42nd CONFERENCE 2017
24 – 27 September, Lucerne and Berne, Switzerland
Theme: Museum 4.0 – Digital opportunities for Transport and Communications Museums
results round tables
Conference report 2017
IATM GENERAL ASSEMBLY September 2017
Hosts:
Swiss Museum of Transport Lucerne
Museum of Communication Berne
Programme:
| Sunday 24 September, Lucerne, 5 pm Swiss Museum of Transport |
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| Registration/welcome | ||
| Show at VHS Planetarium | ||
| Evening meal | ||
| Monday 25 September, Lucerne, Swiss Museum of Transport |
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| Welcome coffee | ||
| Introduction to the VHS | ||
| Tour of the VHS | ||
| Midday cruise – round-trip on Lake Lucerne, including lunch |
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| Keynote speaker: Michael Firnhaber, CEO Google Switzerland “Google from platform to partnership?” |
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| Workshop: “Digitalisation in transport museums”, roundtables with digital experts |
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| Movie at VHS Filmtheater | ||
| Festive evening meal with entertainment | ||
| Tuesday 26 September, Study Tour “Gotthard yesterday, today and tomorrow” |
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| Tour of the Erstfeld depot of vintage locomotives | ||
| Outward leg via the legacy line in vintage rolling stock | ||
| Lunch at the Göschenen station buffet | ||
| Visit of historically significant Gotthard tunnel village | ||
| Visit to a castle in Bellinzona (Canton Ticino) incl. evening meal with local specialities | ||
| Return leg through the world’s longest railway tunnel (57 km) to Lucerne | ||
| Wednesday 27 September, Study tour Museum of Communication Berne |
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| Train ride Lucerne – Berne |
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| Arrival in Berne followed by walk through the historic Old Town | ||
| Attendees tour the newly arranged museum | ||
| Roundtable in groups on: “dynamic curating” or “keeping a permanent exhibition up-to-date” |
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| Making of the new exhibition at the Museum of Communication |
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| Lunch | ||
| IATM – best practice | ||
| Annual General Meeting 2017 |
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| End of the conference, 4 pm | ||
CONFERENCE FEE
The conference fee for delegates is 350 €, You will get a reduced rate of 250 € for the 2nd attendee of the same oragnisation or partner. The conference fee includes: 4-Day-Swiss Travel Pass (Sunday till Wednesday), Social Programme, Conference Dinner, lunches and refreshments. You will receive an invoice after your registration.
Cancellations
Cancellation of registration must be made in writing before 25th August 2017. No fees will be refunded after this date. A processing fee of EUR 30 will be deducted from all refunds. Cancellations made before 15 August 2017, refund of 100% of the registration fee minus bank charges and processing fee; cancellations made 16 August – 1 September, refund 50% of the registration fee minus bank charges and processing fee.