Exhibit development
Audrey O'ConnellAgnes RuizFlora PloquinAlanna DavidsonMatthew HeenanSøren SkarbyEmily CroninIlse WachtelaerPeter ElsaesserBettina Deutsch-Dabernig Luísa CannasValentine BaldacchinoCorinne BoungoAurora MoreiraPaolo Russo
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 to make contacts and find out more.
Learning
Ryan JenkinsVanessa MignanSebastian MartinMonika MayerSamar D. Kirresh
In this fun and informal social makerspace meeting we’ll provide an opportunity for members of the Ecsite makerspace planning team, Tinkering Workroom participants and Conference attendees to share hands-on projects that they have been working on...
Science ♥ society
Amparo Leyman PinoSteven SchaekenWouter VerbiestMaarten TaborskyAmparo Leyman PinoPaul OrselliMichael FeserAnna Schaefers
Let’s do it again! Share your wildest ideas. In 2019, Experimentarium saw the birth of Ecsite’s very first Idea-Jam session. Many wild ideas were shared, from Rhythmetariums to Flying Science Saucers and Second Childhood Museums. The...
Strategy & vision
Mikko MyllykoskiRosalia VargasAndres RoldanRobert FirmhoferSawsan Dalaq
"To teach how to live with uncertainty, yet without being paralysed by hesitation, is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do." Bertrand Russel
All over the world, instead of thousands of visitors interacting with our...
Science ♥ society
Annkatrin MeyerNoemie SeiThomas HoferLaura Davidson
Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis
Is the contribution to social justice, global equality and planetary wellbeing one of the aims that defines a museum? While the international museum community is still in...
Learning
Mairéad HurleySophie PerryAutumn BrownARIS PAPADOPOULOS
Join us in this relaxed session to make your own zine (a small, handmade paper booklet), in which you'll reflect on your experience of the Conference so far! Hosts will lead you through the simple folding process and provide prompts as...
Explainers & visitor services
Catherine MurphyInga SpechtMark SchepTania JohnstonOllie Burton
Guided tours provide a special synergy between our visitors, our exhibits, and our staff. They play an important role in the engagement that occurs in science centres and can provide a personal connection between the visitors and our exhibits. In...
Equity & Inclusion
David JonesAlexia Sonnois
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
The Equity@Ecsite workgroup organised a webinar for Ecsite Online called ‘Equity and Diversity: an inclusive response to the corona crisis.’ At the...
Strategy & vision
Amito HaarhuisLewis HouColin JohnsonCamille Pisani
Amito Haarhuis convenes this check-in session, where our invited guests Lewis Hou, Colin Johnson and Camille Pisani will each discuss one of three commitments they have been following throughout day one and two of the Conference. Lewis Hou will...
Science ♥ society
Amanda MathiesonAmanda MathiesonCarl FreeYlenia CallusEdward Duca
Come and play our sustainability-themed virtual escape room run over Zoom! Up to 6 players will control a live actor and solve the puzzles within the time limit. Audience members can join in via the chat.
The year is 2050 and Earth has...
Exhibit development
Harry WhiteSarah AlexanderLisa FinchRyan JenkinsAndreas MattEric Londaits
In this hands-on workshop, developers, educators and artists will share ways that they have remixed and adapted art/science-themed experiences and interactive temporal exhibitions and galleries during the pandemic period. We’ll focus on the...
Exhibit development
Michèle ANTOINEJohn KannenbergMark ReadChristian Rohner
Giving a prominent role to sound is currently a trend amongst museum practitioners. This is unsurprising as our relationship with sound, noise and even silence is fascinating and complex. However, not only is communicating exclusively via sound...