The debate on how to decolonise our museums, collections and exhibitions is strong and ongoing. The question of how, if or when objects collected in colonial contexts should be returned to their countries of origin is just one of many. Are our...
In this session, eight participants will appear in pairs on four subtopics of Designing Life phenomena:
Tissue Engineering: working with living materials
Humans/non-humans: understanding other living beings
Designing Humans...
What are our plans, dreams, goals and strategies for future permanent exhibitions?
This pecha kucha session focuses on new permanent capital projects covering science centres, museums and exhibitions that are currently in the start-up and/...
Mobile applications, augmented reality, interactive devices... digital tools are omnipresent in science centres and museums. This presents challenges, but it can also provide opportunities. Human facilitation cannot continue in the same way as it...
Špela Petrič is a Ljubljana and Amsterdam based new media artist who has been trained in the natural sciences and holds a PhD in biology. Her artistic practice combines the natural sciences, wet biomedia practices, performance, and critically...
How can communication with your visitors strengthen their visit and your brand? Authentic hospitality is extremely important for science organisations to give visitors an unforgettable experience and to have more fun in your everyday work. The...
What is the current profile of the science organisation sector and how do we know this? How can we use this information to inform action and decision-making? There are many initiatives aiming to improve equity of access to the informal science...
The ultimate goal of involving our communities in shaping the kind of future we want to live in is highly sought-after. Using the UN sustainable development goals as a framework, this highly interactive workshop focuses on creating and...
Less than 25% of computer science and engineering students are women and far fewer graduate and pursue careers in those fields (National Science Board, 2018). Women remain drastically underrepresented in many STEM fields and these numbers are...
Admission tickets, special events, memberships, merchandise, food... almost all public-receiving organisations charge their visitors at some point. But how do we know when the price is right? Setting the right price and communicating it...
How can tinkering and making transform traditional learning models?
This extended session allows participants to engage with deconstruction and construction literally and metaphorically as we take apart and re-evaluate our ideas about the...
Are you juggling priorities each day, struggling to keep up a healthy lifestyle, a fulfilling career, an Instagrammable home environment and strong relationships? Welcome to this session! For most societies, working conditions have been improving...