Programme details Saturday 6 June 2009

09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session Working with young people on socially relevant issues Convenor:  Kerstin Åkesson, Head of Education, Universeum, Gothenburg, Sweden Presenters:Sue Cavell,  Techniquest, Cardiff, UK Presentation Kenny Webster, Informal Learning Manager, Resident Scientist, Thinktank, Birmingham, UK Presentation Sabine Cárdenas, Coordinator of Educative Research and Evaluation, Trompo Magico Museo Interactivo, Zapopan, Mexico Presentation How can a science centre give opportunities to young people that may otherwise not be available to them? What methods are used and how can we overcome the problems they encounter? Two speakers will talk about facilitating young people’s input into a UK–wide consultation of the National DNA Database, and young people working alongside science communication specialists. The third speaker will talk about a project in Mexico, the Children's Opinion Laboratory, and its results. Do we know the concerns and interests of children about their communities? How can an interactive museum become a forum where they can express these?. 09:00 - 10:30 Roundtable Session Low Budget High Impact revisited; small science centres forum Convenor: Steven Pizzey, Director, Science Projects, London, UK Presentation Presenters: Miha Kos, Director, House of Experiments, Ljubljana, Slovenia Presentation Hilde De Laet, Operations Manager, Hidrodoe, Herentals, Belgium Presentation Olle Nordberg, Director, Teknikens Hus, Lulea, Sweden Presentation Claudia Gorr, Exhibition Manager, Tower of Sense, Nuremberg, Germany Presentation Small science centres express great diversity in their approach to conveying science to the public and have developed interesting techniques for their survival. As in previous conferences this session provides an opportunity to exchange ideas and catch up on developments. 09:00 - 10:30 Poster Session Creating unforgettable, immersive visitor experiences Convenor: Achim Englert, Manager, Phaenomenta, Flensburg, Germany Presenters: Julie Moskalyk, International Sales Manager, Science North, Sudbury, Canada Presentation Kirk Ramsay, Chief Executive Officer, Glasgow Science Centre, Glasgow, UK Paul Martin, Vice President, Exhibits, Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint-Paul, Minnesota, USA This session is about using multimedia to create rich, educational experiences that immerse and involve audiences and keep them coming back again and again. Object theatres, 4D shows, story theatres, all of these have the commonality of creating deeply immersive, condensed visitor experiences that can take a key message and bring it to life. Through examples from the field, evaluation studies and new multimedia trends in the museum and science centre world you will discover how these theatres have evolved. You will learn how to use techniques and experience design to create an experience that surrounds and involves your audience. 09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session  Evaluation: Methods and findings to develop culturally and globally relevant programmes and exhibits Convenors: Maria Xanthoudaki, Head of Education and of International Relations, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy Presenters: Elsa Bailey, Director/Principal – Elsa Bailey Consulting, San Francisco, California, USA Presentation Giulia di Martini, Education Department, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy Presentation Maritza Macdonald, Director of Education and Policy, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA Presentation Lisa Guggenheim, Vice President, Education and Government Relations, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA This interactive session uses evaluation experiences of a multinational team of evaluators and policy developers to engage participants in discussion of relevance of culture and global interest. The exhibition Evolution, Water, and Climate Change serves to illustrate how we assess the impact of our exhibitions and programmes. Two sets of brief presentations followed by group discussions will address three questions: Why do we evaluate? How do we decide what methods are more culturally appropriate? How do we use findings to make future decisions? We close by sharing reflections and ideas from our discussion to increase our knowledge of these concepts 09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session  New Significant Goals for the Future Convenors: Catherine Franche, Executive Director, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium Presenters: David Edwards, Founder, Le Laboratoire, Paris, France Presentation Maya Halevy, Director, Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Presentation Lesley Lewis, Executive Director, Ontario Science centre, Toronto, Canada Wayne Labar, Liberty Science centre, Jersey City, USA Presentation Patrick Butor, General manager, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Presentation Peter Trevitt, Chief Executive Officer, Techniquest, Cardiff, UK Presentation Most science centres have mission statements that guide their function. Most of these share similar values: “to promote public understanding of science and technology”; “to increase curiosity”; “to provide support for the educational system”, and so on. But in recent years, science centres have gained experience, society has changed, as of course have science and technology, thus imposing new demands. Institutions are relocating or uniting; others are being established that create new environments for science centres. Our sector is developing and growing, but in what direction? The goals we set, in mission statements or strategic plans, help to define our aspirations and provide an idea that our supporters and potential supporters can rally behind. Are these goals ambitious and clear? Are they enough? Among the six speakers are CEOs of well known and long-established science centres as well as directors of recent or renewed science places. They will present their views on future goals. 