Speakers: NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations

Get to know the speakers and facilitators that will inspire us at the NEMO European Museum Conference 'Who cares? Museums, wellbeing, and resilience', taking place from 26-28 October 2025 in Horsens, Denmark! This year’s line-up brings together international voices and several Danish speakers, reflecting both the local cultural landscape of the hosting country and wider European perspectives.

Ana Acosta

Casa Batlló, Spain

Anders Kühnau

Central Denmark region, Denmark

Andrea Plunkett

National Gallery of Ireland, Ireland

Anna Väänänen

Museum of Play, Finland

Annick Born

ICOM Belgium Wallonia-Brussels, Belgium

Anu Viltrop

Estonian Museums Association, Estonia

Arno Major

S.M.A.K., Belgium

Chryssa Bourbou

Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece

Elfi Carle

Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany

Elizabeth Merritt

Founding Director, Center for the Future of Museums, USA

Estelle De Bruyn

KIK-IRPA, Belgium

Eva Koppen

Freelance museum sector consultant, The Netherlands

Francesca Lambertini

BAM! Cultural Strategies, Italy

Glenn Micallef

EU Commissioner for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport

Goran Vujkov

Gallery of Matica Srpska, Serbia

Hanna Belz

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany

Hanna Kushnirenko

Dance and Photography artist, Ukraine/Italy

Heledd Ruddigkeit

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany

Helen Chatterjee

University College London, United Kingdom

Holly Power

V&A, UK

Inga Surgunte

Culture and Arts Institute of the Latvian Academy of Culture, Latvia

Isabelle Vanhoonacker

Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Belgium

Irena Mijatovic

Käthe Kollwitz Museum, Germany

Irene Mangion

Esplora Interactive Science Centre, Malta

Johanna Rassi

Museum of Play, Finland

Jolien Posthumus

Museum Consultant Art & Mental Health and Trauma-sensitive Mindfulness Therapist

Josefa Kny

betterplace lab, Germany

Julia Pagel

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany

Lea Pavlov

Estonian Health Museum, Estonia

Kadri Toomsalu

Tartu Toy Museum, Estonia

Karsten Merrald Sørensen

Museum Horsens, Denmark

Lisette de Jonge

LEGO Group, Denmark

Mads Lemvigh Fog

LEGO Group, Denmark

Mareen Maaß

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany

Maryna Bohush

War Museum Kyiv, Ukraine

Máté Hirsch

Petőfi Literary Museum, Hungary

Mia Lejsted Bonde

Museum Ovartaci, Aarhus

Niels Fietje

WHO, Copenhagen

Nuala Morse

University of Leicester, UK

Olivia Braun

Landesmuseum Württemberg, Germany

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Petra Havu

Finnish Museums Association, Finland

Pia Wiborg Astrup

Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Rachel Tranter

GEM - Group for Education in Museums, United Kingdom

Rebecca Thonander

NEMO - Network of European Museum Organisations, Germany

Robert Sadleir

QWB Lab, Austria

Roberto Casarotto

Aerowaves, Italy

Sabine Doolin

QWB Lab, Austria

Sandro Debono

University of Malta, Malta

Sinéad Rice

National Gallery of Ireland, Ireland

Tuuli Uusikukka

Museum of Play, Finland

Vera Grablechner

myCulture, Austria

Yurii Horpynych

War Museum, Ukraine

Vera Carasso

Dutch Museum Association, the Netherlands

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