Science Communication and Science Museums: Prospects and New Ideas

18 May 2017, 09:00 → 19 May 2017, 18:00 Europe/Rome

Centro Fermi is organizing an International Workshop on Science Communication and Science Museums: Prospects and New Ideas on the occasion of the completion of the renovation works of its headquarters, namely the historic building where the Institute of Physics of the University of Rome was located since 1880 up to 1935 and where Enrico Fermi carried out the fundamental research that earned him the Nobel prize in 1938.

The Workshop is meant to be a forum for discussing points of view, themes, issues and innovative solutions that could help Centro Fermi in the design of the Fermi Museum that is planned to open by the end of 2017.

Participation to this event is by invitation only.

Practical Information General_info.pdf

Thursday, 18 May

09:00 → 09:30 Registration and Get-together Coffee

09:30 → 10:00 Opening and Welcome Addresses

10:00 → 11:45 PANEL 1 - Science, Cultural Heritage and Public Fruition

10:00 Neutrons to illuminate our Heritage

Speaker: Carla Andreani (Centro Fermi and University of Tor Vergata, Rome)

10:23 TRADUCO: the obviousness of invisibility

Speaker: Clelia Piperno (University of Teramo)

Slides Clelia_Piperno_-_convegno_presentazione-2.pdf

10:48 “... places where Time is transformed into Space": case studies on museum's identity and audience engagement

Speaker: Enrico Ferraris (Museo Egizio, Turin)

11:11 Outreach@SNS: Virtual Immersions in Science

Speaker: Marcos Valdes (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa)

Slides Marcos_Valdes_-_Valdes_-_Centro_Fermi_-_2017-05-18.pdf

11:45 → 12:15 SESSION 1 - Science Museums: Past Experience and New Ideas

11:45 Changing our world: millennials helping others understand historic science at science museums

Speaker: Linda T. Deck (Director of Bradbury Science Museum, Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA)

Slides Linda_Deck_-_Linda-Deck_CentroFermi051817.pdf

12:15 → 13:30 Lunch Break

13:30 → 15:00 SESSION 1 - Science Museums: Past Experience and New Ideas

13:30 The Enrico Fermi exhibition as museum prototype: experience and prospects

Speaker: Rosario Nania (Centro Fermi and INFN)

Slides romamusei-nania.pdf

14:00 Science museums and sustainable citizenship

Speaker: Fiorenzo Galli (Director of National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan)

Slides camilla_linnemann_-_FiorenzoGalli_NotesOnSustainableCitizenship_PWP.pdf

14:30 The MUSE project experience

Speaker: Michele Lanzinger (MUSE – Science Museum, Trento)

15:00 → 16:00 SESSION 2 - University Science Museums: Issues and Potential

15:00 The power of networks: sustainability through university/museum partnerships

Speaker: Stacey Freeman (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA)

Slides Stacey_Freeman_-_Stacey_Freeman_FINAL.pdf

15:30 Too much or too little technology in our museums? A reappraisal of the objects’ role in science exhibitions

Speaker: Pedro Casaleiro (Museu da Ciência da Universidade de Coimbra, Spain)

Slides Pedro_Casaleiro_-_Pedro_Casaleiro_18_may_15h_2.pdf

16:00 → 16:30 Coffee Break

16:30 → 18:00 SESSION 2 - University Science Museums: Issues and Potential

16:30 The historical collection of physics instruments and the museum system of the University of Palermo

Speaker: Gallitto Aurelio Agliolo (Museum of Physics, University of Palermo)

Slides Aurelio_Agliolo_Gallitto_-_Aurelio-AglioloGallitto.pdf

17:00 Playing with quantum toys: introducing the history of quantum mechanics with historical objects

Speaker: Jean F. Gauvin (Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University, USA)

Slides Jean-Francois_Gauvin_-_Playing_Quantum_Toys_Rome_(1).pdf

17:30 University science museums: what should they be about?

Speaker: Sofia Talas (Museum of Physics, University of Padua)

Slides sofia_talas_-_Talas_Sofia_Fermi_Workshop_Roma_2017.ppt

18:00 → 18:30 Visit of the Centro Fermi historic building and the “goldfish fountain”

18:30 → 19:30 Welcome Party

Friday, 19 May

09:30 → 11:00 PANEL 2 - Science Communication and Outreach: How to Hit the Target

09:30 Incredible science, inspirational people, astounding places: delivering a coordinated strategy for engagement & outreach

Speaker: Derek Gillespie (Head of Skills and Engagement for the Science and Technology Facilities Council, STFC, Swindon, UK)

Slides Derek_Gillespie_-_Derek-Gillespie-Centro-Fermi-May-2017.pdf

09:52 How did the Higgs boson become a rock star?

Speaker: Arnaud Marsollier (Media and Press Relations, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)

Slides HiggsRockRome.pdf

10:14 Communicating astrophysics: the INAF style

Speaker: Marco Galliani (Communications Office, INAF)

10:36 Learned Societies and science communication

Speaker: Luisa Cifarelli (Centro Fermi and University of Bologna)

Slides TalkCFWorkshop2017.pdf

11:00 → 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 → 12:30 SESSION 3 - Science Centres, TV Channels, Multimedia and Interactive Exhibitions

11:30 Microcosm: taking visitors on a journey through CERN

Speaker: 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

Speaker: Luigi Amodio (Director General of Fondazione IDIS – Città della Scienza, Naples)

Slides Luigi_Amodio_-_AMODIO_ROMA_Centro_Fermi_19_maggio_2017_(1).pptx

12:30 → 14:00 Lunch

14:00 → 15:30 SESSION 3 (cont.) - Science Centres, TV Channes, Multimedia and Interactive Exhibitions

14:00 Physics storytelling through digital visions: the exhibitions curated by INFN

Speaker: Vincenzo Napolano (Communications Office, INFN)

14:30 Landscapes for the unseen: interactive exhibitions, video environment, live

Speaker: Marco Barsottini (CamerAnebbia, Milan)

15:30 → 16:30 Conclusions