09:00 - 10:30 Armchair Tour Session
Extra - Travelling exhibitions available Convenor: Michael Creek, Projects Coordinator, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium
Presenters: Patricia Verheyden, Director of Exhibits, Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Center, Mechelen, Belgium Presentation
Fatima Ouali, Project Manager, Cite des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
Claudia Bade, Manager Content Development, Dialogue Social Enterprise, Hamburg, Germany
Michael Bradke, Director, Mobiles Musik Museum, Düsseldorf, Germany Presentation
Sara Bagge, Developer, NAVET - The Sjuhärad science center, Borås, Sweden Presentation
Jan English, Assistant Director, Travelling Programs, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA Presentation
Julie Moskalyk, International Sales Manager, Science North, Sudbury, Canada Presentation
Heather Farnworth, Associate Director International Sales, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada Presentation
Antonia Spanos, Exhibitions Director, The Science of..., London, UK Presentation
Annie Lord, Senior Exhibitions Officer, National Museums Liverpool, UK Presentation
Seppo Stark, Export Manager, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, , Vantaa, Finland
Mikko Myllykoski, Experience director, Heureka, the Finnish Science Center, Vantaa, Finland
Gérard Cobut, Exhibition Development, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Presentation
Joerg Ehtreiber, Director, FRida & freD - The Graz Children's Museum, Graz, Austria
Maren Krumdieck, Marketing and Sales Manager, The Natural History Museum, London, UK Presentation
Gène Bertrand, Head of program and developments, Continium, Kerkrade, Netherlands Presentation
Esther Schärer, Project Manager, Alimentarium, Food Museum, Vevey, Switzerland
Tobias Wolff, Exhibition Manager, Universum, Bremen, Germany Presentation
Looking to rent or buy travelling exhibitions? This year, we celebrate the first birthday of Extra with a look at travelling exhibitions on science, available now and soon, across Europe. This rapid-fire session will give you a glimpse of the huge range of exhibitions on offer, leaving it up to you to make contacts and find out more. Dossiers on all these exhibitions are available on Extra, Europe’s online database for travelling science exhibitions, which is hosted and maintained by Ecsite at www.extrascience.eu.
09:00 - 10:30 Reverse Session
Homosexuality: still a taboo for science centres and museums? Convenor: Luigi Amodio, Director, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy Presentation
Speakers: Maud Gouy, Direction of exhibitions, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Presentation
Geir Søli, Director of Department of Exhibition and Public services, Natural History Museum – University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway Presentation
Homosexuality is still, for many people and in many societies, a taboo subject. The purpose of this session is to understand whether it is a taboo for our institutions too, whose purpose should be that of spreading scientific knowledge on human behaviour without prejudice or censorship. This theme will be addressed through the presentation of three cases of exhibitions and through a frank and open discussion with all the participants on the hesitations and self-censorship that we sometimes experience.
09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session
Quantity vs quality in learning objectives
Convenors: Christine Migozzi, Assistant Director, Publics and Commercial Activities, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
Presenters: Ilaria Guaraldi Vinassa de Regny, President, Associazione Didattica Museale, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy
Maria Xanthoudaki, Head of Education and of International Relations, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci Presentation
Peter Trevitt, Executive Director, Techniquest, Cardiff, UK Presentation
Wayne La Bar, Vice President of Exhibitions & Featured Experiences, Liberty Science Centre, Jersey City, USA Presentation
One of the challenges of museums today is to combine quality with quantity when it comes to access, provision and experience. We all want to receive high visitor numbers but additionally to create a meaningful relationship with them. The session explores case studies to understand ways in which this can be achieved with success and to identify modes in which experiences can be transferred. Since museums evolve and change we need to reflect on the feasibility, transferability and sustainability of such evolution and change.
