Exhibit development
Jörg EhtreiberSarai LenzbergerPilvi KolkIan Simmons
Visitors, especially families and schools, often understand our institutions to be absolutely liable and we are frequently confronted with claims for compensation. This session will explore the difficulties curators and exhibition designers face...
Science ♥ society
Cristina OlivottoVanessa MignanEllen DowellHeidrun SchulzePedro RussoJoseph Roche
There is a growing interest for low-cost open scientific and technological third places. MakerSpaces, pop-up spaces and small science centres across the world have the ambition to become aggregation places where citizens spend their free time and...
Enjoy a giant Swiss Fondue at the Patinoire des Vernets, Geneva's ice rink.
A convivial way to discover Switzerland, enjoying a gastronomic dish you cook yourself! An authentic cheese fondue from Fribourg, as smooth and creamy as you like...
Exhibit development
Leonel AlegrePer-Edvin PerssonNuno Ferrand de AlmeidaHernán Crespo Bermejo
According to the physicist and museographer Jorge Wagensberg, conversation – with reality, with other people or with ourselves – is a fundamental process in the acquisition of new knowledge. Wagensberg gave conversation such great importance that...
Science ♥ society
Brad IrwinKarsten Elmose VadRobert DunnCaren Cooper
Citizen science has come to play an increasing role both in science itself and in the engagement of the public in the scientific process. The last decade has seen a maturation of the field, with the formation of new professional societies,...
Science ♥ society
Nader WahbehShireen SabaneghAsma' Al MozayenMassa Mufti-Hamwi
Political turnulences are currently affecting the education sector in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. While the formal education system remains the main source of intellectual prosperity and development, more and more children are...
Learning
John SearRichard Houghton
The GameLab brings together people who are working with games and play in science centres and museums. They are experienced at creating games which range from real world escape rooms to virtual reality adventures, community game hacks to...
Strategy & vision
Anne-Marie BruyasInès Abdel Razek Caroline TurreRana Al-NibariRosalia VargasNisreen El-HashemiteSawsan Dalaq
Within the global context of the Sustainable Development Goals, the promotion of cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean, Mediterranean and Middle East region is a real need. As agents of change, science engagement organisations are committed to...
Science ♥ society
Antonio Gomes da CostaBarbara StreicherRichard-Emmanuel EASTESChristel LE DELLIOU
Denying science and scientific facts and refusing rational and logical thought are becoming common attitudes. Fierce debates regarding issues like vaccination, climate change or GMOs take center stage in the media, at the same time as mystical...
Learning
Martin KulhawczukNoel JacksonIan RussellMarco MirandaJohn DowneyPedro PomboSamar D. KirreshElin RobertsKai Håkon SundeChiara TrevisinRannvei SætherAstrid WaraPeeranut Kanhadilok
Welcome to the Grand Bazaar. Here dozens of creative and hands-on table-top activities await science explainers and other science enthusiasts, whether new to the profession or seasoned. At each station, make things, build things or play with...
Exhibit development
Carina JaatinenLee Skolnick, FAIASuzanne MacLeodMikko Myllykoskiludovic Maggioni
Like “storytelling”, the word “narrative” has been applied to everything and is starting to lose all its meaning. But for those of us who seek to create experiences that inform and enlighten, narrative has become an effective ‘go-to’ approach....
Learning
The Ecsite MakerSpace is a physical location at the conference centre curated by a group of tinkerers and educators from all over the world. In this inspiring environment full of tools, materials and demonstrations, we’ll present hands-on...