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8:30am CST

Ready, Aim, Build! TBAJame Anderson • Sarah Ghorbanian • Monteil Crawley • Christopher Wood • Sarah Thompson • Maria Elena Gutierrez • Robert ‘Sully’ Sullivan • Jared Oldroyd • Etienne Nell

11:00am CST

The Visitor Center and Museum at the Gateway Arch The Museum at the Gateway Arch

12:00pm CST

Tour: Old Courthouse Old Courthouse

1:00pm CST

Tour: Soldiers Memorial Military Museum Soldiers Memorial Military Museum

2:00pm CST

Tour: Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum Tour: Missouri Botanical Garden Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center Missouri Botanical Garden

4:30pm CST

First Time Attendee Reception Economy Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

6:00pm CST

Opening Reception Missouri History Museum

7:30am CST

9:00am CST

Keynote Address TBA

10:15am CST

Coffee Break TBA

10:45am CST

Building the Dot Experience: Inclusive Design at the American Printing House TBAJoe Haas • Ben Jett • Corey Timpson • Sina Bahram Designing for Welcome: Planning for a Seamless Visitor Experience from Construction to Completion TBAAdam Bridge • Deniz Piskin • Michael Vergason • Michelle Kollmann • Glenn Neighbors • Trisha Cobb Pre-Design or In-Design: Two Strategic Master Planning Approaches TBAElena Kazlas • Christopher Dobbs • Joshua Campbell Torrance • Justin Helmbrecht • Michael G. Yusem The Art of Vibration Control – Don’t Let Construction Rock Your Museum! TBASara Urizar • Arne Johnson • Bridget Bush • Charlotte Seifen Ameringer Crafting a Plan for Institutional Growth TBASteven Falkowski • Elizabeth Grant • Cheyenne M. Cohen • Aaron Billheimer

12:00pm CST

Lunch on Your Own TBA

1:45pm CST

Designed for Inclusion: How the New Memphis Art Museum Will Center Equity through Architecture TBAJoseph Lembo • Jack Brough • Todd Walker • Jennifer Draffen Implementing Museum Galleries within Historic Spaces: Creating Synergy Between Buildings and Exhibits to Ensure Universally Accessible and Enhanced Visitor Experiences TBARyan McClure • Amy Gilbertson • David Donoghue • Jeremy Sweat Revitalizing the Yale Peabody Museum: Re-connecting with University & Community TBAStephen Petri • Andrew Santaniello • Cathy Lazo • Chris Norris • Kailen Rogers The Frick Collection Balancing Act: Renovating and Expanding a Historic Landmark to Maximum Impact while Minimizing Change TBAOliver Link • Carolyn W. Straub • Richard Southwick • Robert V. Hedman Beyond Happy Talk: Not for profit means business (Part 1) TBADavid Greenbaum • Kristine Klassen • Maria Elena Gutierrez • Robert ‘Sully” Sullivan • Jean Ortega

3:00pm CST

Coffee Break TBA

3:15pm CST

Transforming a Beloved Family Home into a Historic Treasure TBABob Beatty • Matt Barbour • Emily Wilson • Alexandra McKinney • Kate Macueun Designing and Planning for Neurodiversity TBAGabe Guilliams • Chelsea Thatcher • Madeleine Granland • Vani Birnbaum Envisioning the Perry Center: Honoring Indigenous Heritage Through Design and Collaboration at Shelburne Museum TBASteven Gerrard • Elizabeth Randall • Matthew Hickey • Thomas Denenberg From Renovation to Reimagined TBAAmelia Falco • Derek Jones • Lonny Schwartz • Marianne Richter Beyond Happy Talk: Not for profit means business (Part 2) TBADavid Greenbaum • Kristine Klassen • Maria Elena Gutierrez • Robert ‘Sully” Sullivan • Jean Ortega

4:30pm CST

Exhibitor Reception Exhibitor's Hall

7:15am CST

8:45am CST

Lessons Learned: Hindsight is 20/20 TBAJacqueline Bershad • Carolyn Schmidt • Brett Gaillard • Amy Weisser

9:45am CST

Coffee Break TBA

10:00am CST

A Bold Vision: Honoring the Community from the Ground Up TBAEric Demay • Christine Leppard • Peggy Theodore • Helmut Klassen HueCultures: Building Community and Greater Connectivity TBAStephanie Cunningham • Barbara-Shae Jackson • Lisa Yancey • Silvermoon LaRose • Jennifer Scott Making Time, Building Trust: Tekαkαpimək Visitor Contact Station’s Celebration of Wabanaki Cultural Knowledge at Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument TBAGary J. Stern • Jennifer Sapiel Neptune • Todd Saunders • Shaun Gotterbarn • John Grove • Jane Beattie Revealing the Hidden: Making a Stored Collection Accessible TBAThom White • Dana Fuqua • Devon Dargan • Erik Neil What I Would’ve Told My Younger Self About Building a Museum TBACaitlin Colleary • Robin Reid • Gavin Svenson • Joshua Haney • Michael Devin • Sonia Winner

11:30am CST

Buildy Awards Luncheon TBA

1:15pm CST

Building the Obama Presidential Center – YES WE CAN! TBAJohn Lupinos • Lina Chiu • Otto Nicholson • Lindsay Washburn • Lori Healey • Roark Frankel • Evan Ripley Designing to a Place: Architecture and Exhibit Design for the New Milwaukee Public Museum TBAChris Ludwig • Helen Divjak • Jarrett Pelletier • Katie Sanders • David Malda Infrastructure Needs of Museum Facilities: Updates on a IMLS National Study TBAEmily Pagman-Frank • Laura Huerta Migus • Matthew Birnbaum Mastering the Art of Board Dynamics: Lessons from the Museum Field TBAApril A. Salomon • Kym Rice • Marise McDermott • Martha Morris

2:30pm CST

Coffee Break TBA

2:45pm CST

An Iterative Adventure: Museum Strategic and Campus Planning Together TBAHillary Olson • Chris Muskopf • Suzanne M. Piotrowski Museums, Marvels, and Mythical Beasts: Conquering Complexity and Constraints TBAGeorge Austin • Patrick Swindell • Ivo Rozendaal • Monteil Crawley • Wes Mosman Block Teaming up for Transformation: New Core Galleries at the Missouri History Museum TBANicole D'Orazio • Cathlin Bradley • Emily Clark • John Kasman Transformation of The National WWII Museum from Local Museum to National Cultural Institution: A Masterclass in Master Planning TBAScott Evans • Aaron Martin • Kari Nystrom • Martin Stigsgaard • Robert Malootian