In our workshop we will simply play cards! We will address the possible and desirable futures of science centres in the form of an interactive card game, based on the famous game "The Thing from the Future", developed by the Situation Lab of Ontario College of Art and Design, Canada.

"The Thing from The Future" is an imagination and brainstorming game that challenges players to collaboratively and competitively describe artifacts from a range of alternative futures and come up with entertaining and thought-provoking descriptions of hypothetical items from different near-, medium-, and long-term futures. For this session we will customize a special version of the game deck dedicated to the future of science centres.

Workshop participants will be divided into different table that will each play5-6 rounds of the game and select their favourite "Future Science Centre Thing". Finally an overall winning idea will be selected and the winner will get a lot of glory - and a special gift. Note: this session can only accommodate 30 people and we will accept participants on a first come, first served basis.