Equity & Inclusion
Lizzy MoriartyMarta MarialvaRafael GalupaMariana Rama Pedro AlvesMassa Mufti-HamwiHanouf Al-Alawi
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
How do you create equitable community engagement programmes to reach underserved communities? Come and explore off-site community engagement activities serving some of the most...
Science ♥ society
Nikolaj MøllerCamilla Tham
Commitment: Climate & biodiversity crisis
Despite growing global awareness of climate change in recent years, the consequences for human health are not yet broadly understood and addressed. The Natural History Museum...
Exhibit development
Audrey O'ConnellDirk DenoyelleAndreas MattCorrado CanoniciMarc GareauAnna ClarkThomas HofbergerPanagiotis KotsanasMichael BradkeLaurent DONDEYOlivier RetoutJoy LatourJoonas JuutilainenDon Lessem
The second of our touring exhibitions slots. A preview of current and upcoming touring science exhibitions across Europe and the world. This fast-paced session will give you a glimpse of a large range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you...
Equity & Inclusion
Sharon AmentKaren PetersonJennifer BreslinAnita Krishnamurthi
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
Less than 25% of computer science and engineering students are women and far fewer graduate and pursue careers in those fields (National Science Board, 2018). Women remain drastically...
Research, theory & evaluation
Marie HobsonAlex FairheadLaura DavidsonSiobhan Starrs
There has been increasing recognition of the role museums should play to address the planetary emergency. To incite social change, we need to close the gap between concern and action.
The first step in closing this gap is increasing the...
Learning
Maya HalevyBirgit MagerDee HalliganDaniel Charny
In this session, Mariano Gago Ecsite Award winner Maya Halevy explores the topic of service design in museums and education fields with world-class professionals in the field. Service design is a new field that helps choreograph the processes,...
Strategy & vision
Maren KrumdieckPaul VoogtMohammad RuhaiyemAyman ElsayedAnna Omedes
In this pecha kucha type session new science centres, science museums, exhibitions... that are currently in the start up and/or design phase will be presented. Presenters will give a short overview of their project. What are their goals and...
Equity & Inclusion
Laura VerbeekGiulia GhezziLorenz KampschulteCatherine OualianEsther GajekKatharina Hof
Commitment: Equity & inclusion
What are seniors’ special needs? Or, if we throw away all our prejudices about being frail or slow, do we find out that they are just like us - longing for a connection, for competence...
Time to dig out those fancy clothes that you haven’t been able to wear in over a year! The more sparkles, the better, as you go and get ready for Ecsite goes Eurovision. Make sure you're back at the stage for 17.15 CEST.
Learning
Carmen FenollosaMaria ZоlоtоnоsаMargaret HoneyMaya HalevyAriel Knafo
Despite all the transformation of our society over the past century little has changed in the education system since the 19th century. The pandemic has just put more pressure on an unfit education system: a divide between rich and poor, lack of...
Science ♥ society
Amparo Leyman PinoSteven SchaekenWouter VerbiestMaarten TaborskyAmparo Leyman PinoPaul OrselliMichael FeserAnna Schaefers
Let’s do it again! Share your wildest ideas. In 2019, Experimentarium saw the birth of Ecsite’s very first Idea-Jam session. Many wild ideas were shared, from Rhythmetariums to Flying Science Saucers and Second Childhood Museums. The...
Exhibit development
Audrey O'ConnellAgnes RuizFlora PloquinAlanna DavidsonMatthew HeenanSøren SkarbyEmily CroninIlse WachtelaerPeter ElsaesserBettina Deutsch-Dabernig Luísa CannasValentine BaldacchinoCorinne BoungoAurora MoreiraPaolo Russo
A preview of current and upcoming touring science exhibitions across Europe and the world. This fast-paced session will give you a glimpse of a large range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you to make contacts and find out more.