Design
Eric EdbladJonas EdbladJerk Zander
One of the most over-used words in corporate communications is ‘innovation’. An innovation culture is considered to be one of the most critical focus areas for organizations in the 21st Century and yet this is proving difficult to...
Outreach
Gérard CobutPeter BentsenBent Johan PoulsenJulie BønnelyckeNathalie CapletAnna FisherKathrin Kösters
The general public is made up of so many different audiences. Some are particularly difficult to reach while others have specific needs – both cases require special attention. Building on the speakers’ experiences, this session aims...
Technology
Owain Davies
“When I first started designing and building exhibits I’d never heard of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. Now there isn’t a project that comes up without someone mentioning it, QR, or bar codes! And everyone wants...
Science in Society
Leonel AlegreInes MontalvaoBergit ArendsVarda Gur Ben ShitritBryndís SnæbjörnsdóttirJorge Wagensberg
Historically museums have had a role in defining what’s true, beautiful, valuable and worth sharing with visitors. But how do science museums find balance between the scientific truth and other values and beliefs of social, aesthetic and ethical...
Outreach
Wendy SadlerDavid PriceMarieke NavinJohn Downey
Passion and interactivity await in this session full of the richness, innovation and potential contained in the spirit of science busking. We dream of a time when the emotional and entertainment value of this highly adaptable method of...
Michelle DevaneyJean-Jacques PerrierBruna ValettiniMichelle DevaneyLUDOVIC FRERE ESCOFFIERMarzia Mazzonetto
In order to imagine new solutions, we must bring together different actors (researchers, stakeholders, societal actors) with complementary knowledge and experiences and forge new partnerships using a participatory approach.
Environment...
Exhibit development
Anne PrugnonChristina Ritzl VejlgaardLars WerdelinSonja NeumannPanagiotis Poulopoulos
In our dreams, we are transported to different worlds, distant times and sometimes unfamiliar places. This session will explore innovative techniques for creating a sense of time and place in exhibitions, using objects, digital interpretation and...
Collections
Elna NordBlair ParkinDaniel AntoineFarah Ahmed
A revolution is happening in museums and store rooms around the world. Objects held in museum storage for hundreds of years, some hundreds of millions of years old, are starting to see the light of day in entirely news ways using 3D visualisation...
Collections
Esther DugdaleLubov Strelnikova
The Polytechnic Museum in Moscow is one of the oldest museums of its kind in the world and the largest technical museum in Russia. The modernization project that began in 2010 aims to create a new museum and education centre with advanced museum...
Collections
Annika JoyDidier LavalClara Lim
Science is no longer perceived as a series of instantaneous innovations, but as a gradual evolution, involving lengthy experimentation and huge numbers of people. How do science museums and science centres present the process of change in science...
Marketing & communication
Agnes Ruiz
Before an exhibition travels the world, marketing managers must promote something that doesn’t yet exist. They must also find partners, co-producers and future hosts that must be secured very early in the process. This workshop aims to...
Marketing & communication
Denise AmyotNathalie Caplet
Most of our institutions have a Facebook and a Twitter account, and sometimes a blog. But these can be set up to work in different ways: one or several official accounts, a person or two hidden behind anonymous accounts; accounts that are...