2019 Ecsite Conference Programme
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2019 Ecsite Conference Programme #Ecsite2019 The European science engagement conference Experimentarium Copenhagen, Denmark 6-8 June 1 TABLE OF “The future will be more spectacular CONTENTS than any of us can imagine.” -Fred Kavli 4. Map of the venue 5. Address and registration information 7. WELCOME 7. Welcome to the 30th edition of the Ecsite Conference 8. Welcome to Denmark and welcome to Experimentarium 10. The theme: Pushing boundaries 13. Making the Conference more sustainable A proud sponsor of the 14. PROGRAMME 16. Tuesday 4 June 2019 Ecsite Conference 20. Wednesday 5 June 24. Speakers Reception 26. Thursday 6 June 46. Gala Dinner & Show The Kavli Foundation Keynote Lecture: 50. Friday 7 June 78. Nocturne “The Blob: a Genius Without a Brain” 80. Saturday 8 June 106. Farewell Party Dr. Audrey Dussutour 110. SPEAKERS AND CONVENORS 122. BUSINESS BISTRO Saturday, June 8, 2019 10:30-11:30 136. LOCAL INFORMATION 137. How to get around 138. Sights 139. Restaurants 140. Museums & their cousins 144. ABOUT ECSITE The Kavli Foundation is dedicated to advancing science for the bene t of humanity, promoting public understanding of 156. PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE scienti c research, and supporting scientists and their work. kavlifoundation.org @kavlifoundation 2 3 Øregaard Gymnasium (Speakers Reception) MovieHouse Rooftop Live streaming with snacks Experimentarium (Conference and Nocturne) Rooftop Docken Rooftop Indoor (Farewell Party) Wallmans Circus Building (Gala Party) Business Center Sponsor and Access Point The 2. networking rooms One-and-a-half Eatery The Idea Company #Ecsite30 participatory installation Helix Meeting Point The Construction Site The Puzzler Access Point The One-and-a-half Eatery Lab 7 The Yeast Cell Lab 5 Lab 4 Lab 3 Lab 2 1. Live streaming with informal seating The Experiment Bar EXPERIMENTARIUM The Dissection Bar REGISTRATION DESK SCIENCE CENTRE The Interactive Theatre The Beach The Island Live streaming with informal seating OPENING HOURS Tuborg Havnevej 7 2900 Hellerup (Copenhagen) Smalllille Stage H2O Tuesday 4 June 08.00 - 17.30 scene All conference and pre-conference sessions will The Beach Eatery Wednesday 5 June 08.30 - 17.30 be taking place here, as well as the Nocturne on The Eatery Thursday 6 June 08.00 - 18.00 Prayer Upload Live streaming Friday night (7 June). Room Room with coffee Friday 7 June 08.30 - 17.30 Saturday 8 June 08.30 - 17.00 WIFI Business Bistro H2O User: Ecsite Password: PushingBoundaries The Lounge and The Lounge Pop-up Office Ground Eatery Live streaming with informal seating HOTLINE Floor The Miniverse Lunch areas: For urgent questions & emergencies during the All of the Conference’s four lunch conference: + 50 77 89 18 areas are called ‘eateries’ Large Stage Coffee: All hot beverages are served at the Business Bistro. Enjoy cosy lounges and Registration Inf meet friendly exhibitors. orma tio The Shop n 4 5 Welcome to the 30th edition of the Ecsite Conference On behalf of Ecsite, it is with great pleasure that we welcome you to the 2019 Ecsite Conference. From 19-20 June 1990, the very first Ecsite Conference brought together a little fewer than 100 participants at Museon in The Hague. 30 years on, we are expecting more than 1,100 science en- gagement professionals in Copenhagen, for what has become the largest professional meeting of our field on the European continent. Over the past three decades, our community can be proud of having preserved and cultivated the conference’s original spirit of openness, generosity, cooperation, professionalism and diversity. Whether this is your 1st or your 30th conference, you will meet enthusiastic peers and kind critical friends, curious to share, think, make business, tinker, play and party together. Herbert Münder It’s not only the conference’s anniversary: Ecsite as a network is also Ecsite President celebrating 30 years of existence, in a forward-looking season span- ning several months under the motto “celebrate-reflect-act”. Our General Manager, local host Experimentarium is giving the community a very generous Universum Bremen present in letting the conference take over its entire building: no onvention centre this year, but the inspiring scenery of an almost Bremen, Germany brand new science centre. In collaboration with Experimentarium we have