09:00 - 10:30 Reverse Session
Film at the museum Convenors: Alessandro Griffini, President, International Association for Media in Science, Rome, Italy
Presenters: Annette Scheurich, Director and Chief Executive Producer, Marco Polo Film AG, Heidelberg, Germany
Gabriel Turkieh, Film producer, ALTO MEDIA, Paris, France
Kathleen Van Damme, Managing Director, AthenaWeb project Leader, Lab To Media, Brussels, Belgium
This session looks at the role of films in science centres and museums. Are they knowledge items? A focus of interest for visitors? Elements of the scenery? We will look at how to produce a science film and make use of science pictures, and whether they have to appeal to public’s reason or emotion. We will examine the roles of the film director, the scientist and the science museum professional, and assess the advantages and processes of coproduction as well as the rights situation in the European Union and the new broadcasting options taking into account opportunities offered by the internet.
09:00 - 10:30 Workshop
Digital technologies: do they enhance learning in science centres?
Convenor: Hannu Salmi, Head of Research and Development, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa, Finland
Presenters: Sofoklis Sotiriou, Head of Research and Development Department, Ellinogermaniki Agogi, Athens, Greece Presentation
Hagen Buchholz, Research Associate, Fraunhofer FIT, St Augustin, Germany
Franz Bogner, Chair of Didactics of Biology, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany Presentation
Digital technologies are embraced by the science centre community - but how can we be sure that they really enhance learning?
Exploar is a European project, aiming to contribute to the access to and sharing of advanced tools, services and learning resources, by offering unique informal learning opportunities to the visitors of science centres and museums through the demonstration of a new method of interaction between the visitor and the exhibition. The project has developed augmented reality technology for use inside and outside science centres, in a range of scenarios - from a wing demonstrating the Bernoulli principle, to a miniature version which visitors can take home, hook up to their webcam and see the Bernoulli principle in action from the comfort of their own homes. This session will present the project's key findings as well as demonstrating the augmented reality scenarios it has developed. Debate will focus on the best methods of testing the effectiveness of these technologies
09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session
Darwin, exhibiting Evolution Convenor: Sara Milne, Chief Executive Officer, Science Of.., London, UK
Presenters: Pip Diment, Exhibitions Officer, National Museums and Galleries of Wales, London, UK Presentation
Michèle Antoine, Head of Exhibitions, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Presentation
Paulo Mota, Director, Museum of Science Coimbra University, Coimbra, Portugal Presentation
Do all evolution exhibitions look the same? The challenge is to show innovative presentations of evolution and Darwin’s ideas after 150 years of the publication of “On the origin of species…” We all know how Darwin’s contribution completely changed our view of the world and our position in nature but the session focuses on how this is conveyed with new methods, new media, new codes and languages and new interpretation devices. The discussion will cover the creative processes, the strengths and weaknesses, and the first reactions of the public.
10:30 - 11:15
Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00
Ecsite General Assembly Meeting
11:15 - 12:30 Panel Session
Telling stories of science Convenor: Saiful Bahri Baharom, Director of Programmes, PETROSAINSThe Discovery Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Presenters: Flora Paparou, Phd Candidate, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Presentation
Pedro Casaleiro, Head of Exhibitions and Collections / Member of the Executive Direction Board Science Museum, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Presentation
Esther Dugdale, Event Communications Ltd, London, UK Presentation
Telling stories has always been at the core of museum communication and exhibit development. Stories about scientists, scientific objects and spaces are an effective strategy for museums and science centres. Science stories can take many shapes and forms and provide new entry points for reaching a broader audience. This session will explore storytelling in museums and science centre exhibits and programmes as a means of organising ideas and enhancing visitor engagement. The speakers will discuss different approaches to telling stories in science with different focus points, from the objects to the scientific subjects, from the spaces of science to scientists themselves.
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11:15 - 12:30 Workshop
Constructing understanding of science - a hands-on workshop Convenor: Ed Sobey, Travelling Science Communicator, Teknikens Hus, Lulea, Sweden
Presenters: Jan Alfred Andresson, Manager, Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo, Norway
Otto Schuetz, Science Communicator, Science Center Netzwerk, Vienna, Austria
Martin Kulhawczuk, Science Communicator, Trondheim Science Centre, Trondheim, Norway
Participants will discover their creative spirits and will become artists/scientists exploring design, structure, form and function. In the process they will gain better understanding of science and technology, and will learn how to activate their visitors in learning. This exciting method of engaging audiences mimics the creative (da Vinci) processes and has visitors become designers and problem solvers. Each participant will make up to five creations that focus directly on learning science. Special emphasis will be given to green technologies such as solar and wind.
