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Annual Conference sessions

The first Ecsite Conference took place in 1989. Here you can browse all Conference sessions since 2010. Use the search engine to look for people, topics...

Looking for an older session? Our digital records start in 2007, with programme pdfs attached to each conference page

Marketing & communication
Wiktor GajewskiJessica HilliardTuomas OlkkuJulie BeckerAliki Giannakopoulou

Are you spending long hours lovingly putting together your organisation's newsletter? Are you anxiously following its journey into your readers' mailboxes, hoping to dodge their spam folders and escape a tragic "delete without opening" fate? Are...

Strategy & vision

Say goodbye to our three 2016 hosts and hello to the Hall of Biodiversity - Ciência Viva team who will be welcoming us to Porto for the 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference (15-17 June 2017).

Marketing & communication
Anna SchaefersAnna OmedesCaroline VrammoutDiana Escobar VicentGérard Cobut

Join our competitive workshop (an unusual format) where five speakers will first present the science competition they are each running, before inviting the audience to rate their initatives in terms of benefits for a) science & society b)...

Learning
Ed SobeyEd SobeyIan RussellJohn Downey

Colour-related hands-on science activities that beg active participation will be presented by science centre and museum experts from seven countries. Participants will be able to test their colour vision, see how to break white light into a...

Equity & Inclusion
Nathalie CapletCécile MarsanDon UndeenBaerbel AuffermannAnna OmedesJose Antonio Gordillo MartorellLauren SouterRobert WestNathalie PuzenatIan BrunswickJessica Bradford

How widely do science centres and museums open their doors? Do we always maximise opportunities to connect with our local communities (general public and professionals)? These collaborations can widen our audiences but also enrich the expertise...

Marketing & communication
Kathrin KöstersWalter LunzerMonika HaasKlaudia KozmaHelene HeissMartina ZodlMie KleinschmidtMelanie Ballieul

Imagine carrying a science exhibit on you. Not like a businesscard or in a bag - we mean literally wearing it on your body. Welcome to the Science Fashion Boutique!

Fashion means an interplay of garments, accessories, jewellery and...

Learning
Raphael ChanayJessica BradfordAnnekathrin RanftAnnette Scheersoi

Are dioramas old-fashioned, outmoded, quaint and even embarrassing? Or do they embody everything that is engaging and memorable about a museum visit: the opportunity to be transported to a different time and place and to learn through immersion...

Learning
Melissa RichardMalvina Artheau

Why make a game in a science communication situation? How? For whom? What does a game do that nothing else could do better? What is the right balance between fun and content? How much does a serious game cost? And for what result?

Because...

Science ♥ society
Paul HixBart Van de LaarCarlos Catalao AlvesAnnette KlinkertAndrea Troncoso Quilaqueo

An effective dialogue between science and the rest of society is vital to find the right answers to the challenges faced by today’s European society. In this process it is important to involve as many stakeholders as possible. Science centres and...

Audrey O'ConnellPeeranut KanhadilokJana PivonkovaJakub ŠestákCristina GonzálezManuel RocaThanassis KontonikolaouManon DelauryIoannis MiaoulisLinda GalléMatthew HeenanManuel CiraKatarzyna PrzegiętkaBettina Deutsch-Dabernig Francois VesciaOlivier Retout

Preview current and upcoming touring science exhibitions across Europe. This fast-paced session will give you a glimpse of the enormous range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you to make contacts and find out more.

You will also...

Learning
Nicolas DidierJohn FalkAndy LloydGuillaume TrapJoanna KiersztejnNicolas Didier

Encouraging youngsters to pursue STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) related studies and careers is a challenge faced by most European countries.

If science centres and museums are good at exciting STEM curiosity among...

Equity & Inclusion
Nathalie PuzenatBernd HoltwickMagali LE GOFFAnne PrugnonChristian Fedon

How to work with audiences with specific needs and develop an offer in line with their expectations? How can these cooperations bring more to science centres and museums than higher visitor numbers from a more diverse audience?

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