PROGRAMME
ASEMUS GENERAL CONFERENCE 2010
musée du quai Branly, Paris, France, 8-10 September 2010
Wednesday September 8th 2010
15:30 – 17:30
Optional guided tour of one of museums among: musée du quai Branly,
musée Guimet, musée du Louvre, musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou
Thursday September 9th 2010
9:00 – 10:00
Registration & coffee
10:00 – 11:00
Official opening
Welcome addresses:
- Mr Stéphane Martin, ASEMUS Chairman, President, musée du quai Branly
- Ambassador Dominique Girard, ASEF Executive Director
- Mr Jacques Giès, President, musée Guimet
Keynote Speeches:
- Ambassador Delia Domingo-Albert, Ambassador of the Philippines to the Federal
Republic of Germany and former Secretary (Minister) of Foreign Affairs
- President Jacques Chirac,
A vision on cultural exchanges between Europe and Asia
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee
11:30 – 12:30
ASEMUS 10th anniversary
Review of ASEMUS first decade (2000 – 2010):
Moderator: Mr Steven Engelsman, Director, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
- Mr Karl Magnusson, International Cooperation Manager, National Museums of
World Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Mrs Corazon Alvina, Former Director, National Museum of the Philippines
- Mr Brian Durrans, Former Curator, British Museum
- Mr Kenson Kwok, Founding Director, Asian Civilisations Museum
- Mr Jan Van Alphen, Chairman of the scientific committee, BOZAR, Brussels
12:30 – 14:00
Lunch
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14:00 – 15:30
Mapping of Asian Collections (plenary session)
The conference is convened with the aim of launching the "Mapping of Asian
Collections" project, which would result in the development of an index of
public Asian collections in Asia and Europe. Various mapping initiatives
conducted at national or regional level will be presented. Which are
methodologies for data mobilisation within curatorial projects? What are the
added value, opportunities and/or difficulties to be overcome with such
projects?
Moderator: Mrs Marie Christine Labourdette, French Ministry of Culture and
Communication
- Mr Yves Le Fur, Director of Heritage and Collections Department, musée du quai
Branly: Presentation of the project: developing an index of public Asian collections
in Asia and in Europe: challenges and constraints
- Mrs Corazon Alvina, Former Director National Museum of the Philippines,
Unearthing Philippine past/mapping Philippine past
- Mr Michael Willis, Curator, British Museum: Mapping Collections: Structure and
Content.
- Mr Kwang-shik Choe, Director-General of the National Museum of Korea: Mapping
of Collections: Introduction to the National Museum of Korea’s Case
- Mrs Beata Romanowicz, Curator Far Eastern Art Department, National Museum,
Krakow, Poland : Complexity of the multicultural collection – variety of artefacts
and handicrafts domains – diversity of challenges and constraints
Debate
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee
16:00 – 18:00
Mapping of Asia-Europe Museum Engagements and Initiatives (plenary
session)
What is the nature of Asia-Europe museological and heritage engagements
today? What are the currencies for such exchanges? How can they be
implemented to sustain partnerships that are generative and meaningful?
What has worked or failed? How could ASEF or other public partners support
upcoming Asia-Europe activities?
