Some enterprises, institutions and research centres want, through science centers, to promote scientific and technical culture to the general public and in particular to the youth and wish to have key issues, challenges and themes addressed in a credible way to the same public.

- The interest of this session is to invite representatives from two enterprises (international groups) and an European organization which have a long experience of working with science centers and museum to express their experience. Moreover, the moderator will give the result of a survey which will be conducted with some important European groups on this specific topic.

-At the end of the session, representatives of science centers and museums will express their point of view, raise questions, express their frustrations and expectations. This part will be animated by a representative of a museum. Space and time issues will remain in the center of the debate.

speakers: Maria MENENDEZ : Head of PR and partnership ESA

ESA has a long experience of collaboration with many science centres and museums but it has always to include the European dimension.

Franklin BOITIER : Technical communication manager TOTAL

Total is the main sponsor for the permanent exhibition on « Energy » at la Cité and it is now duplicating part of it to travel through China

Damien REBOURG : Director of communication SIEMENS France