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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

Tuomas OlkkuHeidi RosenströmClaudia VelhasIan Brunswick

As an industry, we are able to share and copy good practices more freely than many other fields of business. Sometimes the best way to learn is to move into a new culture and work side by side with peers there. A new face in the organization can...

Explainers & visitor services
Ian SimmonsJohn DowneyElin Roberts

Humour eases all sorts of communication – where does it work when communicating science? Panellists will share their thoughts on successful uses of humour in science communication and on not so successful ones and invite thoughts from the...

Michael CreekJan RiiseErnesto Paramo SuredaAntonio Gomes da CostaLeonardo AlfonsiLuigi Amodio

Science communication at the urban level has been in the spotlight in the very last years and thanks to European projects, building partnerships at the local level is becoming more widespread. At the same time experiences developed in some...

Exhibit development
Luigi AmodioGuglielmo Maglio

Exhibitions on the human body are among visitors’ most remembered and enjoyed experiences. Even if the general topics tackled by human body exhibitions are similar, science centres and museums can deal with them in very different ways, reflecting...

Explainers & visitor services
Leonel AlegreIan BrunswickInês OliveiraCarmen Guerra

Everybody talks about it on the street, it stands on the front page of all newspapers and TV news programmes are fighting to get the best scientists in town. But how is your science centre addressing this hot topic?

In this gamified...

Research, theory & evaluation
Maria XanthoudakiPreeti GuptaAnne Kahr HällmanKevin CrowleyBrad IrwinJen DeWitt

Understanding the learning impacts of informal science settings is a topical and challenging issue. Learning in such places has been under-researched and under-theorised, hampering the field’s ability to address policy and broader concerns around...

Explainers & visitor services
Kayte McSweeneyJessica BradfordJulia EllrichLouise WindfeldtLucia MartinelliLing Lee

Science isn’t always appetizing. The nature and impacts of scientific research can sometimes be hard to swallow. This session explores the approaches taken by museums across Europe, including MUSE and the Science Museum in London, to engage...

Explainers & visitor services
Nathalie CapletAnna GunnarssonLa Vergne LehmannAlex Johnson

We throw things away because we want to forget them. But they don’t cease to exist. Dealing with the vast quantities of waste from our modern lives is a major environmental and economic concern. This is an important message, but engaging...

Exhibit development
Jan Alfred AnderssonKayte McSweeneyHolly HastedGunnar BehrensBaudouin Hubert

Assessing what makes a good exhibit is an important issue but definitely not an easy one. Defining objectives and assessment criteria for developing or purchasing an exhibit can easily become a wish list which isn’t easily attained. The...

Johannes-Geert HagmannMarit TeerlingCaroline TurreYuko Okayama

To work in a science centre or museum may sometimes seem like an exotic profession. Yet, while each institution faces different challenges, the professional knowledge acquired through many years of experience can benefit other actors in the field...

Operations & finance

Selecting designers and other agencies in creative projects can be an ordeal on both sides of the table. Especially in a time when resources are scarce, we look for efficient ways of selecting and contracting. Classical pitches and modern...

Colin JohnsonHarry White

Are you planning to set up a new science centre? If so, this is the session for you. We won’t give you all the answers, but will introduce some key people who have helped others with new science centre projects. You will hear about where...

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