11:15 - 12:30 workshop
NanoToTouch - Experience live research in science centres and museums Convenor: Andrea Bandelli, Freelance science communicator, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenters: Paul Martin, Vice President, Exhibits, Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint-Paul, Minnesota, USA
Paul Hix, Scientific Assistant, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
Experience 'NanoToTouch - Nanosciences Live in Science Centres and Museums', a EC-funded project aimed at bringing science into the public forum.
Visit a temporary, yet fully functional scanning microscopic laboratory erected in the midst of the museum exhibits and observe nano-scientists interacting with the public. Hear a scientist experienced in working in such an environment give an introduction into the nano-world and present his research. Take part in a discussion with the project partners and outside nano-science communications experts and give your ideas, impressions and opinions on the concept of performing science live in museums and science centres.
11:15 - 12:30 Panel Session
Travelling exhibitions: the question of adaptation Convenor: Ilaria Guaraldi Vinassa de Regny, President, Associazione Didattica Museale, Natural History Museum, Milan, Italy
Presenters: Dorothée Vatinel, Curator, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Presentation
Chiara Ceci, PhD Student, Department of Human Sciences for Education, University of Milan Bicocca, Milan, Italy Presentation
Colleen Schmitz, Hygiene Deutches Museum, Dresden, Germany, Presentation
We will see some cases of travelling exhibitions as they have moved among venues, adapting their format. We will look at how an exhibition travels around the globe maintaining its basic structure and a specific communicative method, but also in the process of its globalisation, how it develops local differences and somehow achieves a particularity in each location.
11:15 - 12:30 Panel Session
The involvement of science centres in the International Year of Astronomy 2009 educational efforts
Convenor: Alessandra Zanazzi, education office, fondazioneIDIS, Citta della scienza, Naples, italy
Presenters: Pedro Russo, IYA, Munich, Germany, Presentztion
Rosa Duran, Nucleo interactivo te astronomia, Lisbon, Portugal,
Andy McPherson, Indepedent consultant, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
In 2009 we celebrate 400 years of Galileo’s observations, an important moment that forever changed our view of the Universe. Proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Year of Astronomy, the celebration involves more than 120 nations, the largest coordinated effort of professional and non-professional astronomers in history for popularising astronomy. The international commission is promoting several global projects in which science centres and planetaria can be involved actively. We will explore some of these projects addressed to the general public, to teachers (and schools) and to youngsters.
12:30 - 13:45
Lunch Break
13:45 - 15:15 Workshop
Technology, media and internet
Convenor: Andrea Bandelli, Freelance science communicator, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenters: Silvia Singer, Director, Museo interativo de economia, Mexico Presentation
Bernhard Kehrer, Director of Concept, studio klv, Berlin, Germany
Anne Stephan, Designer, Cite des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France
Kate Duckworth, NISE network executive, Exploratorium, San Fransisco, USA
Zsiros Laszlo, Science Communicator, Palace of Miracles, Budapest, Hungary Presentation
Kat Nilsson, Science Museum, London, UK, presentation
Jacomy Mathieu, Researcher, Fondation maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris, France
An innovative session format that will give you a broad perspective on the latest developments of technology in museums, where you can explore and learn how technology is constantly changing the way we work and the activities we develop. This session and its counterpart (Web 2.0, virtual environments and technology, Friday 16h) provide an opportunity to deepen the discussion on themes like: social media and participatory culture, new interfaces and collaborative behaviour, networks and institutional permeability. Short, focussed and thought-provoking presentations will trigger group discussions led by the participants. Come to the first session or to the second, or both.
13:45-15:15 Roundtable session
Planetaria and cosmic ecology
Convenor: Stefano Giovanardi, Rome Planetarium and Astronomical Museum Curator, Rome, Italy Presentation
Presenters: Tom Kennedy, Producer, Morrison planetarium, California Academy of sciences, presentation
Pietro Russo international year of astronomy, Presentation
We are entering a time in which changes – both social and environmental – are unfolding at an ever increasing rate. Their impact is becoming even more evident from the media coverage, especially in regard to the growing relevance of news about the climate change. Since 2007, following the publication of the IPCC report on climate change, the public perception of the problem soared to great levels of sharing. Climate change is now relevant in political and economical debate, as much as in popular gossip. This indicates that society at large demands a proper engagement in the discussion, and planetaria are ideal candidates to host this discourse, to develop a collective attention to environmental issues.
