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Conference Committee

The Conference Committee organizes and manages all aspects of the yearly ARCS conferences - both virtual and in-person.  They are responsible for the intellectual content of conferences, including sessions, posters, and keynotes speakers.  Additionally they establish the conference themes, manage the calls for session proposals from the membership, and partner with other ARCS Committees (e.g. Awards, Global Connections, Meetups, Program Development, and Education) on conference content creation.

2025 Conference Content
2025 Conference Host
2026 Virtual Conference

  1. Lydelle Abbott Janes Lydelle Abbott Janes, Chair

    Operations Manager at Guardian Fine Art Services

  2. Mark A Ryan Mark A Ryan, Chair

    Assistant Director for Collections & Exhibitions at Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum

  3. Robin Bauer Kilgo Robin Bauer Kilgo

    Association Manager-ARCS at ARCS

  4. Sierra Polisar Sierra Polisar

    Registrar and Collections Manager at Newcomb Art Museum

  5. Chris Helms Chris Helms, Board Member

    Senior Collections Manager at Adler Planetarium

  6. Janet Northey Janet Northey, Board Member

    Senior Collections Manager at Anchorage Museum

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The mission of ARCS is to represent and promote registrars and collection specialists, to educate the profession in best practices of registration and collections care, and to facilitate communication and networking.

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