Day 1. Friday 28 November 2025
Thursday 27 November
9:30 - 18:30 Registration desk available at Hotel Concord (Via Lagrange 47, Turin)
Friday 28 November 2025. Day motto "Doing Less vs. Doing Differently"
Venue: OGR Torino (Corso Castelfidardo 22, Turin)
- 8:00 Buses from Hotel Victoria and Hotel Concord to OGR (Only for Travel Grantees, Travel Grant Funders, and CIMAM Board members)
- 8:30 - 9:30 Welcome coffee for CIMAM Travel Grant Beneficiaries at OGR (only for Travel Grantees, Travel Grant Funders, and CIMAM Board members)
8:15 Buses depart from CIMAM Hotels to OGR for all general delegates
08:30 - 9:30 Registration and Coffee at OGR
9:30 - 10:00 Apertura by Alessandro Sciarroni, Performing Artist and Choreographer, Director at CORPOCELESTE, Rome, Italy
10:00 - 10:25 Welcome speeches by Stefano Lo Russo, Mayor of Turin; Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, CIMAM Benefactor and Conference Co-Host; Anna Maria Poggi, Presidente Fondazione CRT; and Suhanya Raffel, CIMAM President and Director of M+, Hong Kong
10:25 - 10:30 Introduction to the narrative of the day by Chus Martínez, member of the CIMAM Board, and Chair of the CIMAM 2025 Content Committee
Doing Less vs. Doing Differently
The first day will open with a thought aimed at situating and better understanding the paradigm shift we are facing, so motivating participants to actively participate in the conference by breaking into groups with guest moderators. These initial sessions are intended to challenge ingrained assumptions and create a shared vocabulary for thinking about institutional transformation. By focusing on “doing less” not as withdrawal but as recalibration, we invite a reconsideration of the qualitative over the quantitative in cultural work.
10:30 - 11:10 Keynote Speaker Françoise Vergès, Senior Fellow, Sarah Parker Remond Center for the Study of Racism and Racialization, UCL, London, UK
11:10 - 11:15 Introduction to Breakout Sessions by Victoria Noorthoorn, member of the CIMAM Board, and Content Committee.
11:15 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 13:00 Breakout Sessions with Moderators
13:00 - 13:15 Moderators review and note down the key discussion outcomes
13:15 - 13:20 GROUP PHOTO with all conference attendees
13:15 - 14:30 Lunch Break at on-site restaurant
*During this time, attendees are welcome to view the exhibitions at OGR
14:30 - 15:00 Presentation of CIMAM 2025 OMPA Awardees by Suzanne Cotter, and 2025 CIMAM Travel Grantees by Agustin Perez-Rubio, members of the CIMAM Board and Chairs of the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award and the CIMAM Travel Grant Program
15:15 - 19:00 Visits (Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo / Fondazione Merz / GAM)
20:00 - 22:00 Dinner at Pizzeria Fratelli La Cozza
22:00 - 22:30 Buses take participants back to CIMAM Hotels
Norma Nardi, visual artist specialized in listening and capturing the bigger picture, will be on stage creating illustrations and graphic recordings throughout the enditre day.
This conference program is subject to change; additional details and updates will be confirmed and shared in due course.