09:00 - 10:30 Panel session Using new methods to reach and engage audiences in Museums and Science Centres Convenor: Jorge Wagensberg, Director, Area of Science and the Environment, CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain Discussants: Ilaria Guaraldi Vinassa de Regny, President, Associazione Didattica Museale, Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Milan, Italy Luka Vidic, House of Experiments, Ljubljana, Slovenia A modern Science Museum or science centre does not exist in order to be visited but in order to be used. In other words, the crucial point for a citizen is not so much "coming" but "coming back". How to succeed in this? The idea is that science centres and science museums become a kind of club of scientific opinion with a particular programme of activities that are performed in the atmosphere of credibility created by their exhibits... 09:00 - 10:30 Panel Session Market analysis of the travelling exhibitions and future trends Convenor: Marie-Sophie Mugica, Deputy Head of International Department, Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, Paris, France Presenters: Maren Krumdieck, Marketing & Sales Manager, The Natural History Museum, London, UK Presentation Robert Mac West, President, Informal Learning Experiences, Inc, Washington, DC, USA Presentation Michael Creek, Projects Coordinator, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium Presentation The market of travelling exhibitions offers a huge range of science exhibitions. This session gives an analysis of this market by comparing the current American and European trends through different tools dealing with new approaches, new themes, new partnerships for travelling exhibition development, new demands and new needs to meet visitors’ interests. We will examine the role of online databases in analysing the market, taking into account two major examples: Extra, the European online database for travelling science exhibitions, and TED Exhibition database, looking at what they can tell us about the state of the markets. The discussion should bring up potential criteria and indicators for an accurate analysis of the travelling exhibition market. 10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15 - 12:45 Panel Session  Science centres as core of big projects with leisure/educational purposes Convenor: Erik Jacquemyn, Chief Executive Officer, Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Center, Mechelen, Belgium Presentation Presenters: : Wit Ostrenko, President, Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, USA Presentation Hans Gubbels, Director, Continium, Kerkrade, Netherlands Presentation Per-Edvin Persson, Director, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa, Finland Presentation One-stop leisure locations where visitors can enjoy different kinds of recreation are becoming more popular. A number of science centres are preparing or have already undertaken an expansion of the science centre with other activities in order to create a much larger project. On the science centre site, leisure and educational projects are added or built to create an area where different target groups and age groups are offered educational, recreational, practical or other facilities. Some examples are presented. 11:15 - 12:45 Workshop Exhibit and show production with real-time software tools Convenor: Thomas Kraupe, Director, Hamburg Planetarium, Hamburg, Germany Presenter: Isabella Buczek, Head of Production, R&D centre at the Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Kiel, Germany Presentation Tom Kennedy, Producer, Visualization Studio and Morrison Planetarium, California Academy of Science, San Francisco, USA Presentation Nigel Jeckings, Hamburg Planetarium, Hamburg, Germany Presentation The ability to produce interactive exhibits and shows for planetariums and science centres using real-time tools poses a potential to improve production pipelines to be faster and to deliver more for less. This shortening of turnaround time is possible because real-time production allows you to always see what you get, instead of waiting for time consuming rendering using traditional methods. It is therefore possible to focus a lot more energy on the content and the storytelling, providing a better end result. The workshop will cover the experiences and give examples of how a production can be carried out. 11:15 - 12:45 Panel Session Artscience: new paradigm or oxymoron? Convenor: Don Pohlman, Exhibitions Manager, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Presenters: Ken Arnold, Head of Public Programmes, Wellcome Trust, London,England Presentation David Edwards, Founder, Le Laboratoire, Paris, France Presentation Michael John Gorman, Director, Science Gallery, Dublin, Ireland Presentation New cultural centres dedicated to bringing together scientific and artistic insights are emerging around the globe. The Wellcome Collection in London, Le Laboratoire in Paris and Science Gallery in Dublin each take different approaches to engaging the public with "artscience." What do science centres stand to gain by treating art not simply as "propaganda for science" but as a parallel form of enquiry? What risks are involved in developing artscience projects? How can artscience centres become a focus for a new kind of creative community? 