Science Communication and Science Museums: Prospects and New Ideas

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


        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
18 May 2017
19 May 2017
AM
09:00
Registration and Get-together Coffee (until 09:30) ()
09:30
Opening and Welcome Addresses (until 10:00) ()
10:00
PANEL 1 - Science, Cultural Heritage and Public Fruition (until 11:45) ()
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)   ()
Slides
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)   ()
Slides
11:45
SESSION 1 - Science Museums: Past Experience and New Ideas (until 12:15) ()
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)   ()
Slides
09:30
PANEL 2 - Science Communication and Outreach: How to Hit the Target (until 11:00) ()
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)   ()
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09:52 How did the Higgs boson become a rock star? - Arnaud Marsollier (Media and Press Relations, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland)   ()
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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)   ()
Slides
11:00 --- Coffee Break ---
11:30
SESSION 3 - Science Centres, TV Channels, Multimedia and Interactive Exhibitions (until 12:30) ()
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)   ()
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PM
12:15 --- Lunch Break ---
13:30
SESSION 1 - Science Museums: Past Experience and New Ideas (until 15:00) ()
13:30 The Enrico Fermi exhibition as museum prototype: experience and prospects - Rosario Nania (Centro Fermi and INFN)   ()
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14:00 Science museums and sustainable citizenship - Fiorenzo Galli (Director of National Museum of Science and Technology Leonardo da Vinci, Milan)   ()
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14:30 The MUSE project experience - Michele Lanzinger (MUSE – Science Museum, Trento)   ()
15:00
SESSION 2 - University Science Museums: Issues and Potential (until 16:00) ()
15:00 The power of networks: sustainability through university/museum partnerships - Stacey Freeman (Arizona State University, Tempe, USA)   ()
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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)   ()
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16:00 --- Coffee Break ---
16:30
SESSION 2 - University Science Museums: Issues and Potential (until 18:00) ()
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)   ()
Slides
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)   ()
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17:30 University science museums: what should they be about? - Sofia Talas (Museum of Physics, University of Padua)   ()
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18:00
Visit of the Centro Fermi historic building and the “goldfish fountain” (until 18:30) ()
18:30 --- Welcome Party ---
12:30 --- Lunch ---
14:00
SESSION 3 (cont.) - Science Centres, TV Channes, Multimedia and Interactive Exhibitions (until 15:30) ()
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
Conclusions (until 16:30) ()