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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

Design
Kim Gladstone HerlevMaarten Okkersen

The Creative LAB will focus on how to manage the process of creating new concepts for exhibitions, shows, demonstrations, educational materials and other products, whether they target the various audiences at the science centre and museum or...

Fred EngelbrechtAndreas HeckerLanfranco MasottiRaffaella SpagnuoloAnke NeuhausFred EngelbrechtPetra MohrLuka VidicMarzia MazzonettoSarah RobinsonPia Mäkelä

Many institutions in the field of science education such as science centers try to motivate young people for the natural sciences and technology. They often use exhibits well designed and nice to look at. Many institutions, however, have realised...

Exhibit development
Łukasz BadowskiŁukasz BadowskiAnna Schaefers

Can you imagine an exhibition produced by a German company, dealing with local cultural issues in Poland, and developed in a team that can only communicate in English? Do you cooperate in a team of people from different countries and – more...

Strategy & vision

Martin Rees, Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, gave a speech entitled "Space exploration, life and the cosmos".

The space age is little more than 50 years old but space technology already pervades our...

Networking & Partnerships
Brigitte CoutantErnesto ParamoHoda Elmikaty

A new age of hope for empowerment across Mediterranean countries has begun which is inspiring social mobilization elsewhere, including in Europe. The session will reflect on how science centres are part of this transformation. Institutions from...

Science in Society
Noel Jackson

How much are you prepared to change your message to meet the needs of an audience? In this reverse session, speakers describe problems of delivering astronomy shows to ultra-orthodox Jewish communities, translating a secular exhibition devised...

Design
Maarten Okkersen

Is every interactive exhibit ‘hands-on’? Is every hands-on exhibit truly interactive? Which ‘immersive experiences’ could be considered interactive? Should every interactive exhibit be didactic? How often do we allow didacticism to spoil...

Networking & Partnerships
Marc MoutinAna NoronhaAna NoronhaRob van den BergMarc MoutinMaría Menéndez

This Ecsite inaugural workshop focusing on space will highlight collaborations between the European Space Agency (ESA) and museums and science centres across Europe. Together we will collect feedback and will start developing future space-themed...

Exhibit development
Tim Holdsworth

A group from different science centres is getting together for a week of collaborative hands-on learning focused on exhibit development and fabrication in June 2012. Before we start building our exhibits, we are seeking your critiques and advice...

Exhibit development
Michèle ANTOINELaurent CarrierMaja WasylukGrichka RedjalaJörg Ehtreiber

The methodology used in the development of exhibitions is strongly tinged with the “word culture”, language and literacy. The starting point is usually a scientific text (lato sensu), usually embodied in articles, which leads to...

Equity & Inclusion
Sheena LaursenNathalie Caplet

Sometimes an exhibition or a programme of activities seems to attract more of one gender than the other. What can we do about this? Initiatives taking place across Europe are shining light on this important issue for science centres and museums....

Research, theory & evaluation
Jen DeWittSandra MartellPaola RodariKirsten EllenbogenHeather King

This session will explore and explain how key ideas and findings emerging from academic research can inform practice in museums and science centres. Summaries of contemporary research will be offered, including a look at their implications, and...

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