May 20, 2026

2026 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo

We are heading to Philadelphia from May 20-23, for the 2026 AAM Annual Meeting & MuseumExpo.
Our team can't wait to connect!

We'll be presenting two sessions:

Museums, Data, and Culturally Competent AI

May 22, 2:30 PM

Moderated by Senior Consultant Tiffany Lyons

Presenters:

• Sara Diamond (OCAD University and Lord Thought Leader)
•  Ali Hossaini (SOAS, University of London and Lord Thought Leader)
• Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey (First Nations Information Governance Centre)

Mental Gymnasiums: How Museums Build Cognitive Strength in an AI World

May 23, 8:30 AM

Moderated by Lord President Joy Bailey-Bryant 

Presenters: Mario Rossero and Atiba T Edwards (Brooklyn Children's Museum)

From Keepers to Catalysts: Museums as Engines of Equitable Tourism

May 20, 5:00 PM

From Venice to New Orleans, museums sit at the center of heritage tourism economies where stark racial income disparities and chronic underinvestment in cultural infrastructure persist. Today, museums are leveraging their authority to actively re-engineer tourism as an equitable, local community benefiting force.

Join us for a conversation with international museum leaders and cultural visionaries, including confirmed speakers:

• Joy Bailey-Bryant, President & Managing Partner, Lord Cultural Resources
• Daniel Hammer, ICOM Board member, President & CEO, The Historic New Orleans Collection
• Arthur Affleck, Co-Chair, ICOM-US, President & CEO, Association of Children’s Museums
• Kate Quinn, Co-Chair, ICOM-US
• Additional speakers to be announced.

Hosted at the Fabric Workshop & Museum. 

5:00 PM - Tour of Fabric Workshop and Museum (drinks and hors d’oeuvres)
6:00 PM - Program and discussion

Reserve your spot