The 2016 Ecsite Conference took place in Graz, Austria. It was the first Ecsite conference to be co-organised by a trio of hosts and it welcomed 1,081 participants from 53 different countries.

Browse through our daily Storify summaries (see pdf files attached) and hundreds of pictures… Look back on the stimuating “Colours of cooperation” programme put together by a a trio of conference hosts: the FRida & freD Children’s Museum, the Universalmuseum Joanneum and the association ScienceCentre-Network.

A warm thank you to our fantastic hosts – and to all the participants who made this conference so special.

Pictures & videos

Discover our selection of pictures on Flickr.

Watch Elizabeth Rasekoala's keynote speech and the Opening event.

Daily Storify summaries

See pdf files attached.

Here is a couple of stories made by #Ecsite2016 participants about Refugees & Migrants session and GameLab. Have a look and don't hesitate to send yours to communications@ecsite.eu

Presentations

Speakers willing to share their presentation have attached it to their session’s page - find it in the session archive.

About the theme

Cooperation is the act of working together for a common purpose or benefit. As science communicators, cooperation is at the heart of our work.

We cooperate within our teams, with other science engagement organisations, with stakeholders from research, economy, policy and arts – and, of course, with our visitors when we create meaning together.

Cooperation requires respectful relationships, negotiating expectations and roles, agreeing on compromises. It is often a time-consuming and laborious effort, yet it yields benefits that an individual actor could not have achieved on its own and may lead to unexpected results and learnings.

Let´s use this conference to cooperatively work on challenges and common goals while enriching our own individual palette.

Other documents

Find attached below: the First Announcement, Final Programme, Press release and each day's Storify summary.