Marketing & communication
LAURENT CHICOINEAURonald Kleverlaan
Every innovation needs financing. Some (local) governments offer loans or subsidies to researchers to realize their dreams while some people receive investments or gifts from friends and family. But in the current financial crisis it can be...
Strategy & vision
Dominique Pestre
Dominique Pestre is a social and political historian.Hos speech was entitled "What kind of innovation for the Anthropocene?". Watch the keynote on the Ecsite YouTube...
Marketing & communication
Colin JohnsonKatarzyna ModrakHeli SeppäläMeike MoorsLise Kinch
Knowledge of our audiences is hard currency. We must know our target groups in order to motivate the public to visit our exhibitions and to attract their attention. How do we best obtain this knowledge so that we ensure that our campaigns have...
Equity & Inclusion
Judy BrownJen DeWittSheena Laursen
Gender equality continues as a contentious issue in modern society, particularly with regard to women in science and research. Science centres and museums throughout the world play a crucial role in overcoming prejudices about science and...
Micol MolinariMichaela LivingstoneKatrina NilssonKaren DaviesEnrico TombesiMegumi MurashimaAkihiro Osaki
Science centres and museums play an important role in engaging the public with science, by connecting researchers and society. Programs must be designed to be attractive to the public, however, good communication skills are also essential for...
Exhibit development
Sally DuensingSara CalcagniniDominique Botbol
Developing a permanent exhibition is a crucial moment for most museums. Developers face many challenges which range from how to communicate science content in a permanent, engaging and accessible way. In contemporary society this challenge...
Science in Society
Stephen Roberts
Over 1 million people including more than 7,000 scientists and researchers come together to explore, discover and discuss their dreams in 360 cities across Europe for Researchers’ Night (RN). This European Commission initiative challenges...
Education
Ingeborg KrangeCATHERINA VOREADOULuigi AmodioSven Bakken
Information communication technology (ICT) has the potential to integrate activities across schools, science centers, and professional companies. How do students use iPads and iPods to document their activities in the science centre? How do they...
Education
Heather KingMarianne AchiamRooske Franse
Innovative ideas often originate from cross-pollination among disciplines. Informal science education (ISE) is a domain wherein many academic disciplines come together, for example: learning is a research focus for child development, psychology...
Dominique BotbolClaudia Schleyerkatell barthélémyMikko KauhanenTouko Korhonen
Designers will discuss their experiences in the development process of an exhibition as either in-house or external exhibition designers:
- In-house designers enable greater collaboration insofar as they are fully integrated into the...
Science in Society
Sheena LaursenMette Stentoft TherkildsenMai MurmannJustin Dillon
This session will focus on actions and activities that are being developed to promote healthy lifestyles. We will show how science centres are creating transforming experiences aimed at a broad and diverse audience. Education researchers have...
Education
Mark ElamAlexandra WeilenmannTommaso VenturiniCatharina Ländström
As many of today’s science centres wish to foster public engagement with current research, so too are many schools promoting student engagement with so-called socioscientific issues. Aiming to creatively combine these concerns, the...