Learning
Aymeric Faucher
Mass Affect is a multi-pedagogical serious game developed at the CRI - Interdisciplinary Research Centre (Paris, France). It is based on the control of the Center Of Mass of players, a physical concept which offers a real-time collaborative...
Equity & Inclusion
Fabrice JouvenotIsabelle Chabanon-PougetMelissa RichardMalvina ArtheauJohn SearRadhika BeaumeAymeric FaucherIsabelle Chabanon-PougetMelissa RichardMalvina ArtheauFabrice JouvenotJohn SearRadhika BeaumeAymeric Faucher
Positioned at the crossroads of theatre, games and personal experiences, live action games (LARPs) are powerful tools for social inclusion, decision taking and content communication. Fully immersed and emotionally engaged, players are "pushed"...
Exhibit development
Ricardo NemirovskyAlbrecht BeutelspacherMargaret BrownCindy LawrenceLars Paulsson
Hear from speakers questioning the image of mathematics as immaterial and abstract by striving to create learning environments in which elementary and advanced mathematical ideas can be encountered in lively, playful, accessible, tangible, and...
Strategy & vision
Erik JacquemynHans GubbelsBarry Van DemanMaurice BitranGerfried StockerLuigi AmodioMaria Isabel GarciaUlrike KastrupSilvia Singer
50 years ago the first science centres as we know them today opened: the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.
It was the start of a big science centre movement which led to the development of almost 3,...
Learning
Rannei Solbak SimonsenJuanita Schläpfer-Miller
This session offers three hands-on workshops differing in theme, technology and complexity: use a mix of high and low tech tools to design your own lamps; build your own sensory devices to detect the sound wavelengths generated by plants or...
Research, theory & evaluation
Marjelle van HoornJen DeWittRoy SchedlerIlona Iłowiecka-TańskaNils Petter HauanColin Johnson
There is a lot happening in evaluation and research. How can you find your way around it all?
The first day of this two-day in-depth workshops offers an introduction and a refresher. Small group activities and inspiring talks will help...
Marketing & communication
Joanna KalinowskaMaarten OkkersenBenedicte Wolff
Marketing and communication are changing considerably in science engagement organisations as the result of the speed of online communication, the rapid growth of technology and changes in our audiences' identity. But new technologies also provide...
Exhibit development
Mikko MyllykoskiLee Skolnick, FAIAJane WernerLisa Månsson
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The environment where we engage has a tremendous impact upon how we perceive and...
Science ♥ society
Leonel AlegreArturo Vittori
Water is key to life. Access to safe water should be a basic human right, but to this day poverty and conflicts over control of water resources remain. There is enough fresh water on the planet for all of us, but it is distributed unevenly, and...
Science ♥ society
Cristina Veiga-PiresRita BorgesFrancisco Franco del AmoGuglielmo Maglio
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Life is everywhere! However, many European citizens are not aware of biodiversity loss as...
Equity & Inclusion
Barbara StreicherMarianne AchiamToni DancstepEmily DawsonJustin Dillon
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Never have science centres and museums been more aware of their obligation to be ‘for...
Research, theory & evaluation
Alice Roberts
Professor Alice Roberts is an anthropologist, author and broadcaster, and Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. Watch a video of her keynote.
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