Strategy & vision
Andrea Troncoso QuilaqueoSarah DaviesWiktor GajewskiJane Chadwick
In policy and funding frameworks such as Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI), it's no longer an add-on process to inform the public about science, but a fundamental part of research and innovation. Responsibilities of science communication...
Strategy & vision
Simone SchumannBrigitte GschmeidlerDidem AydinmakinaAlexey SemikhatovDacha AtienzaSergey Kishchenko
Cooperation with scientists constitute an essential part of contemporary science communication. The reasons why communicators and scientists work together are manifold, most of the time related to an increasing demand to engage publics with...
Learning
Antonina KhodzhaevaViktor PlassJiayi JinVassilis Vassilis PapakonstantinouHendrikje BrüningUrsula WarnkeKenneth MonjeroChristiane TheniusAliki GiannakopoulouAsli SamadovaYijia JinCarmen FenollosaAndrea RiccioAndrea Troncoso QuilaqueoSuzana Filipecki MartinsTomas RehacekIsabel Machado
A selection of posters showcasing non-profit projects will be displayed in the Business Bistro area throughout the entire conference. Join this special time slot to meet poster authors and engage in conversation.
Equity & Inclusion
Amito HaarhuisEffrosyni NomikouMaarten OkkersenClaire Pillsbury
Science centres and museums today are taking active part in gearing their audiences for the so-called "wicked problems" of the 21st century. At the same time, science centres are facing pressure to respond to challenges such as increased...
Learning
Malvina ArtheauKate KnealeMelissa RichardMatthieu VernetIsabelle Chabanon-PougetDaniela De AngeliAntoine BlanchardDaniel Rosqvist
The GameLab is an informal drop-in space entirely dedicated to gaming.
Want to play some yet-to-come games designed by science centers? Ready to participate in an on-going experiment of collectively designing a game, from idea to...
Strategy & vision
Giovanni StijnenGiovanni StijnenMarjoleine van der Meij
These days science centres and museums are more and more called upon to act as public fora, places where visitors can meet and talk about important issues such as climate change, environmental protection, public health and new research areas such...
Explainers & visitor services
Owain DaviesWencke MaderbacherAnthony RichardsOwain DaviesSawsan DalaqAlina NatmessnigCarlos Catalao Alves
Confident, experienced staff are rightly recognised as a key ingredient to operating a successful science centre. They are essential in all areas, from front of house explainer roles through to managerial and administrative staff. But how can we...
Science ♥ society
Julie BeckerMaarten OkkersenKate PhillipsSolveig ArnesenPhilipp Breuss-SchneeweisÅsa SundelinMonika FibyMaja SandeCybèle RobichaudKate Driver
After a successful first edition in 2015, the Open stage is back! In this session, speakers have exactly four minutes on stage and a video projector at their disposal to share experiences, epiphanies, projects, opinions etc with other...
Equity & Inclusion
Heidrun SchulzePhil LoringMelanie WunschJoe HastingsIris OttBojan Markicevic
The current refugee situation is seen as a big societal challenge and will result in further diversification of our communities. We want to explore if and how this motivates science centres and museums into action and cooperation.
The...
Exhibit development
Suzana Filipecki MartinsPippa HoughIngvar TjostheimSheldon Paquin
The amount of data we generate continues to rise exponentially. The systems we've devised to collect, store and share that data are getting ever more complex. In this session we investigate how we can use big data.
We'll explore...
Equity & Inclusion
Cyril DworskyKaroline IberSimona CerratoChristiane Thenius
In recent years, universities and other research organisations made manifold attempts to open up their institutions and facilities to allow for new encounters with science, arts and humanities. Considering that Children’s Universities create...
Equity & Inclusion
Justin DillonVesna PajićDea BrokmanMeie van Laar
What can science centres and museums do regarding gender equity apart from events and programmes? There is more than one answer to this question.
In this session speakers from different science centres and museums explain how they answered...