The conference brings together museum and cultural heritage professionals from across North America and beyond. MCN 2026 offers an inspiring space for our community to connect, share knowledge, and explore the latest innovations in digital technologies for museums.

We invite proposals highlighting innovation, emerging work, and critical themes in museum technology. Proposals are being accepted for:

• 45-minute sessions
• 15-minute case studies
• Ignite talks (five-minute, fast-paced presentations)

Conference Theme Trust & Longevity

Trust & Longevity examines how museums and cultural organizations design products, systems, and processes meant to endure amid constant change, at a time when confidence in information sources, expert knowledge, and public institutions is fractured. As technologies evolve, expectations shift, and timelines compress, organizations must make thoughtful, innovative, and ethical choices that sustain trust over time. In an era shaped by AI-generated content, algorithmic amplification, skepticism of science, competing narratives about history and truth, and rapidly changing digital ecosystems, trust and longevity are inseparable. This theme explores how institutions move beyond short-term solutions toward long-term stewardship: building systems, experiences, and policies that safeguard historical and cultural knowledge, preserve evidence and context, present diverse perspectives, and create spaces for inquiry and conversation, among other methods. Sessions may examine how trust is built and sustained through governance, teams, infrastructure, the selection and management of digital platforms, collections care, and operational decision-making that enable institutions to adapt, collaborate, and thrive over time.

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