Strategy & vision
Erik JacquemynHans GubbelsBarry Van DemanMaurice BitranGerfried StockerLuigi AmodioMaria Isabel GarciaUlrike KastrupSilvia Singer
50 years ago the first science centres as we know them today opened: the Exploratorium in San Francisco and the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto.
It was the start of a big science centre movement which led to the development of almost 3,...
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...
Learning
Laurent BontouxLaurent BontouxFrank KupperEpaminondas ChristophilopoulosJohn SweeneyJantien Schuijer
We often take decisions that affect our long-term future on the basis of present considerations, thinking very little about long-term changes. We are also asked periodically to make choices (e.g. in elections) that could shape society for a long...
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...
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...
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...
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...