13:45 - 15:15 Workshop
Science and theatre: strategies for emotional learning Convenor: Eddie Roberts, Actor/Director, Le Nuvole Società Cooperativa, Naples, Italy Presentation
Presenters: Jon Milton, Punkscience Coordinator, Science Museum, London, UK
Walter Ginckels, Supervisor Edutainment, Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Center, Mechelen, Belgium
Massimo Abbamonte, expert on museum theatre, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Claudia Donadoni, Expert on Theatre for young children, , National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
In this session we look into the way we could use theatre as a tool, and a language, to communicate science to a wide audience. Not just speaking about theatre in museums, but doing it. We will have only a few words from the convenor, before three live performances from three different museums. After the performances we give everyone the opportunity to ask questions, exchange suggestions and opinions: just as in the Agora in ancient Greece, everyone can participate and debate. We know there are many ways to put science on stage inside museums; but why would we use theatre in museums? Is it necessary?
13:45-15:15 Panel Session
Preserving contemporary scientific-technological heritage: why
Convenors: Serge Chambaud , Director of scientific and technological culture , Musée des Arts et Métiers – CNAM, Paris, France
Presenters: Laura Ronzon, Head of Heritage Development, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy Presentation
Catherine Cuenca, Head Curator, Musée des Arts et Métiers – CNAM, , Paris, France Presentation
Museums should define an acquisition policy for contemporary objects with the aim of preserving scientific and technological heritage of recent decades. Many are the open questions: which objects should we preserve? What evidence should we collect? Which connections should we establish between scientific and technological heritage? How can we exhibit and communicate this material? We would like to discuss different points of view on this topic in order to share ideas and to reflect on recent and contemporary scientific practices.
13:45-15:15 Panel Session
Evaluating projects and exhibitions for preschoolers in science centres
Convenor: Maartje Raijmakers, Associate Professor, Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenters: Justin Dillon, Senior Lecturer in Science and Environmental Education, Centre for Informal Learning and Schools, King's College London, London, UK Presentation
Tessa van Schijndel, PhD student, Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Presentation
Preeti Gupta, Senior Vice President for Education and Public Programmes, The New York Hall of Science, New York, USA Presentation
Science centres and museums show a growing interest in the topic of evaluation. In this session a number of questions and challenges with regard to evaluating exhibitions and projects for the preschool age group will be discussed. Justin Dillon will introduce the topic of evaluation by discussing the US National Science Foundation report “Assessing learning in informal science contexts”. Next, two evaluation projects that were aimed at assessing preschoolers learning in science centres will be discussed. The projects were executed at the science center NEMO in Amsterdam and at the New York Hall of Science
13:45 - 15:15 Panel Session
How to show the process of innovation in a museum or science centre Convenor:Alain Coine, General Delegate, Fondation Villette Entreprises, Paris, France
Presenters: Claudie Haignere, President, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Presentation
Fiorenzo Galli, Director General, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
PresentationDonghong Cheng, Executive Secretary, China Association for Science and Technology, Beijing, China
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More than ever, innovation is becoming a strong challenge for the future of our society. It is important to educate the new generation on the spirit of innovation. Science centres and museums have a fundamental role in that respect. The session focuses on ways to familiarise visitors with innovation and on how to present the process of innovation within a museum or science centre.
