CREATIVECOLLISIONSECSITE ANNUALCONFERENCE7-9 JUNE 2018GENEVASWITZERLANDT H E E U R O P E A NS C I E N C E C O M M U N I C AT I O NC O N F E R E N C E# E C S I T E 2 0 1 8

9:00 - 17:45 Research & evaluation: beginner’s

guide & deeper understanding

Developing inquiry-based workshops for high-school students

Space for life: engaging audiences

Marketing: data-based audience development and branding

Live action games: a tool for emotion and content communication

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Natural History Museum

Excursion

Conference Room Natural History Museum

9:00 - 17:45 Research & evaluation: beginner’s

guide & deeper understanding - Day 2

Social inclusion, equity & diversity: time for change

Safety vs. free play: finding the right balance

Developing successful science games

Experience design in practice

Space for life: engaging audiences - Day 2(excursion: leaving at 8.00)

When faith and facts collide

1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 : 30 Cof fee break

1 3 : 1 5 - 14:30 Lu n c h break

15:45 - 16:30 Cof fee break

18:30 - 19:30 S peakers’ Rec ept ion

1 1 : 0 0 - 1 1 : 30 Coffee break

1 3 : 1 5 - 14:30 Lunch break

15:45 - 16:30 Coffee break

TUE 5 J U N EP r e - c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s

WED 6 J U N EP r e - c o n f e r e n c e w o r k s h o p s

Open to all professionals who engage audiences with science and technology, the Ecsite conference offers an intense mix of intellectual stimulation, experimental formats and inspiring human encounters.

The conference combines 3 days main conference offering 100 parallel sessions (7-9 June) and 2 days pre-conference with 10+ in depth trainings (5-6 June). Also look forward to 2 high-level keynotes, 350 speakers, 60 exhibitors, 2 dedicated tinkering and gaming labs, 3 evening social events...

CERN

EdgyFoundations

PROGRAMME-AT-A-GLANCE

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19:30

Newcomers breakfast

Opening ceremony Room 0 1

Business Bistro opening

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Lunch break

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Coffee break

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Gala Dinner

CICG Convention Centre17 Rue de Varembé Room

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1 8MAKERSPACE

GAMELAB

Main Conference

A 12:00

A conversation with the younger me

Partnering with universities

Reconciling innovative exhibit design and the demands of today’s compensation culture

Empowering society through science communication

What’s new in touring exhibitions - 1

Challenging our brains to come up with new ideas

Private companies: how far can we take our collaborations?

Citizen science: the new frontiers

Introduction to the tinkering approach

Test the CERN LHC Interactive Tunnel

B 14:30

Tips for 21st century managers

Space and the Sustainable Development Goals

Outreach: new practices

Evaluation for beginners

What’s new in touring exhibitions - 2

Communicating the new quantum revolution

Science shops: participatory innovation, research and equity

Catalysts for societal challenges: really our role?

Drop-in and make

Test MassAffect, a digital collaborative game

C 16:30

Exhibition narratives: latest developments

Meet the Joint Research Centre

Empowering growth and leadership: towards gender equity in your institution

Science engagement cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean & Middle East

Tricks & trucks : keys of success for international travelling exhibitions

The metaphor factory

A decade of RRI: stepping stones or erratic rocks?

Bring on the professionals!

Cardboard MakerSpaces and social inclusion

Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!

THU 7 J U N E

Patinoire des Vernets - Gala Dinner4 Rue Hans-Wilsdorf

Parallel sessions

EdgyFoundations

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Breakfast with the Ecsite Board

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Keynote - James Beacham Room 0 1

Coffee break

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Lunch break

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Coffee break

Ecsite Annual General Meeting Room 0 1

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Business Bistro Happy Hour

Nocturne

A 9:00

Escape games: an inspiration for science communication?

Technology advocates or whistle blowers?

Visitor research: the methodological mash-up

How to create an inclusive exhibition for younger children

Humans versus machines: Who is the better museum mediator?

