MuseumNext has grown to become one of the leading conferences for the sector, focusing on what’s next for museums by bringing together the disrupters and the change-makers.

In Geneva the conference spanned four venues, included more than 50 presentations, 13 workshops and prestigious social events in the Musée d’Art et d’histoire and across more than 20 museums and galleries the cities cultural district.

Keynote speeches came from Gail Lord, Co-President of Lord Cultural Resources, who spoke about Why Soft Power is What’s Next for Museums, Frédérique Jamolli, Head of International Cultural Development for the International Olympic Museum who shared her mission to reposition the Olympic Museum as a multisite, multicultural institution and the Southbank Centre spoke about the unusual process they took when developing a new website.

The conference was accompanied by a one day pre-conference which gave delegates the opportunity to visit many of Geneva’s museums and galleries, attend workshops, watch presentations, participate in walking tours and network with fellow delegates.

Jim Richardson, who founded the conference in 2009 said ‘MuseumNext has grown into a community of passionate museum professionals, who are transforming the sector. Geneva gave that community the opportunity to come together and share their successes and challenges, it’s been a tremendous few days’.