9:00 am - 10:45 am

Join us as we welcome attendees to Reno, present the 2025 Awards – the Charles Redd Center Award for Exhibition Excellence, the WMA Leadership Award, and the WMA Impact Award–and get inspired by the 2025 keynote speaker!

Opening Remarks
Jason B. Jones, Executive Director, Western Museums Association

Local Welcome
TBD

WMA President's Address
Noelle Kahanu, Acting Director, Museum Studies Graduate Certificate Program, University of Hawaii, Manoa.

Join us as we welcome attendees to Pasadena, present the 2023 Awards – the Charles Redd Center Award for Exhibition Excellence, the WMA Leadership Award to an extraordinary individual with a lifetime of achievement in the field, and the WMA Impact Award to a mid-career professional–and get inspired by the 2023 keynote speaker!

OPENING REMARKS Jason B. Jones, Executive Director, Western Museums Association

WMA PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Lorie Millward, Vice President of Design and Programming, Thanksgiving Point Institute

Join us as we dig into how museums can foster on-going conversations, inspire FORWARD-thinking ideas, and empower future generations for the betterment of the museum field and our global society. Come hear from museum leaders sharing their approaches to institutional change.

Opening Remarks: Jason B. Jones, Executive Director, Western Museums Association

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