Event Information
- Date(s): Thursday, November 5, 2026
- Time: 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm Eastern Time
- Location: Online
Will AI make us more productive, healthier, happier, and better informed—or will it fuel mass job displacement, environmental damage, social isolation, and financial collapse? Elizabeth Merritt, director of AAM’s Center for the Future of Museums, will explore why both futures are plausible but neither inevitable, and how museum professionals can make values-informed decisions about the best and worst uses of this rapidly evolving technology.
Speaker

Elizabeth Merritt
Elizabeth is AAM’s vice president for strategic foresight, and founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums—a think-tank and research & development lab for the museum field. She is the author of the Alliance’s annual TrendsWatch report, and writes and speaks prolifically on the trends shaping the future of nonprofit organizations. (M.A. Duke University, B.S. Yale University, Museum Management Institute).
Recording and Accessibility:
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