Annual Conference sessions

The first Ecsite Conference took place in 1989. Here you can browse all Conference sessions since 2010. Use the search engine to look for people, topics...

Looking for an older session? Our digital records start in 2007, with programme pdfs attached to each conference page.

2017 Ecsite Conference

Exhibit development

Architecture and design as interpretation - Part 2

Claire PillsburyLee Skolnick, FAIAJane WernerLisa Månsson

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Welcome to the second and final part of our exploration of architecture and design as...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Learning

Drop-in and play

Ran Peleg

The GameLab is an informal space entirely dedicated to gaming.

It will be open all day on the conference's three days. It is a drop-in space. There will be games to play, game makers to meet. A different host each day will be present to...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Learning

Working with very young audiences

Heather KingIlona Iłowiecka-TańskaJen DeWittMaartje Raijmakers

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Young children (here we are focussing on 3-7 year olds) are frequent visitors to science...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Equity & Inclusion

Engaging visitors from 'all walks of life': who, why and what's the benefit?

Christopher WhitbyLauren SouterHeidrun SchulzeInês OliveiraMarie Hobson

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Our visitors bring life into our science centres and museums. Many organisations are...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Science ♥ society

Cultivating local science communication talents

Bart Van de LaarSuzana Filipecki MartinsVesna PajićAnna DławichowskaStephane Berghmans

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X-factor, The Voice, MasterChef, you name it, talent scouting is a big thing and makes...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Strategy & vision

Closing & handover ceremony

Say goodbye to our two 2017 hosts and hello to the Natural History Museum of Geneva team who will be welcoming us for the 2018 Ecsite Annual Conference (7-9 June 2018).

2017 Ecsite Conference

Equity & Inclusion

Science engagement for social cohesion: integrating migrant communities

Linda ConlonCarlos Catalao AlvesMichaela RiccioDagmar KlauerAliki Giannakopoulou

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The issues of emigration, demographic mobility and integration of people forced to move...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Equity & Inclusion

Designing for all

Maarten OkkersenSheena LaursenDorothée VatinelToni DancstepChristopher Cardiel

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Designing for all may sound like an impossible task. As the world increasingly engages in...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Learning

Computational tinkering: a playful approach to code

Mike PetrichKaren WilkinsonAmos BlantonCarmelo Presicce

In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in making and coding. Across the globe, in formal and informal settings, educational organisations are providing young people with opportunities to make and code. But many of these initiatives...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Science ♥ society

Tipping point: when exhibitions become experiences

Ines MontalvaoTapio KoivuOrna CohenJan Alfred AnderssonMarc TamschickDaniel Glaser

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Museums and science centres have been gradually realising how much their visitors demand...

2017 Ecsite Conference

Science ♥ society

Making good museum games - Day 2

All detailed information about this workshop can be found here.

2017 Ecsite Conference

Strategy & vision