Name: Science Communication and Science Museums: Prospects and New Ideas
Start: 2017-05-18T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2017-05-19T18:00:00+02:00
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Science Communication and Science Museums: Prospects and New Ideas

from Thursday, 18 May 2017 (09:00) to Friday, 19 May 2017 (18:00)

Monday, 15 May 2017
Tuesday, 16 May 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Thursday, 18 May 2017

09:00

09:00 - 09:30

09:30

09:30 - 10:00
10:00
10:00 - 11:45
Contributions

10:00 Neutrons to illuminate our Heritage - Carla Andreani (Centro Fermi and University of Tor Vergata, Rome)

10:23 TRADUCO: the obviousness of invisibility - Clelia Piperno (University of Teramo)

10:48 “... places where Time is transformed into Space": case studies on museum's identity and audience engagement - Enrico Ferraris (Museo Egizio, Turin)

11:11 Outreach@SNS: Virtual Immersions in Science - Marcos Valdes (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)
11:45
11:45 - 12:15
Contributions

11:45 Changing our world: millennials helping others understand historic science at science museums - Linda T. Deck (Director of Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)
12:15 Lunch Break
Lunch Break
12:15 - 13:30
13:30
13:30 - 15:00
Contributions

13:30 The Enrico Fermi exhibition as museum prototype: experience and prospects - Rosario Nania (Centro Fermi and INFN)

14:00 Science museums and sustainable citizenship - Fiorenzo Galli (Director of National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan)

14:30 The MUSE project experience - Michele Lanzinger (MUSE – Science Museum, Trento)
15:00
15:00 - 16:00
Contributions

15:00 The power of networks: sustainability through university/museum partnerships - Stacey Freeman (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA)

15:30 Too much or too little technology in our museums? A reappraisal of the objects’ role in science exhibitions - Pedro Casaleiro (Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, Spain)
16:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:00 - 16:30
16:30
16:30 - 18:00
Contributions

16:30 The historical collection of physics instruments and the museum system of the University of Palermo - Gallitto Aurelio Agliolo (Museum of Physics, University of Palermo)

17:00 Playing with quantum toys: introducing the history of quantum mechanics with historical objects - Jean F. Gauvin (Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, USA)

17:30 University science museums: what should they be about? - Sofia Talas (Museum of Physics, University of Padua)
18:00

18:00 - 18:30

18:30 Welcome Party
Welcome Party
18:30 - 19:30
Friday, 19 May 2017
09:30
09:30 - 11:00
Contributions

09:30 Incredible science, inspirational people, astounding places: delivering a coordinated strategy for engagement & outreach - Derek Gillespie (Head of Skills and Engagement for the Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, Swindon, UK)

09:52 How did the Higgs boson become a rock star? - Arnaud Marsollier (Media and Press Relations, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)

10:14 Communicating astrophysics: the INAF style - Marco Galliani (Communications Office, INAF)

10:36 Learned Societies and science communication - Luisa Cifarelli (Centro Fermi and University of Bologna)
11:00 Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:30
11:30
11:30 - 12:30
Contributions

11:30 Microcosm: taking visitors on a journey through CERN - Emma Sanders (Exhibitions and Global Engagement, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)

12:00 Science centers, science museums, innovation parks: the "houses" of scientific communication in the knowledge society - Luigi Amodio (Director General of Fondazione IDIS – Città della Scienza, Naples)
12:30 Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 14:00
14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Contributions

14:00 Physics storytelling through digital visions: the exhibitions curated by INFN - Vincenzo Napolano (Communications Office, INFN)

14:30 Landscapes for the unseen: interactive exhibitions, video environment, live - Marco Barsottini (CamerAnebbia, Milan)
15:30

15:30 - 16:30