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News 25 November 2014

Headquarters Magazine Europe, a publication aimed at association executives, features in its November issue an inspiring interview with our Executive Director, Catherine Franche. A good opportunity to read some thoughtful words about Ecsite’s beginnings and core mission, the challenges it meets, or its future as an organisation. Click the link below to discover it.

News 20 November 2014
siika prepared for the cooking the conference portrait

The 2015 Ecsite Annual Conference will be taking place on 11-13 June at MUSE in Trento, Italy. Each month, we’ll be giving you a glimpse of preparation work going on behind-the-scenes and interviewing a different person involved in cooking up the largest science engagement professional event in Europe. A good opportunity for them to tell us more about their role, their take on the “Food for curious minds” conference theme and their favourite recipe. This month, we’re interviewing Mikko Myllykoski, Experience Director at Heureka (The Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa) and Chair of the ACPC (Annual Conference Programme Committee).

News 20 November 2014

EU Commissioner Carlos Moedas gave a speech at the Sis-RRI conference in Rome yesterday evening, in which he mentioned at length the Ecsite-led VOICES citizen consultation. He tweeted a picture with Ecsite Executive Director Catherine Franche and Pr. Jacqueline Broerse from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, stating: "glad to have met representatives from the VOICES project tonight".

Calls 18 November 2014

We are pleased to invite Ecsite members to join in a new Horizon2020 project that we are applying for as partners. You are invited to apply to be a Third Party on a new call under the topic: ‘Call for proposals to identify and implement novel ways to highlight the work funded by the ERC and reach out a wider public’

The ERC (European Research Council) is an EU agency dedicated to support frontier research.

News 12 November 2014

48 hours of keynotes, strategic discussions and networking events open to senior managers of Ecsite Full members, hosted by the AHHAA science centre in Tartu, Estonia.

News 29 October 2014

Last summer the European Commission launched a consultation to inform the 2016-2017 “Science with and for Society” Programme (part of the Horizon 2020 funding framework). You will remember that Ecsite called for contributions from science engagement organizations – the resulting statements were submitted about two weeks ago. We are now waiting to hear from the Commission when results will be made public.

News 27 October 2014
A focus group during the VOICES project

'The Future of Europe is Science' video was recently released by the European Commission. Aimed at the general public, it outlines a vision for science and society in 2030. Ecsite-led citizen consultation VOICES is given as an example of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI). Public engagement is also mentioned as an important building block for the future.

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.

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Spokes magazine #31, March 2024

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