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News 19 May 2014
‘People, Planet and Peace’ is the theme of Ecsite’s annual conference in Den Haag, the Netherlands, on 20–24 May.
News 16 May 2014
Friday afternoon ahead of the conference: Ecsite is packing its office to move to The Hague. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you very soon to our 25th anniversary conference edition.
In case you have not registered yet, or just decided now to actually travel to The Hague, these are the good news:
You can still register on-site, for the full conference, for single days or just for the social events.
Calls 13 May 2014
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ecsite’s Annual Conference, the Ecsite team is gathering pictures of past conferences and events – especially before 2010.
Calls 8 May 2014
Ecsite is partnering on a proposal for the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 call for promoting Gender Equality in Research and Innovation, under the topic Innovative approach to communication encouraging girls to study science.
Calls 5 May 2014
The European Commission launched a survey to shape EPALE, a platform initiated by the European Commission, “designed to become the reference point on adult learning in Europe”. Participation open til 15 May 2014.
Calls 16 April 2014
Ecsite is looking for 5 science centres and museums to join a new Horizon 2020 call as Third Parties.
News 11 April 2014
Discover robust evidence of science centres’ impact as demonstrated by an international study (John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking, Mark Needham and Lisa Prendergast), challenge your assumptions on the role of science engagement institutions and practitioners in tackling social exclusion (Matteo Merzagora) and savour a mouth-watering report on successful use of the PlayDecide game technique to engage teenagers in discussing food and health matters (Maria Zolotonosa).
News 8 April 2014
This year the Space Group will be generous : beyond sharing the latest and future space achievements with the European Space Agency (ESA), the space group will present and offer you the toolkit built to tackle ESA’s Rosetta mission through events, exhibitions and educational activities. Moreover, participants of the Space pre-conference workshop will visit the ESTEC – the engineering core of ESA – and Space-Expo on the second day.
News 7 April 2014
As part of European project SYNENERGENE, Ecsite is running a two-day workshop in Brussels on 8-9th April.
News 20 March 2014
We will be welcoming Directors, CEOs and upper managers of full member institutions at Science Centre AHHAA for this year’s Directors Forum. Under the headline “Downloading the future” we will be discussing technology and leadership, creativity and innovation, uploading and downloading. Everything you want to know – and should know – about the future! Discover the small and mysterious (but thoroughly futuristic) Estonia and its scientific capital, Tartu.
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