2018 Ecsite Conference

Overview

The 2018 Ecsite Conference had a record-breaking number of attendees: 1,182 professionals from 58 countries gathered in Geneva, Switzerland. This 29th edition of the Conference was hosted by the Natural History Museum of Geneva, in partnership with CERN, University of Geneva Scienscope and Campus Biotech.

The theme of this conference was "creative collisions": in today's society, thoughts, words and deeds are increasingly standardised. By placing different worldviews on a collision course, we can create a source of innovation and creativity. Science engagement offers an unique space to experiment with new creative collisions between science and society, experts and amateurs etc. The concept of creative collisions stimulated us to reinvent communication, teaching, learning and thinking!

See the 2018 Conference pictures here. 

Programme

Find the programme of the 2018 Conference here. 

Annual Conference Programme Committee

Ecsite thanks the following members of the ACPC for putting together a wonderful programme for this event. 

• Mikko Myllykoski (Chairperson) - Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre
• Carlos Catalao Alves (Expert) - Pavilhão do Conhecimento - Ciência Viva Science Centre
• Maria João Fonseca (Expert) - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP)
• Amito Haarhuis (Expert) - Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
• Brad Irwin (Expert) - the Natural History Museum
• Joanna Kalinowska (Expert) - Copernicus Science Centre
• Marion Sabourdy (Expert) - Territoire de Sciences
• Barbara Streicher (Expert) - Science Center Netzwerk
• Nele van der Elst (Expert) - Technopolis, the Flemish Science Centre
• Dorothée Vatinel (Expert) - Universcience
• Alice Brighi (2018 Conference host representative) - Natural History Museum of Geneva
• Ninian Hubert van Blijenburgh (2018 Conference host representative) - Natural History Museum of Geneva
• Sheena Laursen (2019 Conference host representative) - Experimentarium

• Lea Hjælmsø Hansen 

  (2019 Conference host representative) - Experimentarium
• Jurij Krpan (2020 Conference host representative) - Zavod Kersnikova / Kersnikova Institute
• Catherine Franche (Ecsite office representative) - Ecsite
• Julie Becker (Ecsite office representative) - Freelancer