The “Collecting and Collectibles Area” of the Popular Culture Association invites papers on “AI in Collecting” for the National PCA/ACA Conference to be held April 16-19, 2025 in New Orleans, USA. We would especially like to encourage submissions that contribute new directions and calls to the existing scholarship on “AI in Collecting” and particularly address how collections/collectibles and their galleries/museums respond to the recent digital shifts and the tectonic evolution of AI technologies.

Possible topics for presentations include but are not limited to:

• AI advancement for collectibles and their galleries
• Collecting and the code of ethics and regulations for AI growth
• Chatbots and automatic translations of collectibles
• AI intervention, accuracy, and bias in collecting
• Diversity in collectibles and AI technologies
• AI GPTs for antique identification 
• ·         Artificial intelligence and collectibles markets
• Antiques, collectibles, and AI trade transformation
• AI analysis of  images or descriptions of antiques
• ·         AI information on origin, age, and potential value of collectibles
• ·         Digitization and preservation of collectibles
• ·         AI and enhanced audience engagement in collectibles 
• ·         Digital aids in archival and collecting work
• ·         AI predictive analytics and collectibles’ exhibition planning
• ·         AI and art market insights for collectibles
• ·         AI enhanced search and discovery of collectibles
• ·         AI and data privacy for collectibles
• Collections/collectibles and AI authentication technology
• Virtual reality use and galleries of collectibles
• Audiovisual heritage of collectibles
• Heritage collectibles and global futures
• Indigenous collectibles in the Digital Age
• Galleries/museums of the future
• Collectibles and  digital imaginaries
• Collections/collectibles and the future of reality
• Applications of artificial intelligence in museums
• Ethical implication of AI within museums
• Museums and AI management
• ·         AI innovations in archives and museums
• AI curation tools and museum visitor preference analytics
• Archival research, AI, and digitization 

Interested individuals are asked to submit an abstract of no more than 250 words (including presentation title); 100-word mini-biography, complete contact information (name, institutional affiliation, mail and e-mail addresses, and contact telephone number). ACCEPTS UNDERGRADUATE SUBMISSIONS. Submissions will only be accepted through PCA website. Please send all inquiries to:

Majda R. Atieh , m.atieh@squ.edu.om , Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman