Exhibit development
Andreas MattAndreas MattStefanie HolzheuAlvaro Almeida
Science is open by nature. Researchers share their findings in publications, and each scientist benefits from and builds on top of each other’s work, in a wide, interlinked community. How much of that translates into science communication? In the...
Explainers & visitor services
Join Copernicus Science Center on a journey into astronavigation, from old ways of Vikings to modern methods used by astronauts during missions to the moon. We will dive into old myths of medieval warriors from the north and we will reach stars...
Strategy & vision
Anne LepageTom ZallerLouis BuckleyLaurence Caunézil
Adapting a work (from films or series) into an exhibition is an exciting way to attract a new audience and to update the way some topics are illustrated, but it can be a minefield to cross in terms of contracts and copyright clauses and often...
Equity & Inclusion
Vanessa MignanSanne den AdelAbi AshtonColleen M. SchmitzDavid JonesAntonia CaolaNikita GerritsenCristina Veiga-Pires
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
This is the second part of the Equity@Ecsite session, whereby the experience of the pioneer institutions will inform and...
Strategy & vision
Ari Martin Laakso
Scientists have always travelled to remote places for study and research. In the same way, tourists today travel to remote destinations and want to understand and learn what they see and experience. The scientific tourism initiative focuses on...
Equity & Inclusion
Henna BhattiKirsi PulkkinenJacob Thorek JensenDafni Konstantinidi Sofrona
We at the Science Museum Group, Finnish Science Centre Association, and Danish Museum of Science and Technology will share what adopting a science capital-based approach means to us and how we work with science capital in our individual local...
Mikko Myllykoski
ACPC Chair Mikko Myllykoski takes us on a journey to Heilbronn to meet the Hosts of the 2022 Ecsite Conference; experimenta, and to find out more about what we can...
Equity & Inclusion
Daria DvorzhitskaiaSara VerstraetenTania JohnstonDobrivoje Lale EricDaria Dvorzhitskaia
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
Achieving gender equality in STEM education could add up to 1.2 million jobs and €610-820 billion to Europe’s GDP by 2050. So why will it take us 100 years to achieve complete gender...
Science ♥ society
Dacha AtienzaWim WoutersTanja FranotovicCarole Paleco
Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis
How do you make people fall in love with nature in a digital environment? How do you make them experience the loss of nature here and now? And how do you empower them to...
Research, theory & evaluation
Mairéad HurleyEwine van Dishoeck
Ewine van Dishoeck will answer all questions from her keynote speech in an engaging conversation with a dedicated session moderator.
This is a collection of short tours, collections and stories from four different science centres and museums. You can watch the Geldingadalur volcano erupting, sneak into the reserves of Toulouse Natural History Museum, discover the immortal...
Research, theory & evaluation
Mikko MyllykoskiKati TyystjärviMarjolein van BreemenJaani Lahtinen
Finding new audiences and fostering science capital is a main issue in strategies of many museums and science centres. In both Finland and the Netherlands, the Museum Card is in use, attracting new visitors and providing data about them. In the...