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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

Science ♥ society
María MenéndezAna NoronhaTobias WolffCatherine FrancheChristophe ChaffardonTobias WolffTina IbsenAudrey KorczynskaGuillaume TrapDaniel ScukaBarbara BudassiAna NoronhaRobert MeisnerAnna Arnadottir

This workshop is organised by the European Space Agency – ESA – and the Ecsite Space Group, the Ecsite thematic group that aims to improve and extend...

Learning
Ryan JenkinsSebastian MartinYihsuan LinEduard Muntaner-PerichLuigi Anzivino

One outcome of the past two years of adapting programming to a socially distant and online format is communities coming together to explore topics through hands-on exploration. The pandemic has opened up new possibilities for collaboration and...

Learning
Marianne AchiamVasyl DunetsSaku TuominenOlivia Levrini

Covid-19 showed us that new models for education are not only possible, but can be enacted in a previously unimaginably short timeframe. The time is ripe for new, more equitable educational systems, in which multiple actors contribute to the...

Wiktor Gajewski

Instead of regular sessions, join one of the informal meet-ups of various communities of science engagement practice.


Check the official conference app, the Whova app for details,...

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.

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