Catherine Franche
Conference hosts Brad Irwin and Dorothée Vatinel are here to welcome you to the final day of the 2021 Ecsite Online Conference. For this final welcome session, we'll be joined by Ecsite Executive Director Catherine Franche, where you can be sure...
Equity & Inclusion
Mark WinterbottomMaria KarnezouInka de PijperMaria Xanthoudaki
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
This session will explore contemporary issues in inclusive STEM learning practice, with a focus on how hands-on making and tinkering can provide opportunities to work in more equitable...
Exhibit development
Andrew BullockWolfgang ButtressMartin BencsikFiona Philpott
Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis
Meet the artist Wolfgang Buttress and his scientific collaborator Dr Martin Bencsik as they talk with Fiona Philpott, Director of Exhibitions (National Museums Liverpool),...
Was there simply not enough time to network during the day? Or perhaps you were so engrossed in the sessions and our Keynote speaker that there was no time to connect with peers? And for our colleagues in North, Central and South America it was...
Learning
Caroline White
What happens when our social media feeds lose all their user-generated content? What would the world be like if all of our bodily waste suddenly became a part of our clothing? Explore these questions and the way that our design choices shape our...
Exhibit development
Anna SchaefersPedro PomboFrancesca IezziGérard Cobut
Commitment: 21st century skills
Imagine you've been (successfully) running a national outreach project for several years: a set of hands-on mini-labs for teenagers. Your main sponsor thinks this is wonderful, so it should...
Exhibit development
Harry WhiteSarah AlexanderLisa FinchRyan JenkinsAndreas MattEric Londaits
In part two of the session, we'll continue with the exploration of the automata and artificial intelligence hands-on explorations from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre and IMAGINARY, and participants will have the opportunity to try the second part of...
Exhibit development
Julie LeclairMaren KrumdieckMyriam SpringuelAlanna DavidsonIgnasi Miró
Developing a travelling exhibition can be costly, time-consuming and staff-intensive. Factor in the added pressure of finding funding, content partners and navigating relationships during a global pandemic, and you have yourself a major project...
Equity & Inclusion
David JonesDavid JonesKerrie HighcockZoe King
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
This inspirational session, loaded with learning and insight, is a three-way conversation between David Jones, Life Science Centre (Life), Kerrie Highcock, North East Autism Society (...
Learning
Sarah DurcanAndrea Bandelli
Let's get social and scientific with an in-real-time participatory baking class! We'll make scones; classic and with some alternative dietary requirements (see ingredients lists below). Participants can ask questions and work from their kitchens...
Research, theory & evaluation
Ewine van Dishoeck
Ewine van Dishoeck's keynote speech is sponsored by The Kavli Prize.
Prof. Dr. Ewine F. van Dishoeck is a Professor in Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University.
Ewine van Dishoeck studies the tenuous, ice-cold clouds of...
Learning
Ryan JenkinsCristina OlivottoAmos BlantonCorinne TakaraEmily TakaraTrisha Sathish
Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis
In the past few years many museums have been developing tinkering studios, makerspaces and fablabs as part of their programmes and exhibitions. These spaces can offer ways to...