Erik DeMarche
Director, Proactive Cultural Heritage Protection Network (PCPH Network)

Collective care, shared futures: The power of cultural solidarity
Nadine Panayot
Curator, Archaeological Museum and Associate Professor, Department of History and Archaeology, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Museums shoring the fragments of culture, memory and meaning in times of change
(inspired by: “These fragments I have shored against my ruins”, TS Eliot “The Waste Land”)
Aspasia Destouni
Senior Research Associate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Museums: A place to live in the world together
Nathalie Bondil
Museum & Exhibitions Director, Arab World Institute, Paris, Member of the ICOM-France Board of Directors

14:00-15:00

15:00-17:30

Chair: Italo Vincenzo Scaietta, President, World Federation of Friends of Museums

Presentation of WFFM members achievements in 2025