Small and big sins of science communication

SwafY – Science with and for Youth

Transitioning tinkering to the classroom: setting the stage

Drop-in and make

Drop-in and play

B 12:00

Conversation with James Beacham

Public engagement with evolu-tion: beyond giraffes and genes

The exponential potential of narrative - Part 1

Orchestrating profound ob-ject-based learning

Art as agent of change for our institutions

Learning to grasp the future: a simulation tool

Strengthening school visits to our exhibitions

Evaluating museum apps

Computational Tinkering

Escape room demonstration

C 14:30

Citizen science on trial

Virtual reality: pros and cons for science communication

The exponential potential of narrative - Part 2

Stakeholder interaction platforms: lessons learnt

Mathematical interactive exhibits and bodily engagement

Project showcase

Bringing informal and formal science education closer together

Spurring interest with discrepant events

Hacking games with Strawbees

Four mixed reality games for learning science

D 17:00

Multi-country science engagement programmes

Towards more efficient cooperation contracts

Scientists as explainers: pros and cons

Analysing visitors’ conversations

Displaying live animals in museums

The pleasure of conversation: a tribute to Wagensberg

Transitioning tinkering to the classroom

Drop-in and make

Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!

Book Bistro

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GAMELAB

BUSINESSBISTRO

FRI 8 J U N E

Exclusive for Ecsite members.

CICG Convention Centre17 Rue de Varembé

Natural History Museum of Geneva1, Route de Malagnou

Main Conference

Paral lel sessions

EdgyFoundations

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10:30

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21:00

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Keynote - Giulia & Jill Enders Room 0 1

Coffee break

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Lunch break

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Coffee break

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Closing & handover ceremony Room 0 1

Farewell Party

A 9:00

Serious game changer

Science communication in the post truth world: a workshop

Inclusion: aligning strategy and practice

When urban nature meets society

21st century skills: what mechanisms foster them?

Team creativity and facilitation techniques: expand your toolbox

Outreach in the MENA region: challenges and opportunities

The city: an arena for new forms of science communication

Designing tinkering activities

Drop-in and play

B 12:00

Can you feel it? A science revival meeting

Curiosity! Buzzword or holy grail?

The value of rapid prototyping

Strategies to engage people with disabilities

The future of science centre exhibitions

Hacking the hackathon

Know and understand your customer. And deliver?

Outreach Maker activities for rural and urban use

Drop-in and make

Having fun with molecules, atoms and particles

The Grand Bazaar

C 14:30

Science centres: the next 50 years?

For adults only: adult science capital

Purposeful brands and science engagement: common ground for social impact?

Science centres as innovation plat-forms

Multicultural science: engaging diverse audiences around the world

Political compromises: the right balance

DIYBio at museums and science centres

Offering alternative creative learning spaces

Cardboard and marble madness

Help us test PlayDecide

D 16:30

Resilience: from adversity to new strengths

The quintessential pub quiz

Delicious science

Balancing construction works and visitor satisfaction

Novel scenarios for art and science encounters

Coordinating national initiatives of science communication

Recontextualising collections

Think big, be small

Drop-in and make

Game Maker Challenge, or Help I need a game!

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GAMELAB

MOTTASPACE

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Bâtiment des Forces MotricesPlace des Volontaires 2

Main Conference

Paral lel sessions

EdgyFoundations

There are several exhibitions and public engagement spaces on the CERN campus. The CERN is inviting Ecsite conference participants to discover them in exclusive guided tours.

Tour No. 1 Wednesday 6 June, 8:30 - 12:00

Tour No. 2 Wednesday 6 June, 14:30 - 18:00

Tour No. 3 Thursday 7 June, 14:30 - 18:00

Tour No. 4 Friday 8 June, 14:30 - 18:00

Tour No. 5 Saturday 9 June, 14:30 - 18:00

Meet at the entrance of the CICG convention centre at the start time: a dedicated bus will be taking you to CERN, and then bringing you back to CICG at the stated end time. Please bring along your tour ticket AND your delegate’s badge.

GUIDED TOURS OF CERN EXHIBITIONS

At CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, physicists and engineers are probing the fundamental structure of the universe. They use the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments to study the basic constituents of matter – the fundamental particles.

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