Strategy & vision
Your opportunity to engage in conversation with researcher Nicolas Nova after listening to his keynote speech.
Strategy & vision
Camilla Rossi-LinnemannInes MontalvaoSamar D. KirreshJurij KrpanMarina LeonardMichael BradkeMaria João Fonseca
For many of us, working with artists is both a dream and a challenge. This one-day pre-conference workshop gives you the opportunity to dive deeper into reflection and experimentation surrounding the professional practice of such collaborations....
Science ♥ society
Maria XanthoudakiCatarina RamosSara CalcagniniJochen ViehoffJulia EllrichTony Lockett
AI and robotics are rapidly changing our societies and this is having major consequences in the way citizens foresee the changes to their everyday lives. There is a wide consensus that AI technologies will profoundly change the world as we know...
Research, theory & evaluation
Justin DillonRyan AusterInga SpechtChristian HaagVera Liane Allmanritter
Museums and science centres: who visits, why do they visit and how they feel about their experience? The truth is, our organisations vary greatly in the amount of data we collect from our visitors and few science centres and museums engage in...
Marketing & communication
Pilvi KolkSamuel FurnissAleksandra Wójcik-GłodowskaLath CarlsonAnne Katrine Gjerløff
Happiness is something we all desire and at the same time happy people create a joyful, desirable atmosphere within a company. What makes people happy at work and what can managers do to create a positive atmosphere at the office? Ecsite Spokes...
The Ecsite Annual General Meeting (AGM) is open to all Ecsite members.
Only Full members of Ecsite have voting rights.
Science ♥ society
Raphael ChanayUwe MoldrzykThomas B BergAnnemarie van EekerenPaolo LegatoCaroline BreunesseAnders Drud JordanHenrik SellLinda GalléBasil ThüringPierre Coulon
Natural history museums play an important role in bridging communication gaps between science, society and politics. In times of growing urgency we have to act against a variety of environmental issues such as climate change and loss of...
Science ♥ society
Linda GalléWiebke RössigIris OttAlex Fairhead
How should spaces for interaction and open science be designed in order to welcome, encourage and engage visitors? Many major museums across Europe are undergoing major rebuilding processes in order to create spaces for communication, interaction...
Science ♥ society
Carlos Catalao AlvesFederica RosettaYlann SchemmErrin RileyGiselle Cory
With the media emphasising the promise of big data and AI in predicting everything and deriving groundbreaking insights, the public is facing a surge of hard-to-grasp claims. Public interest in sound science and evidence needs to be supported by...
Science ♥ society
Magne HognestadMarco MirandaJørn HafverKim Ludwig-PetschMarta Fikus-KrynskaFredrik Motland KirkemoHenrik Helsgaun
Picture the scene: In 15 minutes, our speakers set up a pop-up science centre in a local cafe, armed with only the items they have in their pockets and backpacks!
The introduction will begin at the conference centre and then participants...
Strategy & vision
Julia WillisonMarjolein van Breemen
Do you have an idea you want to get off the ground; a new science centre, an exhibition or an activity? Are you grappling with where to start or how to move it forward?
This clinic offers you a safe space in which you can explore your...
Strategy & vision
Steven SchaekenJustin DillonGillian ThomasVicky CaveJuanita Schläpfer-Miller
The challenges we’re facing in the Anthropocene can be overwhelming but look at it this way: we are alive, flooding is not a constant issue (yet) and the next generation are ingenious, creative, loaded-with-21st-century-skills kids - they can fix...