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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

Explainers & visitor services
Noel JacksonGuido RamelliniAnna GunnarssonMichael Bradke

Rich Tasks are a key tool in mathematics teaching. In Rich Tasks, students gain experience of using simple maths by applying them to solve complex problems in real situations. These tasks are still novel for math teachers but many...

Explainers & visitor services
Sophie BougéRémi JeanninMegumi OkuyaFabienne THOMAS

Can the subject of economics be approached in science centres and museums with the same tools used for science and technology? The session will introduce the subject through the example of the exhibition “Economie, Krach, Boom, Mue ?” (...

Exhibit development
Clara Lim

Science centres disseminate science culture by using a senses-on approach, encouraging our audience to look, touch, smell and hear through our exhibits. But is this enough? Is it just the science content and interactive technology of the exhibits...

Exhibit development
Frank DittmannSarah KellbergOtmar MoritschTina KubotÅsa LindgrenSuzy Antoniw

Developing and designing an exhibition is a challenging and creative process. Visitors, and often colleagues, only get to see the final results. The idea of this session is to illuminate the process of creating an exhibition. What was the...

Operations & finance
Erik Jacquemyn

We have seen science centres become dependent on large financial contributors. But if this contributor fails, centres suddenly miss a large amount of their normal income. Therefore, a science centre should diversify and stand on at least three or...

Exhibit development
Maarten OkkersenHarry WhiteClaudia SchleyerMichel JungeIan RussellElena Mashintsova

Once again, in the ever-popular, entertaining and thought-provoking Pecha Kucha session, each speaker will present 20 slides. Each slide will be automatically advanced after 20 seconds while the speaker follows. The subject is interactive...

Marketing & communication
Joanna KalinowskaBlanka FijolekDave Patten

Partnerships with business are something we all dream about. But is it possible? How can we turn sponsorship into partnership and what do we base it on? The aim of this session is to present cooperation with business from the perspective of...

Sally DuensingMichiel BuchelRobert FirmhoferAndrea BandelliAntonio Gomes da Costa

Policy making is often associated with bureaucratic and boring decision-making processes, where citizens are nothing but the victims of a system outside of their direct control. And yet, policy making (and having an impact there) is now the...

Exhibit development
Jan Alfred AnderssonKayte McSweeneyHolly HastedGunnar BehrensBaudouin Hubert

Assessing what makes a good exhibit is an important issue but definitely not an easy one. Defining objectives and assessment criteria for developing or purchasing an exhibit can easily become a wish list which isn’t easily attained. The...

Johannes-Geert HagmannMarit TeerlingCaroline TurreYuko Okayama

To work in a science centre or museum may sometimes seem like an exotic profession. Yet, while each institution faces different challenges, the professional knowledge acquired through many years of experience can benefit other actors in the field...

Operations & finance

Selecting designers and other agencies in creative projects can be an ordeal on both sides of the table. Especially in a time when resources are scarce, we look for efficient ways of selecting and contracting. Classical pitches and modern...

Colin JohnsonHarry White

Are you planning to set up a new science centre? If so, this is the session for you. We won’t give you all the answers, but will introduce some key people who have helped others with new science centre projects. You will hear about where...

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