Equity & Inclusion
Barbara StreicherSanne den AdelVanessa MignanShaaron LevermentEmanuel ReisSanne den AdelBarbara Streicher
What does it take to be an agent of change and how can we become changemakers as individuals, organisations or networks? We need you to become an active part of the diversity and inclusion movement! We are fast becoming aware that we are neither...
Business & fundraising
Joanna KalinowskaBenedicte WolffNele Van der ElstLars Maroy
The interactive session will explore - together with you - different models on how institutions use sales to diversify their income. Is it only the tickets that we sell or is it more than this? Speakers will say a few words about their...
Audrey O'Connell
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.
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Science ♥ society
Raphael ChanayThomas B BergViola HoffmannAnnemarie van EekerenNils Petter Hauan
Climate change is one of the biggest global challenges we face, but simply presenting an exhibition or a publication on the facts and figures doesn’t seem to have the desired effect on the public. What could be more effective? Should museums take...
Science ♥ society
Sven SchadeJoseph RocheCarole PalecoLucie Steigleder
In a time of increasing misinformation and fake news, citizen engagement can be seen as an educational way to engage citizens in decision-making processes and re-establish trust between them and authorities.
This session will present...
Science ♥ society
Alex VerkadeWiebke RössigCatherine PaisleyLorna MacKenzieMarianne Benning
Our museums and science centres want to connect visitors with science through amazing exhibits and wonderful activities, but how easy is it to involve scientists in visitor activities? Furthermore, what’s in it for the scientist? It can be hard...
Exhibit development
Rachel SturgisClare BarlowLouise WhiteleyAmito HaarhuisPhil Loring
What expectations do we create or reinforce around what it means to have a healthy body or a healthy mind? Traditionally, medical museums have tended to prioritise the ‘medical gaze’, discussing bodies in terms of diagnosis. This approach can...
Science ♥ society
Martha CambreStefaan Blanckegiuseppe pellegriniLuisa MassaraniAntonio Gomes da Costa
Anti-vaccination movements have been growing around the globe, raising issues such as the resurgence of cases of diseases. Every year more than 20 million children in the world fail to receive the measles vaccine and the disease is now spreading...
Enjoy traditional, Slovenian, gastronomic delights at the Conference's Gala Dinner, together with 1200 Conference participants. And expect a Kersnikova twist!
More about this event coming soon.
Science ♥ society
Judith FeichtingerJuliet TschankMichaela HickersbergerGottfried Franz Mayer
Have you ever seen a wooden shirt or drunk from a cup made out of coffee grounds? This, dear participants, is bioeconomy. The session begins with an introduction into the field of bioeconomy, its societal relevance and potentials. Following this...
Business & fundraising
Nele Van der ElstDries DesagherVictoria ThomsonJoanna KalinowskaKatherine McAlpineHava ContiniShamini Balan
We talk and exchange a lot of ideas with our peers about programmes, interaction with the audience, etc. but despite having businesses to run, revenues to gain and business models to write, we don’t discuss the business behind the science...
Science ♥ society
Marie Couëdic
How can misinformation be tackled and what can science engagement professionals do about it?
This workshop will focus on sharing outcomes and present a document and case studies for any science engagement professional who is developing or...