11:15 -12:45 Panel Session  New nano projects in the Ecsite network Convenor: Ulrich Kernbach, International Cooperation, Deutches Museum, Munich, Germany Presentation Presenters: Laurent Chicoineau, Director, CCSTI Grenoble, Grenoble, France Presentation Matteo Bonazzi, Officer, European Commission - DG Research, Brussels, Belgium Presentation Alessandra Zanazzi, Fondazione IDIS- Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy Presentation This session will present two new European projects in the field of communication and outreach of nanosciences and nanotechnologies, TIME FOR NANO and NANOYOU, both of which are funded by the European Commission in the 7th Framework Programme (FP7). The outline and the first activities of these projects will be presented and discussed with the participants. In addition, a Programme Officer from DG Research (RTD) will explain the nanotechnology policy and communication strategy of the European Commission. 11:15 - 12:45 Panel Session Co-developing your science centre with your public Convenor: Ian Simmons, Science Communication Director, Centre for Life, Newcastle, UK Presenters: Julie Kjær-Madsen, Innovation Manager, Danfoss Universe, Nordborg, Denmark Mario Campanino, Head of Education, Fondazione IDIS - Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy Presentation James Piercy, Science Communicator, Science Made Simple, Cardiff, UK In order to try and understand how to get our exhibitions and programmes right, a whole array of approaches and techniques have been developed to ask our publics about what they would like to see. However such sample-based techniques can only give us a partial picture of audience taste, preference and opinion based on snapshots of their thoughts at specific intervals in the process. Today, though, a number of science centres have stepped beyond this paradigm and have started co-developing exhibitions and programmes with members of their target audience, integrating them into the creative process as equal partners with science centre staff to gain a far better understanding of audience needs and aspirations and to use this to inform the project outcomes. 11:15 - 12:45 Panel Session Reinforcing the Power of Real Presenters: Linda Abraham-Silver, CEO, Great Lakes Science Centre, Cleveland, Ohio, USA Presentation Andy Lloyd, Head of Exhibit Development, Centre for Life, Newcastle, UK Presentation Amy Preece, Science Education Officer, Royal Armouries, Leeds, UK Presentation Museums and science centres have long been recognised for providing access to real objects, but what do we know about the impact these authentic experiences have on our visitors? In this session, wewill focus attention on the effects of object-based engagement on outcomes such as individual learning, social engagement, exhibit development and even admissions trends. The panel will discuss philosophical, fiscal, and pragmatic issues related to developing and administering object-intensive programmes, and will offer insights on garnering institutional support as well as community and funder support for object-based programming. 11:15 - 12:45 Reverse Session  It's a natural discussion Convenors: Sharon Ament, Director of Public Engagement, London, Natural History Museum, London, UK Camille Pisani, Director, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Presenters: Maya Halevy, Director, Bloomfield, Science Museum, Jerusalem, Israel Justin Dillon, Senior Lecturer in Science and Environmental Education, Centre for Informal Learning and Schools, King's College London, London, UK Asger Høeg Executive Director, Experimentarium, Hellerup, Denmark Olivier Retout, Head of International Relations, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Aliki Giannakopoulou, Conference and communications Coordinator, Ecsite, Brussels, Belgium We aim to talk in this session about nature. Nature, as a topic that interests all the types of institution engaged in science communication and as a topic that can lead to a variety of potential actions in our activities - even our strategies and policies. Ecsite has created a special interest group on nature, the T-Nature Group. Members of this group will give brief introductions that would create common ground for possible cross fertilisation with other institutions. We want to talk about this topic and come out of the session with a better idea on what we can do about it too! 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 15:30 Armchair tour Some Lessons from Museum Renewal Convenor:  Colin Johnson, Freelance science communicator, Cardiff, UK Discussant: Miriam Atenza, Development Manager, Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe, Valencia, Spain Rob Semper, Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA Presentation Peter Donhauser, Head Curator, Technisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria Presentation Claudia Hernández García, Head of Science Department, Universum Museu de la Ciencias, Mexico City, Mexico Presentation Brigitte Zana, Director for development and networks, Palais de la Découverte, Paris, France Presentation Renewing an established science centre or museum is always challenging: itis not just a question of money; it is also a question of merging a new vision with past history. How do you move your museum into new territories – physically, socially and intellectually? How do you achieve change while maintaining the confidence of your staff, your audiences and your stakeholders? Five senior people with experience of addressing these questions in very different circumstances will outline their stories and – more importantly – draw out some lessons which are relevant to us all. 14:00 - 15:30 Panel Session Art and artists in the science centre, why not? Convenors: Claire Pillsbury, Project Director, Exploratorium, San Francisco, USA Presentation Presenters: Jane Werner, Executive Director, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA Presentation Claudia Banz, Curator, Hygiene Museum Dresden, Dresden, Germany Presentation Mónica Lobo, Project Team Staff, Ciência Viva Network, Lisbon, Portugal Presentation Appealing, inspiring, captivating, and above all, original. Don't we all strive for these qualities in our science centre or museum? Then why do so few science centres and children's museums involve artists in their exhibition development and seem reluctant to intermingle artworks and educational exhibits? Presenters will share their experiences in working with artists and presenting art in pedagogical exhibitions. Curated thoughtfully, artworks are not merely decorative or used as illustrations, but play an important role in the exhibition experience. Collaborating with artists also provides a unique enlightening and stimulating experience for scientists and museum staff. 14:00 - 15:30 Panel Session Discussing evolution: Lessons from Darwin Year Convenor: Penny Fidler, ASDC, Bristol, UK Presentation Presenters: : Robert Bloomfield, Nesta Fellow, Head of Innovation and Special Projects, Natural History Museum, London, UK Presentation Robert Mac West, Washington, USA  Presentation Last year we held two sessions on Evolution at the Ecsite Annual Conference, while the Ecsite Annual General Assemble approved an Ecsite position statement on evolution . One year later, we examine what we have learned. 2009 is Darwin Year and across the world there are a host of celebrations centred on the Science of Evolution – as well as an increased prominence of the creationist viewpoint. This session examines how different organisations are discussing evolution without putting it in conflict with religion, giving children and adults from all backgrounds the opportunity to explore and investigate evolution for themselves. 14:00 - 15:30 Roundtable Session United we stand? - The new fashions of exhibition consortiums and networking Convenor: Mikko Myllykoski, Experience Director, Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre, Vantaa, Finland Presenters: Patricia Verheyden, Director of Exhibits, Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Center, Mechelen, Belgium Maarten Okkersen, Head of Design and Productions, Museon, The Hague, Netherlands Dorothée Vatinel, Curator Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Perrine Wyplosz, Exhibits Department, Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris, France Wayne La Bar, Vice President of Exhibitions & Featured Experiences, Liberty Science Centre, Jersey City, USA Monica Ralling, Consultant, Ralling Plus, Schagen, Netherlands There are large exhibition production consortiums going on among European science centres: Nutrition, Plantastic and Science Changing the World. With united forces the museums seek quality, cost savings and a guaranteed tour, but find also different production strategies and working cultures. Please join the roundtable session to discuss the pros and cons of production partnerships and share your best practices. 14:00 - 15:30 Roundtable Session Science centres and universities: learning about learning Convenor: Amito Haarhuis, Head of Science Learning Center, science center NEMO, Amsterdam, Netherlands Presenters: Manuela Cantoia, Professor, Psychology of learning and Coordinator of SPAEE, Department of Psychology, Service of Learning and Educational Psychology (SPAEE), Catholic University, Milan, Italy Presentation Maartje Raijmakers, Associate Professor, Developmental Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands Presentation Ioannis Miaoulis, President and Director, Science Museum, Boston, USA Presenation When children come to a science centre they learn . The learning process though is dependent on many choices. Cooperative research between science centres and cognitive psychologists could give us more insight in to children’s learning in informal contexts and children’s interactions in a science centre. The cooperation can be beneficial for both psychologists who can run their experiments to learn more about children’s learning in an informal context and science centres that can optimise their exhibitions by taking scientific knowledge about children’s learning into account. 14:00 - 15:30 Panel Session Thinking Regionally Convenor: Mike Bruton, Director, MTE Studios, Johannesburg, South Africa Presenters: Matthieu Jacomy, Paris, france Presentation Stuart Munro, Vice Chair of the Scottish Science Advisory Committee / Science Director of Our Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, UK Presentation Eva Lind Johansson , Director, Molekylverkstan, Stenungsund, Sweden Presentation How can we optimise our efficiency and relevance by establishing collaborative programmes with regional authorities? Three successful examples of collaboration between science centres or planetaria and regions will be discussed and evaluated. Some institutions are based in regions that play an active role in tackling issues, such as sustainable energy, obesity, etc., while other regions are less active. Science centres can play an important role in stimulating regional authorities to address topical issues. At the same time, the science centre can benefit from the policies and infrastructure of the region, which will ultimately be valuable to all our citizens. 14:00 - 15:30 Panel Session Presenting familiar technology: can webcams be studied like fish Convenor: Miha Kos, Director, House of Experiments, Ljubljana, Slovenia Presenters: Enrico Miotto, Education Department, National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan, Italy Presentation Tamás Vásárhelyi, Deputy Director General, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary Science centres and museums constantly work to connect scientific issues with the everyday life of their visitors. If we think of it, technology also permeates our lives. The aim of the session is to discuss the potential of “technological experiences”, answering the question: what can we learn from technological objects? One of the possible attitudes is to approach technological objects as we would with a specimen from the natural world, studying its shape, function and “social” behaviour. Demonstrations of practical examples of technological exhibits and activities will be followed by a group discussion on the methodological approaches informing their structure 15:30 - 16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 - 17:30 Panel Session Mind the Gap in bringing young people to science centres Convenor: Antonio Gomes da Costa, Executive Director, Pavilion of Knowledge- Ciencia Viva, Lisbon, Portugal Presenters: Flora Di Martino, Project Manager, Fondazione IDIS-Città della Scienza, Naples, Italy Presentation Beverley Damonse, Executive Director, South African Agency for Science and Technology Advancement, Pretoria, South Africa Presentation Campbell Jennifer, L'Oréal, France Presenation The European Parliament adopted last year a resolution on women and science. It recalled that research represents a crucial sector for the economic development but that, in this domain, women are still a minority. As a result of this observation, Member States are strongly invited to promote science as an interesting field for both sexes, from an early age, particularly amongst girls. It is essential to fight against gender stereotypes, which are still present in the research sector. Through the presentation of significant experiences, the session will discuss how science centres influence the change of role models in today’s society, both by through their public programmes stimulating girls in science careers and through the appropriate management of their human resources 16:15 - 17:30 Workshop  Human origins exhibits: their disciplinary entry-points and responses to Change Convenor: Maritza Macdonald, Director of Education and Policy, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA Presenters: Monique Scott, Manager of Anthropological Education, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, USA This workshop focuses on the challenges of understanding human evolution and on the multidisciplinary approaches used by scientists and educators working with Human Origins exhibits in the USA and South Africa. Their research experiences with dialogue, objects, and media aim at clarifying the human evolutionary information visitors encounter and often misinterpret at museums, in their textbooks and the larger cultural matrix of pop cultural evolutionary media . Presenters provide examples and engage participants in discussing how disciplines such as science of climate change, paleontology, genetics, physical anthropology, and history – inform the development of exhibits, resources and programmes. 16:15 - 17:30 Poster Session Exhibiting scientific method(s), a new challenge? Convenor: Fernando Barriga, Director of Mineralogy and Geology, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisbon, Portugal Presenters: Christophe Dufour, Director, Museum of Natural Sciences of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland Liliana Povoas, Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisbon, Portugal Presentation Michèle Antoine, Head of Exhibitions, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium Presentation Many difficulties faced in the dissemination of scientific knowledge and particularly regarding the theory of evolution, come from a false image of science the public has: a discourse that appears to be true and absolute. But the scientific method is not an easy topic for sciences centres and museum. The panel will compare concrete experiences they developed to explain to the public how experimental sciences, historical sciences and science based on observation are built. 16:15 - 17:30 Panel Session Building a ‘culture of evaluation’ to improve institutional practice Convenor: Jennifer DeWitt, Research Associate, King’s College London, London, UK Presenters: Heather Mayfield, Head of Content, Science Museum, London, UK Presentation Chantal Barriault, Co-Director Science Communication / Senior Scientist, Research and Evaluation, Science North, Sudbury, Canada Presentation Pedro Casaleiro, Head of Exhibitions and Collections Science Museum, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal Presentation Sue Allen, National Science Foundation, USA Presentation Evaluation can play a critical role in helping institutions meet the future and attract and serve audiences, existing and new. Yet few have succeeded in making evaluation integral to their work. This session will explore how two eminent organisations have developed a ‘culture of evaluation’, and will discuss the barriers encountered along the way. It will also provide a perspective from a new science museum about its initial steps in building such a culture. