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Annual Conference sessions

Science ♥ society 2019
Keynote - Audrey Dussutour

"The blob: a genius without a brain". 

2019
Keynote - Margaret Wertheim

"Mathematics as Material Play"

Equity & Inclusion 2019
In the shoes of a blind person

A blindfolded experience to grasp visual accessibility requirements.

Business & fundraising 2019
Funding: what do our pie charts say about us?

The session explores different models for financing our institutions and tackling the biggest challenges we face in the search for a diversified and balanced model.

Strategy & vision 2019
On trial: virtual reality

The Supreme Court of the Ecsite Conference will decide whether virtual reality (VR) in museums and science centres is visceral reality providing vital reactions, or just virtually rudimentary and very rubbish.

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. 

2019 Ecsite Conference
Science ♥ society
Drop in and play with atoms
Thierry BrassacAnna GunnarssonMalvina ArtheauPieter Loots

Following the “Having fun with the periodic table of the elements” session, take the time to play a new board game connecting sustainability issues with the periodic table, try to fill up the...

2019 Ecsite Conference
Exhibit development
Enhancing science learning and awareness through play
Sheena LaursenRyan JenkinsHenrik HelsgaunLeigh-Anne Stradeski

How can we design activities for our visitors to play with in ways that encourage science awareness? Thinking about our visitors, what they might be interested in and how that interest can be fed is crucial to the development of such activities...

2019 Ecsite Conference
Research, theory & evaluation
Are teens the most effective educators and explainers?
Lauren DeereGrace FieldsAdam RutlandLuke McGuireZain Iqbal

Explainers and educators are one of the most important assets you have to increase engagement and learning in your science centre. Could you make your educator team more effective by recruiting teenagers?

The STEM Teens project is...

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