Strategy & vision
Welcome to the conference's official start. Meet our hosts for the next few days.
Learning
Annette KlinkertWiktor GajewskiVesna PajićSamuela CaliariHeidrun SchulzeLeonardo AlfonsiAnita Fuchs
Science centres and museums are moving part of their activities out of their premises. These outdoor activities enable science centres to communicate and promote science with wider and more diverse audiences.
What can we accomplish by...
Equity & Inclusion
Cyril DworskyKaroline IberSimona CerratoChristiane Thenius
In recent years, universities and other research organisations made manifold attempts to open up their institutions and facilities to allow for new encounters with science, arts and humanities. Considering that Children’s Universities create...
Equity & Inclusion
Justin DillonVesna PajićDea BrokmanMeie van Laar
What can science centres and museums do regarding gender equity apart from events and programmes? There is more than one answer to this question.
In this session speakers from different science centres and museums explain how they answered...
Learning
Jörg EhtreiberJohannes RamslEd Sobey
What does "inventing something" mean for a pre-school child? With every object they are holding in their hands for the very first time, young children invent something for themselves. How can we support this process and make them enthusiastic...
Learning
Kate KnealeIsabelle Chabanon-PougetMatthieu VernetMelissa RichardMalvina Artheau
The GameLab is an informal drop-in space entirely dedicated to gaming.
Want to play some yet-to-come games designed by science centers? Ready to participate in an on-going experiment of collectively designing a game, from idea to...
Equity & Inclusion
Tomas RehacekRonald GöbelVincenzo LipardiFriso VisserVanessa MignanCarmen FenollosaAyşe HACIOĞLUStratos Bacalis
This is the second of two back-to-back sessions on the topic of science centres and museums and the refugee situation. After a first part focusing on the strategic rationale for engagement taking...
Research, theory & evaluation
Heather KingAndrea BandelliSarah DaviesAntonio Gomes da Costa
Science centres are often described as ideal sites for the public to participate in conversations and discussions related to scientific knowledge. But to what extent can and do visitors participate? How can science centres and museums design...
Exhibit development
Jamie BellAudrey ChangSarah DurcanBrad MacDonald
Cultural/ educational institutions frequently seek to reinvent their galleries and programmes to enhance visitor experience. Ever-evolving audience expectations and established practices are among the challenges faced during this critical...
Exhibit development
Christelle GuiraudThorsten-D. KünnemannAnne PrugnonOwain Davies
Designing and producing interactive exhibit is a complex process, involving many steps and variables. How do we keep a trace of this processs in order not to re-invent the wheel or repeat the same mistakes over and over?
How do we record...
Exhibit development
Thorsten-D. KünnemannTobias WolffPhil WinfieldLuka VidicAlbrecht BeutelspacherYvonne Simon
As a science centre or museum we all rely on functioning exhibits. This is a key aspect for visitor satisfaction and the organisation's reputation. For a demanding audience only a few broken or malfunctioning exhibits may already leave the...
Science ♥ society
Heather KingPetra KatzensteinShireen SabaneghRick HallEnrico M. BalliLee Skolnick, FAIAGeorge PehlivanidesFederica ManzoliLiliana CoriJohan BellmanMaja SandeKate PhillipsAurora Moreira
In this session, speakers have exactly four minutes on stage and a video projector at their disposal to share experiences, epiphanies, projects, opinions etc with other participants - as long as they are related to children…
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