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Annual Conference sessions

Strategy & vision 2012
Keynote - Martin Rees

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

Strategy & vision 2012
Keynote - Carlo Ratti

Carlo Ratti, Professor at the MIT, gave a talk entitled "Future Cities - The real-time city is now real!"

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2012 Ecsite Conference
Outreach
More than just festivals: Science events and social engagement
Leonardo AlfonsiHerbert MuenderJan Riise

Science events are a highly engaging tool to foster citizen participation in science and technology. Over the past 15 years the number of events increased as well as the variety of profiles that characterise a science event. What’s the...

2012 Ecsite Conference
Collections
Time to bridge the gap: Making collection objects interactive
Anne PrugnonIan Russell

How can institutions overcome barriers between curatorial and interactive exhibit departments? How can we move beyond ways of thinking that often prevent us from designing exhibitions that combine ‘museum objects’ and ‘interactive exhibits’ in a...

2012 Ecsite Conference
Exhibit development
Everything you always wanted to know about exhibitions but were afraid to ask
Maarten Okkersenjussi savaIan SimmonsPeter UllstadPieter AartsenClaudia SchleyerIan RussellEsther HamstraLAURENT CHICOINEAUveronique HALLARD

It’s like creative speed dating: Meet exhibition makers and designers in an intimate setting and talk about managing creativity, content development, succesful design and management of exhibitions and exhibits. This new format will stuff as much...

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