MUSEUM BIG DATA

The MBD conferences aim to attract academics, practitioners and technologists engaged in the current research discourse on the new trends of the Museum Big Data domain; in addition, the conference aspires to showcase experimental work.

Early Registration is open until the 23rd of October Submission System is now closed Call for papers

Paper submission deadline: extended to 20 September 2026 with notification of acceptance 10 days after submission Authors Registration due: 23 October 2026 The Conference

MBD Conferences started in 2019 with the 1st International Conference on Museum Big Data that took place from 30th April – 2nd May 2019 in Doha, Qatar. It brought together international experts who shared their experiences and discussed how museums can integrate more aspects of big data in their services. The conference was live-streamed with thousands of viewers.

The vision of the Chair and co-Chair of the Conference, Drs Georgios Papaioannou and Milena Dobreva, Associate Professors at UCL Qatar at the time, was to enhance the international partnerships and continue the series in various venues. To this end, MBD Conferences continued in Nicosia, Cyprus (MBD2020, 22-24 October 2024).

After the closure of UCL Qatar in 2020, the MBD Conference are organized by the Museology Research Laboratory of the Ionian University, Corfu, Greece. In 2024, the Conference was held in Athens, Greece (MBD2024, 18-19 November 2024).