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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

Was there simply not enough time to network during the day? Or perhaps you were so engrossed in the sessions and our Keynote speaker that there was no time to connect with peers? And for our colleagues in North, Central and South America it was...

Equity & Inclusion
Mark WinterbottomMaria KarnezouInka de PijperMaria Xanthoudaki

​​Commitment: Equity & inclusion

This session will explore contemporary issues in inclusive STEM learning practice, with a focus on how hands-on making and tinkering can provide opportunities to work in more equitable...

Exhibit development
Andrew BullockWolfgang ButtressMartin BencsikFiona Philpott

Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis

Meet the artist Wolfgang Buttress and his scientific collaborator Dr Martin Bencsik as they talk with Fiona Philpott, Director of Exhibitions (National Museums Liverpool),...

Exhibit development
Julie LeclairMaren KrumdieckMyriam SpringuelAlanna DavidsonIgnasi Miró

Developing a travelling exhibition can be costly, time-consuming and staff-intensive. Factor in the added pressure of finding funding, content partners and navigating relationships during a global pandemic, and you have yourself a major project...

Learning
Caroline White

What happens when our social media feeds lose all their user-generated content? What would the world be like if all of our bodily waste suddenly became a part of our clothing? Explore these questions and the way that our design choices shape our...

Exhibit development
Anna SchaefersPedro PomboFrancesca IezziGérard Cobut

Commitment: 21st century skills

Imagine you've been (successfully) running a national outreach project for several years: a set of hands-on mini-labs for teenagers. Your main sponsor thinks this is wonderful, so it should...

Exhibit development
Harry WhiteSarah AlexanderLisa FinchRyan JenkinsAndreas MattEric Londaits

In part two of the session, we'll continue with the exploration of the automata and artificial intelligence hands-on explorations from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and IMAGINARY, and participants will have the opportunity to try the second part of...

Research, theory & evaluation
Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck's keynote speech is sponsored by The Kavli Prize.

Prof. Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck is a Professor in Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University.

Ewine van Dishoeck studies the tenuous, ice-cold clouds of...

Equity & Inclusion
David JonesDavid JonesKerrie HighcockZoe King

​​Commitment: Equity & inclusion

This inspirational session, loaded with learning and insight, is a three-way conversation between David Jones, Life Science Centre (Life), Kerrie Highcock, North East Autism Society (...

Learning
Sarah DurcanAndrea Bandelli

Let's get social and scientific with an in-real-time participatory baking class! We'll make scones; classic and with some alternative dietary requirements (see ingredients lists below). Participants can ask questions and work from their kitchens...

Was there simply not enough time to network during the day? Or perhaps you were so engrossed in the sessions and our Keynote speaker that there was no time to connect with peers? And for our colleagues in North, Central and South America it was...

Learning
Ryan JenkinsCristina OlivottoAmos BlantonCorinne TakaraEmily TakaraTrisha Sathish

Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis

In the past few years many museums have been developing tinkering studios, makerspaces and fablabs as part of their programmes and exhibitions. These spaces can offer ways to...

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