How do science centres link with the innovation sector (companies, research institutions, etc.)? Do we go beyond treating partners as potential sponsors by inviting them as active subjects in shaping our content? Do we convey to our audiences that science centres are spaces for innovation? Examples of cooperation and discussion on how to create cooperative models between science centres and the private innovation sector will be the focus of this session. Examples will include: the South East Europe project SEE SCIENCE, the Belgian Parc d’Aventures Scientifiques, Cap Sciences from Bordeaux and Heureka from Finland.