Dear Colleagues, Please find below information of this year's annual meeting of the ICOM-MPR Committee as well as a Call for papers for the meeting. For full information on the venue, the programme and for registration, please check out the conference website www.tampere.fi /vapriikki/ajankohtaista/mpr Best regards Lena Millinger Secretary ICOM-MPR Committee Malmö Museer Box 406 SE-201 24 Malmö Tel +46 40 344404, mobile +46 708 804404 Fax +46 40 124097 www.malmo.se/museer email: [log in to unmask] Invitation to the annual meeting of the ICOM-MPR Committee August 28–September 1, 2005 in Tampere, Finland The theme will be Market Communications for the Benefi t of the Museum. The main idea is to find ways and exchange ideas how to raise the museum´s recognition by expanding its marketing capacity. A glimps at the CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Sunday 28 August Tampere city sightseeing Get-together party Monday 29 August ”Communicating the Museums and the Role of Public Relations” Reception hosted by the City of Tampere Tuesday 30 August ”Marketing the Museums – Museums and Visitors” Afternoon: Excursion Wednesday 31 August ”How to Improve Communication Strategies” Afternoon: Study Visits Thursday –Sunday 1-4 September Post –tour to Saint Petersburg. The conference will take place in two museums, in Museum Centre Vapriikki and the Central Museum of Labour in Finland as well as in the fa Early bird fee (until17 June 2005) for delegates EUR 290 One-day participation fee EUR 150 Late fees (after17 June 2005) EUR 370 The conference fee for delegates covers participation in sessions, printed conference materials, refreshments during the breaks, lunches, the get-together- party, the City’s reception, the dinner, the excursion, and the study visits. Information about Tampere, Finland: www.tampere.fi /matkailu (in Finnish, Swedish, English and German) Information about Finnish museums: www.museums.fi Venue The conference will be held in Museum Centre Vapriikki, in the Central Museum of Labour and in Aamulehti premises according to the program Working Language English only. No simultaneous translation into other languages will be provided during the Conference sessions. Congress Secretariat TAVI Congress Bureau Papinkatu 21 33200 Tampere, Finland Tel.+358-3-2330450 Fax +358-3-2330444 email: [log in to unmask] Scientifi c Information Organizing committee Museum Centre Vapriikki Box 487, FIN-33101 Tampere, Finland Tel. +358-3-31466998 fax +358-3-31466808 email:[log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEEKING SPEAKERS FOR ICOM-MPR 2005 Tampere, Finland 28 August – 1 September 2005 In preparation of the ICOM-MPR Annual Conference 2005 in Tampere, Finland, The International Committee for marketing and Public Relations (ICOM-MPR) is seeking expressions of interest from potential speakers who have expertise in the area of market communications.The theme for the conference will be Market Communications for the Benefit of the Museum. The main idea is to find ways and change ideas how to raise museum´s recognition by expanding its marketing capacity. The main theme is divided into the following three subtopics: - Communicating the Museums and the Role of Public Relations - Marketing the Museums – Museums and Visitors - How to Improve Communication Strategies If you are interested in making a presentation at the conference, focusing on one of the three subtopics, we would be pleased to hear from you by e-mail at your earliest convenience. You are kindly invited to submit a written Abstract (see below) for proposed oral presentations (of not more than 20 minutes) for assessment by the ICOM-MPR Board. All Abstracts of contributions offered must be sent no later than 30 April 2005 to: [log in to unmask] The receipt of Abstracts will be confirmed, and a decision on offers will be made shortly after all abstracts are received. Successful speakers will be notified in May 2005. NB: As a not-for-profit entity with extremely limited resources, it is not possible for ICOM-MPR to pay for the travel or accommodation expenses of its speakers. Please also note that accepted papers are not exempt from payment of the registration fee. Instructions for writing abstracts: - electronic transmission in Word (.doc) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) is preferred and requested. If electronic transmission is impossible please send the Abstract on a Windows format diskette. - abstracts must be written in English (working language of the Conference) - title with capitalised first letter only - initials and name of the author - institution of the author - text of the abstract, containing 250 words maximum, structured with subheadings: introduction, aims and conclusion - name, surname, address and e-mail address of the presenting author, to whom the confirmation and further correspondence will be sent Guidelines for submitting your abstract are also available on the [ http://www.mpr.icom.museum ]www.mpr.icom.museum Thank you very much in advance Kind regards Paal Mork Chairman ICOM-MPR [log in to unmask] Paal Mork Norsk Folkemuseum Museumsveien 10 NO-0287 Oslo - Norway Tel: (+47) 22 12 37 25 / 90 19 80 99 Fax:~ (+47) 22 12 37 77 E-mail: [ mailto:[log in to unmask] ][log in to unmask] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Change ICOM-L subscription options, unsubscribe, and search the archives at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/icom-l.html