Media
It is not always easy to transmit the evolution of the role of museums: not only places of research, education and exhibitions but also places of dialogue. This is particularly necessary for experts of science communication such as journalists....
Operations & finance
Thomas Edison reportedly made over a thousand unsuccessful attempts to create a lightbulb before hitting the solution that worked. A constructive approach to failure is recognised as a key factor in innovative organisations. This session invites...
Science in Society
In this interactive session, many speakers briefly present examples of competitions they have run. Speakers and audience then engage in a live discussion involving reflection, philosophy and physical movement. Everyone is invited to propose their...
Science in Society
From the times when astronomical knowledge was based on naked eye observation to the 21st century, when huge scientific instruments reveal the diversity of the far universe, imagination and dreams are still at the heart of sky observation,...
Education
Four different approaches will be presented where science centres promote innovative training courses for school teachers, offer workshops and outreach in schools as well as at the science centres. Questions will be addressed, such as how...
Local governments (municipalities, regional governments, etc.) and science centres or museums could collaborate to set up networks in order to develop complex projects aimed at an extensive public. For instance, they could promote educational or...
Education
This workshop offers a firsthand experience of the numerous education and engagement resources on nanotechnology developed by three European projects: NANO TO TOUCH, Time for Nano and Nanoyou. Experiments, demonstrations and programmess designed...
Education
Mathematics: Queen of Sciences or poor relation? In this reverse session, three organisations show how they have used three different methods to engage three different audiences with mathematics. What they have in common is that they all make...
Operations & finance
The actual economic crisis has an impact in every sector of activities and our field has also been impacted but effects depend also on the degree of the financial self-supporting of our institutions and on the way we have reacted. This session...
Exhibit development
In this session, speakers have five minutes to propose one thing they would like to ban from science centres and museums for good. Maybe it’s the one exhibit that they’d love to see the back of, or the one lazy idea that they are sick of finding...
Explainers & visitor services
Today, educational research is facing a complexity of personal and physical aspects associated with the learning process. Therefore, instruments for gathering data, such as questionnaires or mind maps, become more elaborate and specific in order...
Science ♥ society
Ortwin Renn
Ortwin Renn, Professor and Chair of Environmental Sociology and Technology Assessment at Stuttgart University, gave a speech entitled "Why do people fear what they fear? The psychology of risk".
Risk perceptions have a reality of their own...