Save the Date: ICOM Dubai 2025 General Conference, 11–17 November 2025
May 10, 2025
Photo: Museum of the Future, Dubai
Join ICOM–DESIGN for our 2025 Annual Meeting at the World Trade Centre, Dubai, during ICOM’s triennial General Conference, 11–17 November 2025. Find more information on their newly launched website: https://dubai2025.icom.museum/
The overall theme of ICOM Dubai is “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities,” with three subthemes: “Intangible Heritage,” “Digital Technologies,” and “Youth Power.”
ICOM–DESIGN is planning three separate joint sessions with the international committees GLASS, COSTUME, and DEMHIST on the theme of “Adornment and Identity,” with slight variations depending on the partnering committee. We will also have a specially organized DESIGN IC Day of touring museums and other sites in Dubai of relevance to decorative arts and design professionals. Look for a Call for Papers on this topic in the coming weeks. Presentations will likely be relatively short, 10–15 minutes, and should relate to “Adornment and Identity,” hopefully in the context of one of the conference subthemes. Deadline for CfP submissions is 15 June 2025 unless otherwise stated on the Dubai website. Please submit your proposals through the General Conference portal: Shaping the Future of Museums and Heritage | ICOM Dubai 2025. We will also send out a mailing to ICOM DESIGN members and members of interest as soon as the ICOM Dubai 2025 CfP registration is open.