-The Vietnamese museum boom: ten years of international and regional
cooperation with the National Museum of Ethnology, the Museum of Dak Lak,
the Vietnamese Women’s Museum in Hanoi, the Thang Long Museum in
Hanoi, the History Museum in Ho Chi Minh City, the Cham Museum in
Danang (45 min)
Moderator: Ms Christine Hemmet, Curator Asian collection, musée du quai Branly
 Ms Thi Van An Vu, International Relations Officer, The National Museum of
Ethnology in Vietnam,
 Ms Vo Thi Thuong, Researcher, Director of the library, The National Museum of
Ethnology in Vietnam
 Mr Pierre Baptiste, Curator South-East Asian Collections, Musée Guimet
 Ms Françoise Dalex, Manager of the documentary web portal, musée du quai
Branly
Debate (15 min)
- Museum education exchanges, presentation of the Silk Road project (20 min)
Moderator: Mr Manus Brinkman, VCM content editor, Museum Volkenkunde in
Leiden
 Mrs Jenny Siung, Education Officer, Chester Beatty Library, Dublin
 Mrs Esther van Zutphen, Education, Officer, Museum Volkenkunde, Leiden
 Mrs Karen Chin, Education Officer, Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore
Debate (20 min)
19:00 – 21:30
Boat trip
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Friday September 10th 2010
9:30 – 11:00
Mapping of Institutions and Professionals (plenary session)
By consolidating institutions as a coherent grouping with common features
and interests, formal networks such as ASEMUS are crucial in creating access
and engagements between institutions and associated individuals. As
museums work within an ecology of other networks, as well as with
independent cultural experts, developing a dynamic mapping that facilitates
and sustains engagements along multiple, institutional and individual, formal
and informal levels would enhance opportunities and perspectives. What
platforms can be developed? Within such platforms, how do we establish and
sustain a fluidity of participation, dialogue and initiatives involving those
mentioned? How may activities and projects proposed, considered and
undertaken by ASEMUS be enriched?
Moderator: Mr Ahmad Mashadi, Head, NUS Museum, National University of
Singapore, Singapore
- ASEMUS presence in the ASEF portal Culture360.org
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Ambassador Dominique Girard, Executive Director Asia-Europe Foundation
Ms Valentina Riccardi, Project Executive Cultural Exchange, Asia-Europe
Foundation
- VCM : an international cooperation project between 73 Asian and
European museums (15 min)
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Mr Steven Engelsman, Director, National Museum of Ethnology, Leiden
 Mr Manus Brinkman, VCM content editor, National Museum of Ethnology,
Leiden
Debate
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee
11:30 – 13:00
Work groups session: mapping of collections, institutions, professionals and
initiatives
3 parallel work groups:
Methodology for the
mapping of collections:
Definition of type of
collections to be included,
sharing of tasks : role of
museums, national focal
points, and ASEMUS
Secretariat/Presidency
Moderator : Mr Yves Le Fur,
Director of Heritage and
Collections Department,
musée du quai Branly
Rapporteur : Ms Corazon
Alvina, Former Director
National Museum of the
Philippines
Secretariat: Mr. Karl
Magnusson, International
Cooperation Manager,
National Museums of World
Culture, Gothenburg, Sweden
Data requirements:
Definition of a common
framework. Information
sharing tools (e.g. database
or/and website)
Moderator : Ms. Anne Faure,
Deputy Director of Heritage
and Collections Departement,
musée du quai Branly
Rapporteur: Mr Manus
Brinkman, VCM content editor,
National Museum of
Ethnology, Leiden
Secretariat : Ms. Sasiwimon
Wongjarin, Project Officer,
Cultural Exchange, ASEF
Framework for the
mapping of Institutions
and Professionals:
Definition of content. How
to increase ASEMUS
member’s visibility? Which
tools to facilitate interaction
between members?
Moderator : Ms. Valentina
Riccardi, Project Executive
Cultural Exchange, AsiaEurope Foundation ASEF
Rapporteur: Mr. Ahmad Bin
Mashadi, Senior Associate
Director, National University
Museum, Singapore
Secretariat: Ms. Julie Trebault,
Liaison and innovation officer
of the VCM, National Museum
of Ethnology, Leiden
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13:00 – 14:30
Lunch
14:30 – 16:00
Work groups results: plenary discussion
Moderator: Ms Anne-Christine Taylor, Director of the Research and Education
Department, musée du quai Branly
What can ASEMUS members do in a first stage towards addressing needs for
information exchange? Does ASEMUS need a coordinator/ budget to realize
the mapping? Could ASEF or other partners support this project?
Decision taken on the mapping project.
16:00 – 17:00
Closing session
Moderator: Mr Stéphane Martin, ASEMUS Chairman, President, musée du quai
Branly
- Presentation of involvement of new ASEMUS members
- Presentation of the next ASEMUS Presidency
- Adoption of the ASEMUS action plan (2010 – 2014)
18:30
Reception – diner
Saturday September 11 th 2010: Optional trip to BOZAR, Brussels, to visit the exhibition A
Passage to Asia.
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