Margaret has participated in a number of conferences relevant to her career. The ones listed here relate to her cultural and educational interests since 1987.
International Council of Museums (ICOM) triennial meeting
| 2004 | Seoul |
| 1998 | Melbourne |
ICOM – International Committee for the Training of Personnel
| 2004 | Seoul | Speaker |
| 2002 | Delhi | Speaker |
| 2000 | Victoria BC, Canada | Speaker |
| 1999 | London | Speaker |
| 1998 | Melbourne | Convenor |
| 1997 | Berlin | Speaker |
| 1996 | Lubbock, Texas, USA | Speaker |
Australian Society of Archivists
| 2008 | Perth | Speaker |
| 2006 | Port Macquarie | Keynote Speaker |
| 2005 | Wellington, NZ | Speaker |
Council of Australian Museum Associations
| 1993 | Hobart | |
| 1992 | Melbourne | Speaker |
| 1988 | Sydney | |
| 1987 | Sydney |
Australian Museums and Galleries Association
(Museums Australia 1994-2018 and Museums Association of Australia prior to 1994)
| 2021 | Canberra (online) | |
| 2018 | Melbourne | |
| 2014 | Launceston | Speaker |
| 2011 | Perth | Speaker |
| 2010 | Melbourne | Plenary Speaker |
| 2007 | Canberra | Speaker |
| 2006 | Brisbane | |
| 2005 | Sydney | |
| 2004 | Melbourne | |
| 2003 | Perth | Speaker |
| 2002 | Adelaide | |
| 2001 | Canberra | Speaker |
| 1999 | Albury | Speaker |
| 1995 | Brisbane | Speaker |
| 1994 | Fremantle | Speaker |
| 1989 | Melbourne |
Other (selected, since 2005)
| 2021 | Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum (online) | |
| 2019 | Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum, Melbourne | |
| 2017 | MuseumNext, Melbourne | |
| 2015 | Victorian Museums and Galleries Forum, Melbourne | |
| 2014 | iPres 2014: 11th International Conference on Digital Preservation, Melbourne | |
| 2014 | Building Strong Culture through Conservation: ICOM-CC 17th Triennial Conference, Melbourne | |
| 2014 | Museums Australia (Vic) state conference, Warrnambool | |
| 2012 | Worlds of Football II conference: Victoria University | Invited MC for the opening keynote session |
| 2012 | Collect, Conserve, Connect: Museums Australia (Vic) state conference, Ballarat | Invited session chair |
| 2009 | Culture Policy and Museum Management: International symposium, National Taiwan University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan | Keynote speaker |
| 2009 | Striving 4 Balance, Records Management Association of Australasia, Adelaide | |
| 2008 | Founding conference, Association of National Committees of the Blue Shield, The Hague, Netherlands | |
| 2008 | eResearch Australasia 2008, Melbourne | Speaker |
| 2008 | Dreaming 08, Australian Library and Information Association, Alice Springs | Speaker |
| 2008 | Your Place or Mine? Critical Engagement Forum organised by Museums Australia (Western Australia), Perth | Keynote Speaker |
| 2008 | Futures Forum, Museums Australia, Canberra | Workshop Co-chair |
| 2007 | Simply the Best 2: Reflections of women through records, Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Library, University of South Australia, Adelaide | |
| 2007 | Fifty Years On….How far have we come? Archives and Records Association of New Zealand, Auckland | Plenary speaker |
| 2007 | Annual conference of the Performing Arts SIG of Museums Australia, Adelaide | Keynote speaker |
| 2007 | Digital Cultural Content Forum, Montreal, Canada | |
| 2006 | Digital Future: Deliverance from Dysfunction, State Records SA, Adelaide | Plenary speaker |
| 2006 | Risky Business: Managing Responsibilities and Solutions, Australian Registrars Committee, Hobart | Keynote Speaker |
| 2006 | Digital Futures – Industry Briefing, National Archives of Australia, Canberra | Keynote Speaker |
| 2006 | Summit on Digital Collections, Collections Council of Australia, Adelaide | Convenor |
| 2006 | Visions of Australia Forum, DCITA, Canberra | Speaker |
| 2005 | National general assembly (including a Regional Cooperation and Development Forum), Australian Local Government Association, Canberra | |
| 2005 | New Directions in Special Librarianship, Special Libraries group of the Australian Library and Information Association, Melbourne | |
| 2005 | Collections Matter – Creating Inspirational Cultural Spaces, Small Museum Conference, Caboolture, Queensland | Keynote Speaker |