Science ♥ society
Get a practical science engagement warm-up before the conference and join the local public in building a fantastic machine of chain reactions in one of the Messe Congress convention centre's large halls.
This public event will involve Graz...
Learning
Justin DillonAmito HaarhuisSara TougaardAndy LloydYuri MattemanPaweł Barczyński
Science centres and museums share a long tradition of involving scientists in the development of events, exhibitions and educational activities. Traditionally scientists provide us with the latest discoveries and the most adequate explanations on...
Research, theory & evaluation
Marjelle van HoornNils Petter HauanMarie Hobson
The aim of this workshop is to help participants access and implement published academic research by: increasing awareness of what research exists and how to access it; providing practical techniques to enable participants to read research...
Learning
Antonina KhodzhaevaViktor PlassJiayi JinVassilis Vassilis PapakonstantinouHendrikje BrüningUrsula WarnkeKenneth MonjeroChristiane TheniusAliki GiannakopoulouAsli SamadovaYijia JinCarmen FenollosaAndrea RiccioAndrea Troncoso QuilaqueoSuzana Filipecki MartinsTomas RehacekIsabel Machado
A selection of posters showcasing non-profit projects will be displayed in the Business Bistro area throughout the entire conference. Join this special time slot to meet poster authors and engage in conversation.
Equity & Inclusion
Rick HallRick HallÅsa LindgrenMariana Back
How can we involve hard-to-reach audiences, or those with access challenges, in the design and creation of both the form and content of STEM activities, either in discovery centres or out in their local communities? How do we design activities...
Learning
Malvina ArtheauKate KnealeMelissa RichardMatthieu VernetIsabelle Chabanon-PougetDaniela De AngeliAntoine BlanchardDaniel Rosqvist
The GameLab is an informal drop-in space entirely dedicated to gaming.
Want to play some yet-to-come games designed by science centers? Ready to participate in an on-going experiment of collectively designing a game, from idea to...
Strategy & vision
Giovanni StijnenGiovanni StijnenMarjoleine van der Meij
These days science centres and museums are more and more called upon to act as public fora, places where visitors can meet and talk about important issues such as climate change, environmental protection, public health and new research areas such...
Science ♥ society
Julie BeckerMaarten OkkersenKate PhillipsSolveig ArnesenPhilipp Breuss-SchneeweisÅsa SundelinMonika FibyMaja SandeCybèle RobichaudKate Driver
After a successful first edition in 2015, the Open stage is back! In this session, speakers have exactly four minutes on stage and a video projector at their disposal to share experiences, epiphanies, projects, opinions etc with other...
Exhibit development
Sheena LaursenRikke MagnussenMaria ZachariassenLydia Schulze HeulingHeidi Rosenström
It is well known that the planning and development of an exhibition is a complex task. Throw in a scientific research team and you’ve got yourself an (exciting!) challenge.
How can the slow process of research feed into the faster momentum...
Exhibit development
Suzana Filipecki MartinsPippa HoughIngvar TjostheimSheldon Paquin
The amount of data we generate continues to rise exponentially. The systems we've devised to collect, store and share that data are getting ever more complex. In this session we investigate how we can use big data.
We'll explore...
Equity & Inclusion
Cyril DworskyKaroline IberSimona CerratoChristiane Thenius
In recent years, universities and other research organisations made manifold attempts to open up their institutions and facilities to allow for new encounters with science, arts and humanities. Considering that Children’s Universities create...
Learning
Rachel HaydonStephanie PaceMaria XanthoudakiPernille Hjort
There are various motivations to involve audiences in the co-curation and co-creation of exhibitions and activities, such as encouraging ownership, harnessing different perspectives, establishing relevance and fostering longer term relationships...