13:45 - 15:15 Poster Session
Nucleating regional science education networks from science centres Convenor: Charlotte Schulze, Chief Executive Officer, Youth and Science Foundation Heidelberg gGmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
Presenters: Varda Gur Ben-Shitrit, Head of Science & Society, Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
Rosina Malagrida, Director of Communication, Barcelona Science Park, Barcelona, Spain Presentation
Luigi Cerri, Head of Education, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy Presentation
Zvi Paltiel, Young@Science and The Clore Garden of Science, The Davidson Institute for Science Education at The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
Sandra Kohllöffel, Co-ordinator of International Relations, Le Vaisseau, Strasbourg, France
Livio Riboli-Sasco, President, Association Paris Montagne, Paris, France
Brigitte Zana, Director for Development and Networks, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France
Orlando Naranjo, Astrophysicist, Universidad de Los Andes, Grupo de Astrofísica Teórica, Mérida, Venezuela Presentation
Fred Engelbrecht, Head of Teaching Lab, Youth and Science Foundation Heidelberg gGmbH, Heidelberg, Germany
Anna Rebella, Responsible Educational Services, Fondazione POST, Perugia, Italy
Gholamhossein Rastegar Nasab, Head of Zakaria Razi Student Research Center, Iran Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran Presentation
Salvatore Sutera, Scientific Coordinator, Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Many research institutions and large companies have started scientific outreach programmes like open days, nights of science, teacher courses or public lectures. A well established science centre with all its existing contacts can serve as a hub for new activities and support scientists that want to go public. Science centres might create workshops and field trips involving university campus, botanical gardens, zoos and other institutions or involve student teachers in science communication programmes. Some run programmes for science teacher training, rent scientific equipment or start exchange or internship programs. We will see a wide variety of examples during the session
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15:15 - 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 - 17:30 Armchair Tour
New science centres and projects Convenor: Erik Jacquemyn, Chief Executive Officer, Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Center, Mechelen, Belgium
Presenters: Rinske Jurgens, Exhibition Manager, Maritime Museum, Rotterdam, Netherlands Presentation
Armin Frey, Scientific Director, SK-Stiftung CSC, Cologne, Germany Presentation
Gro Persson, Jaermuseet, Sandnes, Norway Presentation
Katja Beschow, Science assistant, The German Chemistry Museums Merseburg, Merseburg, Germany
Giordano Ciabatta, Fondazione POST, Perugia, Italy, Presentation
Developing and starting a science centre or new project are complex tasks. This “armchair tour” of new science centres and projects brings together presenters who recently experienced this in different ways and want to share their successes and failures related to topics such as concept development, finance, exhibits, building, operations, marketing and HR.
This session is a good opportunity for everyone in the field to get to know new colleagues and their experiences and to put forward new and fresh ideas and views.
16:00-17:30 Panel Session
Scientists communicating nanotechnology: Strategies and Challenges Convenor: Giovanni Carrada, Independent science communicator, Rome, Italy
Presenters: Luisa Filipponi, Post doc, Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark Presentation
Imke Debecker, Outreach Communications Coordinator, IMEC, Leuven, Belgium Presentation
Maddalena Scandola, Outreach Communications Coordinator, S3 Research Center (INFM-CNR), Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita' di Modena, Modena, Italy Presentation
Nanotechnology is a powerful enabling technology that is expected to greatly improve the properties and performance of numerous materials and devices. Many research centres in Europe participate in outreach activities to explain the technology and its applications to the general public, so that a new figure of science communicators is arising. In this session we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of communicating nanotechnology as seen from the scientists’ point of view, and we will present some communicating activities arose from nanoscience research centres in Europe, with the aim of critically assessing those activities and discuss the audience feedback.
16:00-17:30 Panel session
Are teens the next challenge for contemporary museums? Convenor: Sally Duensing, Visiting Professor, King’s College London, London, UK
Presenters: Luis Barbeiro, PhD student, King’s College London, London, UK Presentation
Sara Calcagnini, Education Department, National museum of science and technology Leonardo da Vinci presentation
Stephanie Forman, Project Manager, The Wellcome Trust, London, UK Presentation
Teens, if we are able to establish a relationship with them, have the potential to provide our museums with fresh perspectives and energy. They represent the pulse of contemporary culture. Their thinking will be at the forefront of society within the decade and can be a catalyst for change at the museum. As young citizens, teens offer exciting ways to engage with scientific processes, evidence and risk, and contribute to political and ethical debates. Speakers will present a variety of ways they involve teens as participants and shapers of museum programmes to explore teen identity, involvement in scientific issues and news.
