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CamillePisaniFormer DirectorRoyal Belgian Institute of Natural SciencesI have spent my career in both science centres and natural history museums, in which I had various responsibilities, from exhibitions to research to conservation to education. My focus moved from physics and basic science to nature and related societal issues. Making our technologies and our societies able to sustainably use the natural resources is the major challenge we are all facing now. I engaged firmly the RBINS to contribute, through research, policy advice and citizens’ engagement. Within Ecsite I strongly advocate for science centres and natural history museums to join their forces and creativity to address it.Contact details
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Kim GladstoneHerlevCEOExperimentariumI am an educated teacher and have more than 18 years of experience as a science center leader - since 1 July 2014 as the CEO of Experimentarium. I first joined Experimentarium in January 2003 when I was asked to establish its Department of Science Communication. Since then I have been through lots of challenges - huge and small - including the construction of a new science centre, going from small to bigger, reorganizing the staff, surviving crucial economic situations and fighting to keep a high level of science communication. Before Experimentarium I led the school departments of Denmark's largest consumer organisation Coop Denmark and of the Danish Society for the Conservation of Nature – Denmark's largest NGO. I love sharing my experience with people and I love learning from others. I am an alumni of the Noyce Leadership Fellows and have served as the co-chair of the CPPC (ASTC planning committee). I served a first mandate on the Board of Ecsite in 2014-2016, a second one in 2017-2019 and was re-elected for another two-year term in June 2019. I am currently serving as the treasurer of Ecsite and involved in its Executive committee.Contact details
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HeatherKingReader in Science EducationKing’s College LondonI am Reader in Science Education at King’s College London. My research interests include the pedagogical practices of museum educators, the practice of environmental education, and equity and social justice in both school and out-of-school settings. I have also worked in partnership with museums across the UK and Europe conducting evaluation studies, and facilitating collaborative learning projects between individual museums, and between museums and schools.Contact details
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VlastaVolakCEOTechmaniaI have been CEO and a first employee of Techmania Science Center since 2006, Pilsen, Czech Republic. I have been a Chairman of the board of the Czech Association of Science Centers since its beginning in 2014. I have earned my master’s in education and I am focused on learning especially the way students can get skills needed in the 21st century through the cooperation of formal and informal Education.Contact details
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MariaXanthoudakiDirector of Education and of the Centre of Research in Informal LearningMuseo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo da Vinci'I am Director of Education & Centre for Research in Informal Education (CREI) at the National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci of Milano. I also teach “Research Methods in Education” at the Department of Education, Catholic University of Milan. I hold a BA in Pedagogy from the University of Crete (Greece), a Master’s degree in Arts Education and a Phd in Museum Education, both from the University of Sussex (UK). My main research interests focus on informal (science) learning methodologies and on professional development of educators in museums.Contact details
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MarcMoutinExhibitions, Shows and Development DirectorCité de l'espaceWith a master’s degree in geology and in astrophysics, I have been involved in scientific communication since 1985, first at Cité des sciences in Paris as explainer, then Planetarium Director assistant. In 1996, I moved to Cité de l’espace Toulouse as Planetarium Director, then Exhibitions Director in 2005, also in charge of the Imax and two planetarium programs and International Relations. Engaged since the beginning of my career in the different science communication networks (APLF, Ecsite, IPS, GSCA), I worked to bring to Toulouse international conferences such as the Ecsite conference in 2012 and the next International Planetarium Society conference in July 2018, for the first time in France. I am co-chairing the Space group within Ecsite, a thematic group I co-founded with ESA in 2012.Contact details
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MaartenOkkersenDevelopment & Experience DesignMuseon-OmniversumAs Senior Advisor Development & Experience Design at the Museon-Omniversum (The Hague) I am involved in a wide range of policy areas and play an active part in formulating the museum concept and planning for the future. The Museon is a partner in various international projects and I am responsible for the management of these projects. I was a member of the programme committee of the Ecsite Annual Conference between 2009 and 2017. I was also an elected member of the board of the VSC (the association of science museums and science centers in the Netherlands and Flanders) and chair of the editorial committee of Spokes, the monthly online magazine of Ecsite.Contact details
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CatherineFrancheExecutive DirectorEcsiteI am the Executive Director of Ecsite. Under my leadership, the Ecsite Conference has grown to become the largest science engagement event in Europe and Ecsite has firmly established itself as a trend setting platform and as a key stakeholder on the European stage. Before I joined Ecsite in 2006, I was working for the Office de Coopération et d’Information Muséographiques (OCIM, France) as a Training coordinator. From 1992 to 1994, I was Professional development coordinator and then Executive director of the Société des Musées Québécois. I have also worked in architecture and art museums in Canada and managed cultural events such as jazz festivals. I hold an MBA in cultural management from HEC Montréal (Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales).Contact details
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