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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

Strategy & vision
Sophie PerryMelati Wijsen

When Youth lead the way

Melati Wijsen is a 20-year-old Indonesian activist and change-maker. She founded Bye Bye Plastic Bags with her younger sister and has been leading the movement driven by youth since 2013. She has...

Equity & Inclusion
Lizzy MoriartyMarta MarialvaRafael GalupaMariana Rama Pedro AlvesMassa Mufti-HamwiHanouf Al-Alawi

​Commitment: Equity & inclusion

How do you create equitable community engagement programmes to reach underserved communities? Come and explore off-site community engagement activities serving some of the most...

Learning
Hillary SpencerAnna AltschwagerAxel EstableHillary Spencer

What happens next? Our lives aren’t the same, our families aren’t the same, our world isn’t the same. As we reopen our museums and re-engage our students, what adjustments need to be made? What risks can we take? The need for empathy and...

Exhibit development
Audrey O'ConnellDirk DenoyelleAndreas MattCorrado CanoniciMarc GareauCarrie ReidThomas HofbergerPanagiotis KotsanasMichael BradkeLaurent DONDEYOlivier RetoutJoy LatourJoonas JuutilainenDon Lessem

The second of our touring exhibitions slots. A preview of current and upcoming touring science exhibitions across Europe and the world. This fast-paced session will give you a glimpse of a large range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you...

Equity & Inclusion
Sharon AmentKaren PetersonJennifer BreslinAnita Krishnamurthi

​​Commitment: Equity & inclusion

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...

Science ♥ society
Nikolaj MøllerCamilla Tham

Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis

Despite growing global awareness of climate change in recent years, the consequences for human health are not yet broadly understood and addressed. The Natural History Museum...

Strategy & vision
Maren KrumdieckPaul VoogtMohammad RuhaiyemAyman ElsayedAnna Omedes

In this pecha kucha type session new science centres, science museums, exhibitions... that are currently in the start up and/or design phase will be presented. Presenters will give a short overview of their project. What are their goals and...

Research, theory & evaluation
Marie HobsonAlex FairheadLaura DavidsonSiobhan Starrs

There has been increasing recognition of the role museums should play to address the planetary emergency. To incite social change, we need to close the gap between concern and action.

The first step in closing this gap is increasing the...

Learning
Maya HalevyBirgit MagerDee HalliganDaniel Charny

In this session, Mariano Gago Ecsite Award winner Maya Halevy explores the topic of service design in museums and education fields with world-class professionals in the field. Service design is a new field that helps choreograph the processes,...

Time to dig out those fancy clothes that you haven’t been able to wear in over a year! The more sparkles, the better, as you go and get ready for Ecsite goes Eurovision. Make sure you're back at the stage for 17.15 CEST.

Learning
Carmen FenollosaMaria ZоlоtоnоsаMargaret HoneyMaya HalevyAriel Knafo

Despite all the transformation of our society over the past century little has changed in the education system since the 19th century. The pandemic has just put more pressure on an unfit education system: a divide between rich and poor, lack of...

Equity & Inclusion
Laura VerbeekGiulia GhezziLorenz KampschulteCatherine OualianEsther GajekKatharina Hof

​​Commitment: Equity & inclusion

What are seniors’ special needs? Or, if we throw away all our prejudices about being frail or slow, do we find out that they are just like us - longing for a connection, for competence...

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