16:00-17:30 Panel Session
Web 2.0, virtual environments and technology Convenor: Andrea Bandelli, Freelance science communicator, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Presenters: Carlo Maiolini, Project Manager, Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento, Italy Presentation
Louise Julie Bertrand, Head of Exhibitions, Montréal Science Centre, Montreal, Canada Presentation
Heather Farnworth, Associate Director International Sales, Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada Presentation
Alejandra León-Castellá, Executive Director, Fundación CIENTEC, San José, Costa Rica Presentation
Francisco Doménech Casteleiro, Web developer, Museos Científicos Coruñeses, La Coruña, Spain
Joseph Elran, Distant Learning Manager, Clore Garden of Science, Rehovot, Israel Presentation
Another round of fast-paced presentations and stimulating group discussions to understand the role that technology plays in our institutions. From virtual reality to stunning visual presentations, from web 2.0 to new effective delivery channels: how are we using these technologies? What are the opportunities ahead? This session’s group discussions will build on a broad range of examples that show the role of technology in a variety of museum projects, spanning from physical exhibitions to on-line programmes. The active involvement of the presenters with the audience will guarantee wide perspectives and insightful conversations.
16:00-17:30 Panel Session
On the shoulders of giants: Museums draw lessons from history of science Convenor: Annelore Scholten, Head of Public Engagement, Education and Exhibitions Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Netherlands
Presenters: Christopher Parkin, Education Officer, Museum of the History of Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Presentation
Sarah Lloyd, Education Officer, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK Presentation
Karen Giacobassi, Coordinator of Educational Programs in English, Istituto e Museo di Storia deela Scienza, Florence, Italy Presentation
The history of science has witnessed a revolution in popular interest, and yet for the most part it remains peripheral to school curricula and to the education of young scientists. Museums are in a unique position to put learning in historical contexts. We examine the contribution that scientific collections can make to science education through new initiatives which place an emphasis on understanding, from a historical perspective, how scientists work.
16:00-17:30 Panel Session
Project management for large scale projects
Convenor: Giovanni Crupi, Director of Marketing, Communication & Fundraising, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy
Presenters: Dinah Casson, Casson Mann designers, London, UK Presentation
Dominique Botbol, Head of department for museological objects, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France Presentation
Barbara Soresina, Project Manager, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy Presentation
Many museums are undertaking large scale projects such as permanent gallery renovation, opening of new buildings or temporary exhibition production. These projects require dedicated teams involving a wide range of different professionals. Staffing and project management are crucial, as well as delicate parts of the process, guaranteeing that objectives are reached on time, on budget and with the expected quality. Some of the project roles within the team can be assigned to internal staff or they can be outsourced. The session will explore the key factors orienting this choice, as well as the ways in which projects are managed and how each task is integrated within the project course.
16:00-17:30 Poster Session
Evaluation: an overview Convenor: Karen Bultitude, Senior Lecturer, Science Communication Unit , University of the West of England, Bristol, UK
Presenters:Nina Collatz Christensen, Head of Education, Odense Zoo, Odense, Denmark
Sue Cavell, Head of Research and Evaluation, Techniquest, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Chantal Barriault, Co-Director Science Communication / Senior Scientist, Research and Evaluation
Science North, Sudbury, Canada
Jennifer DeWitt, Research Associate, King’s College London, London, UK
Justin Dillon, Senior Lecturer in Science and Environmental Education, Centre for Informal Learning and Schools, King's College London, London, UK
Preeti Gupta, Senior Vice President for Education and Public Programmes, The New York Hall of Science, New York, USA
Paola Rodari, Senior Researcher, Innovation and Communication of Science Group (ICS), Trieste, Italy
Matteo Merzagora, Freelance science communicator, Paris, France
Evaluation is fundamental to ensuring the success of a project and learning from previous experience; however, there are a wide variety of issues associated with the reality of performing evaluation. This poster session will provide an informal environment for participants to discuss the pros and cons of different techniques with people who have put them into practice. Methodologies to be covered will include both basic and slightly more innovative techniques, for example: metrics counters; Generic Learning Outcomes & questionnaires; observations; interviews; focus groups; video and action research.
17:30-18:30 Happy hour
20:00 Nocturne
Programme Committee
09:00 - 10:30