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News 23 October 2014
You could be setting up your booth at the Trento Fiere conference centre in 8 months… It will be buzzing with participants during the Ecsite Annual Conference (11-13 June). See you in Italy! All you need to know here.
News 22 October 2014
Do you want to know what thousands of Europeans think about nanotechnologies? Do they support it? Do they want more information on labelling? Would they buy more nano-products? All of this and much more can be found in the new section of NanOpinion’s website all devoted to results. Check it out now and browse information by question, by topic or demographic. Even detailed country reports are available for download.
News 21 October 2014
In this interview shot at the ASTC conference, Antonia states how excited MUSE are to be hosting the Ecsite Annual Conference in Trento next June.
News 20 October 2014
Mikko Myllykoski collected the visitor experience award for the thought-provoking “Heureka Goes Crazy” mental health exhibition conceived by Heureka (Vantaa, Finland) in cooperation with Universcience (Paris, France) and Ciência Viva (Lisbon, Portugal). Erik Jacquemyn from Technopolis (Mechelen, Belgium) received the leadership award for his role as Chair of the Science Centre World Summit 2014.
Calls 9 October 2014
Things are picking up speed on the Forum for ideas and the online submission page! The call closes on Tuesday 14 October 2014 at midnight, GMT+2.
News 9 October 2014
EU-funded project Socientize allowed a wide consultation with citizen science stakeholders. A white paper aiming to “support policy makers on European, national and regional level when setting up future strategies of civic engagement in the excellence in science” has just been published. An engaging document that defines the characteristics of citizen science and maps challenges and possible actions at macro, meso and micro level.
News 2 October 2014
The registration for this year’s Directors Forum will be closing on Friday 17 October. Follow this link.
Content: Everything you want to know – and should know – about the future! Technology and leadership, creativity and innovation, uploading and downloading. The Directors Forum will be hosted by AHHAA is Tartu on 12-14 November. Welcome to Estonia – nicknamed “E-stonia” for being a pioneer of digital excellence.
News 1 October 2014
Yesterday morning European Members of Parliament auditioned Research, Science and Innovation Commissioner-Designate Carlos Moedas from Portugal. Ecsite’s lobbying efforts paid: science and society got a mention in this highly visible hearing, thanks to Polish MEP Michał Boni who asked a question on the “Science for and with society” objective of the Horizon 2020 programme.
News 29 September 2014
EU-funded KiiCS project brought together scientists, artists, innovators and local stakeholders in art&science innovation incubators hosted in science centres around Europe. An award was attributed to the most promising ideas generated during the project. The winners were announced last Saturday (26 September) at the Discovery Festival in Amsterdam, in two categories: adults and young adults.
News 29 September 2014
Commissioner-Designates of the Juncker Commission team are being auditioned by the European Parliament as of today. These public hearings are preceding a plenary vote on 22 October – this is the time for MEPs to raise issues. Carlos Moedas, Portuguese Commissioner-Designate for the Research, Science and Innovation portfolio will be interviewed tomorrow. Polish MEP Michał Boni agreed to ask Moedas about his roadmap on ‘Science with and for society’ – a part of the Horizon 2020 framework dear to Ecsite and the science engagement sector at large.
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