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News 12 June 2012

What follows is a summary of a presentation delivered by Robert Firmhofer, President of Ecsite, at the Ecsite Annual General Meeting, 1 June 2012, Toulouse, France. Here, he gives a progress report of the main objectives outlined in Ecsite’s four-year Strategic Plan 2011-2015.

Read the Strategic Plan here: www.ecsite.eu/about/governance/strategic-plan

News 11 June 2012

In the interest of giving science centres and museums an adequate voice in Europe’s innovation and research plans, Ecsite has submitted amendments to the European Parliament in the establishment of Horizon 2020 – The Framework Programme for Research and Innovation.

Members of Ecsite are encouraged to raise the profile of these amendments among their national Members of European Parliament (MEPs).

News 7 June 2012

“This Ecsite Quarterly theme shows how far Europe’s museums and science centres have come in finding ways to ignite the passion and interest of adult audiences.

News 31 May 2012

What:

Information sessions regarding Noyce Leadership Institute’s 2013-2014 executive education fellowship opportunity. These sessions will offer an overview of the program and details about the application and selection processes. Hear directly from NLI Alumni about their experiences and benefits of the program. Breakfast foods will be provided.

News 31 May 2012

Whether you were there on site or joining us virtually, we welcomed you to Toulouse and the Ecsite Annual Conference 2012: Space and Time, Unlimited.

  • Events were Tweeted as they happened via hastag #Ecsite2012
  • Read the conference blog for commentary and links: www.ecsite.eu/annual_conference/blog
  • The Knowtex new media team generously offered their services this year – read their coverage on Tumblr: http://knowtex.tumblr.com/
  • There are now over 800 photos to wade through on our Flickr stream: www.flickr.com/photos/ecsite/sets/72157629985181834/
News 27 May 2012

Approved by the Ecsite board in March 2012, this statement highlights our network’s concern for protecting biodiversity and maps out a proactive response. Read it here: www.ecsite.eu/activities_and_resources/resources/ecsite-position-biodiversity

News 24 May 2012

It’s all here- everything you need to know about registering for the Ecsite Annual Conference on site in Toulouse: www.ecsite.eu/annual_conference/blog/everything-you-need-know-about-site-registration-and-prices

News 22 May 2012

“Biodiversity is not only an environmental issue. Biodiversity is a security issue, a foreign policy issue, an economic issue…” says Johan Rockström, Executive Director of the Stockholm Resilience Centre.

News 15 May 2012

KiiCS is a three-year European Commission-funded project (2012-2014) coordinated by Ecsite, the European network of science centres and museums. It aims build bridges between arts, science and technology by giving evidence of the positive impacts of their interaction for creativity as well as for triggering interest in science.

News 11 May 2012

Here on the second day of the PLACES Training Workshop on social media for science communication, we’re playing a social media game. Podnosh (www.podnosh.com) created this fantastic conversation game to get us thinking about what our social media priorities are.

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