– Museums of Cities CECA – Education & Cultural Action CIDOC – Documentation CIMCIM – Museums and Collections of Instruments and Music CIMUSET – Science & Technology COMCOL – Collecting COSTUME – International Committee for Museums and Collections of Costume DEMHIST – Historic House Museums GLASS ICAMT- Architecture & Museum Techniques ICDAD – Decorative Arts and Design ICEE – Exhibition Exchange ICFA – Fine Arts ICLM – Literary Museums ICMAH – Archaeology & History ICME – Ethnography ICMEMO – Memorial Museums ICMS – Museum Security ICR – Regional Museums ICOFOM – Museology ICOMAM – Arms & Military History ICOM-CC – Conservation ICOMON – Money & Banking Museums ICTOP – Training of Personnel INTERCOM – Management NATHIST – Natural History ICOM MPR (International Committee for Marketing and Public Relation): this committee was founded in 1977 by Jan Jelínek, and provides training for museum professionals in marketing and communications, through annual conferences and a regular online newsletter. The most recent conference was held in Armenia in 2015, with the theme of “Emerging Trends”. Previous conferences have been held in Taiwan, Rio de Janeiro, Palermo, Brno, Shanghai, Moscow and Yasnaya Polyana, and Paraty and Rio de Janeiro. The MPR board consists of marketing and communication museum professionals from several countries. Each member is elected for a 3-year term at ICOM General Conferences. UMAC – University Museums International Council of African Museums ICOM comprises also 118 national committees that ensure that the interests of the organisation are managed in their respective countries. The national committees represent their members within ICOM and they contribute to the implementation of the organisation's programmes. General Conference The ICOM General Conference is held every three years and gathers museum professionals from several countries. The first meeting was held in Paris in 1948. In recent years, General Conferences have been held in Seoul in 2004 (the first meeting in Asia), in Vienna in 2007, and in Shanghai in 2010. This 22nd General Conference in Shanghai followed the World Expo where the ICOM's Pavilion was inaugurated and named “Museums, Heart of the City”. The General Conference was held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013, in Milan in 2016, in Kyoto in 2019, in Prague in 2022. Dubai is to welcome the 27th ICOM General Conference dedicated to “The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities” in 2025. Governance The current ICOM President is Ms. Emma Nardi. She succeeded Mr. Alberto Garlandini.