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss with presenters the particular issues they face in incorporating evaluation into the practices of their own institutions. 16:15 - 17:30 Panel Session  Briefing exhibit fabricators Convenor: Harry White, Science Centre Consultant, Techniquest, Cardiff, UK Presenters: Mona Holmo, Explainer, Nordnorsk Science Centre, Tromso, Norway Presentation Ian Russell, Director, Interactive Science Ltd Stockport, UK Presentation Svein Anders Dahl, Chief Executive Officer, VILVITE, Bergen Science Centre, Bergen, Norway Presentation Christof Boerner, Phaeno, Flensburg, Germany Presentation Steve Evans, Head of Business Development, Techniquest, Cardiff, UK Presentation Steve Pizzey, Science Projects, London, UK, Presentation This session will hear from experienced exhibit fabricators and those who have worked with them to illustrate the sort of information required to complete a successful exhibit build project. It will discuss how the results of evaluation can inform an exhibit brief and how to ensure high quality, consistent exhibitry for your science centre. 16:15 - 17:30 Panel Session Science communicators and scientists: a common need Convenor: Matteo Merzagora, Freelance science communicator, Paris, France Presenters: Ayman Elsayed, Head, Educational Programs and Exhibitions Section, Planetarium Science Center, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt Presentation Moshe Rishpon, Director, Clore Garden of Science, Rehovot, Israel Presentation Barbara Gallavotti, Exhibition coordinator and supervisor, Enrico Fermi Center, and scientific coordinator of Lazio Science Festival, Enrico Fermi Center, Rome, Italy Presentation Collaboration between science communicators and scientists in creating exhibitions is not always easy. Still, it is essential if we want to ensure our exhibitions are up-to-date with cutting edge research. In this session we will discuss different cases of collaboration between science communicators and scientists, in order to open a discussion about best practices and obstacles. We will try to understand whether the collaboration in these cases was useful, if it was based on equal terms, what were the goals of both parties, whether they were fulfilled, and what can be done to improve such collaboration 16:15 - 17:30 Workshop Climate change: let's really talk Convenor: Alison Conboy, Head of Content, Climate change project, Science Museum, London, UK Presentation Presenters: Jon Haavie, Project developer, The Science Centre at the Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology, Oslo, Norway Presentation Petra Lutz, Curator, Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany Presentation Grappling with how to talk about climate change in your museum? Think you’ve done a pretty good job already? Still got challenges remaining? Whether youare a curator or an educator, come along with your past experiences, and your remaining questions, for a session thatis all about open and honest discussion. What are you most proud of? What hasn’t worked well – and why? What audiences are you targeting – and what do you want them to leave with? Share your experiences, and learn from others, about how Europe’s museum community is tackling the most important but most challenging issue of our time. 20:00  Farewell Party, Fondazione Pomodoro

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Index Saturday 6 June 2009  09:00 - 10:30 Working with young people on socially relevant issues 09:00 - 10:30 Low Budget High Impact revisited; small science centres forum 09:00 - 10:30 Creating unforgettable, immersive visitor experiences 09:00 - 10:30 Evaluation: Methods and findings to develop culturally and globally relevant programmes and exhibits 09:00 - 10:30 New Significant Goals for the Future 09:00 - 10:30 Using new methods to reach and engage audiences in Museums and Science Centres 09:00 - 10:30 Market analysis of the travelling exhibitions and future trends 10:30 - 11:15 Coffee Break 11:15-12:45 Science centres as core of big projects with leisure/educational purposes 11:15-12:45 Exhibit and show production with real-time software tools 11:15-12:45 Artscience: new paradigm or oxymoron? 11:15-12:45 New nano projects in the Ecsite network 11:15-12:45 Co-developing your science centre with your public 11:15-12:45 Reinforcing the Power of Real 11:15-12:45 It's a natural discussion 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break 14:00 - 15:30 Some Lessons from Museum Renewal  14:00 - 15:30 Art and artists in the science centre; why not?   14:00 - 15:30 Discussing evolution: Lessons from Darwin Year 14:00 - 15:30 United we stand? - The new fashions of exhibition consortiums and networking 14:00 - 15:30 Science centres and universities: learning about learning 14:00 - 15:30 Thinking Regionally 14:00 - 15:30 Presenting familiar technology: can webcams be studied like fish? 15:30 - 16:15 Coffee Break 16:15 - 17:30 Mind the Gap in bringing young people to science centres 16:15 - 17:30 Human origins exhibits: their disciplinary entry-points and responses to Change 16:15 - 17:30 Exhibiting scientific method(s), a new challenge? 16:15 - 17:30 Building a ‘culture of evaluation’ to improve institutional practice 16:15 - 17:30 Briefing exhibit fabricators 16:15 - 17:30 Science communicators and scientists: a common need 16:15 - 17:30 Climate change: let's really talk  20:00  Farewell Party Back to overview