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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

The Farewell Party is the Conference's most informal social event: dance, chat, share a drink with other participants...

This year it will take place at the legendary K4 Club, located in the basement of the Kersnikova Institute. The venue...

Exhibit development
Rui QuintaAnna SchaefersClayton CutajarClaudia AguirreAude LestyMariana Cardoso

How do you create exhibitions that promote experimentation, co-construction of knowledge, the feeling of well-being and strengthen the emotional connection of the visitors with the exhibition space? Can plural narratives help people connect with...

Science ♥ society
Camilla ThamAisling MurrayMaria João FonsecaWiktor Gajewski

We are living in a critical period, referred to by many as the Anthropocene. This defines not only our impact on the planet, but our awareness and influence in shaping the future. How can we truly engage audiences so that they feel like key...

Strategy & vision
Brad IrwinMichael John GormanClare Matterson CBEJohannes VogelPeter C. KjærgaardMaria Isabel Garcia

How should museums reinvent themselves in the face of a planetary crisis? The world is changing fast under the influence of human behaviour: the climate crisis and biodiversity loss are just some of the manifestations. These changes threaten the...

Equity & Inclusion
Barbara StreicherAmparo Leyman PinoAntonia CaolaSheena LaursenDavid JonesAlexia SonnoisVanessa MignanElizabeth RasekoalaBojan Markicevic

The diversity and inclusion working group has an ambitious goal: to create a framework that will support the efforts on more equitable science engagement. This pre-conference workshop is an opportunity for everyone from any level of expertise...

Strategy & vision
Robert FirmhoferFrederic BertleyStephen White

With major challenges around the globe including decreasing science literacy and increasing science denialism, we need to reimagine how to connect with the public in effective and engaging ways. A new science engagement model is empowering people...

Strategy & vision

Your opportunity to engage in conversation with researcher Nicolas Nova after listening to his keynote speech.

Strategy & vision
Michael John GormanJurij Krpan

From the transfusion of horse-blood into a human recipient, to the creation of “female sperm”, hosts of this year’s Ecsite conference, the Kapelica Gallery, have presented some of the most ground-breaking and controversial projects at the...

Science ♥ society
Gabor ZsigmondImre BardKristin AlfordRosalina BabourkovaImre BardLath CarlsonAndreas GundelweinIrini PapadimitriouMelanie SaverimuthuYumi Miyahara

We are increasingly tasked with offering reflection not only on where we have been, but on where we may be going, and there are considerable challenges along the road. In these times of radical uncertainty such as the climate crisis, the rise of...

Jurij KrpanHerbert MuenderCatherine FrancheSharon Ament

Welcome to the conference's official start.

Expect speeches by officials, host and Ecsite representatives. And... the winners of the 2020 Mariano Gago Ecsite Awards will be revealed!

Learning
Meie van LaarChristine ReichSheena Laursen

Family visits, group visits, educational visits. As a science centre or museum we want to facilitate a lot of different visitors at the same time. We want to increase the number of visitors to maximise the amount of people that come into contact...

Science ♥ society
Carmen FenollosaMatteo MerzagoraGène BertrandFrank KupperGrace D'Arcy

Science centres, citizen science activities, hybrid cultural spaces, design thinking and discussion games are all using co-creation practices. In recent years, the interest of the science engagement community in the world of participation and co-...

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