indeed prepared a special conference edition for you: anniversary surprises will offer newcomers a particularly rich concen- trate of Ecsite spirit and take “old timers” away from any possible conference routine. We don’t want to reveal too much, except perhaps this: don’t miss the big collective “happy birthday” moment at the Nocturne on Friday night! Make the most of the conference’s rich programme: pick and choose from 100+ parallel sessions, visit 60+ exhibitors’ booths, network at four social events and more than a dozen lunch & coffee breaks, tin- ker at the MakerSpace, play at the GameLab and don’t miss our two keynote speeches on Friday and Saturday mornings: writer, artist and curator Margaret Wertheim and slime mould researcher Audrey Dussutour. Let us finish by thanking all the organisations and individuals whose combined work and energy make the conference possible: the host- Catherine Franche ing team, Conference Programme Committee, generous sponsors, speakers & convenors, Ecsite members, faithful exhibitors… and of Ecsite Executive Director course you, dear participant. Brussels, Belgium Have a great conference! 6 7 Welcome to Denmark The Nocturne on Friday will of course be held at Experimentarium and the theme for the evening will be maritime, inspired by our location by the sea. and welcome to Experimentarium Engage in science shows, sing a sailor’s’ song, grab something to drink at the Beach Bar by the ‘The Beach’ exhibition - and if you have the guts for it, watch a dissection of the digestive system. Conclude your week with the We are very proud and pleased to host the 30th edition of the Ecsite Farewell Party on Saturday at Culture Docken, where you can enjoy the Conference. The whole conference is taking place inside our science sunset as well as live music, dancing and a great bar with evening snacks. centre, which for the first time ever is closed to the public - and And now… make the most of having the whole building as your playground! exclusively open to you, Ecsite Conference participants – our friends from around the world who share our mission of engaging people with science. Kim Gladstone Herlev Executive Director The theme for this year’s Ecsite conference is ’Pushing Boundaries’ Experimentarium and one of the boundaries we will push is the physical space, by taking up the exciting challenge of hosting the conference inside Experimentarium. We invite you to delete your internal hard disc of Hellerup, Denmark what an Ecsite Conference normally looks and feels like and en- gage in sessions held inside the exhibitions, explore new knowledge while walking up and down our double Helix staircase, get inspired by the view from our rooftop, watch a keynote from the ‘Eatery’ or the ‘Lounge’. All plenary sessions will be live-streamed to a dozen different rooms - the soft red armchairs of our brand new Movie- House are just one of the many places from where you can watch the opening or the keynotes. Lunches will be served in four different places throughout Experimentarium (and yes, you’re allowed to have lunch inside the exhibitions if you’d like). Coffee breaks will as usual be available in the Business Bistro. We will also be pushing boundaries at the social events. Speakers and convenors will be receiving a warm (and musical) welcome at the The Ecsite Conference will be held inside Experimentarium, the former home Øregård Gymnasium on Wednesday night for the Speakers’ Recep- of the Tuborg Brewery. Since 1991, Experimentarium has let knowledge tion where entertainment will be provided by local musicians. On and curiosity come alive with a hands-on approach and explored the world Thursday night, the Gala Dinner & Show will be taking place at the through science and technology together with millions of curious children and Circus Building, one of Copenhagen’s cultural icons – enjoy ‘hygge’, adults. Experimentarium re-opened its doors to the public in January 2017 Danish cuisine and live entertainment on the stage and at your table with a spectacular extension and 18 brand new exhibitions, all exploring new as has been tradition there for more than 130 years. boundaries for science communication. Everything is designed to be hands-on at Experimentarium, so that play and learning are always interconnected. Creating engaging experiences that are immersive and relate science to everyday life is one of the trademarks of our science centre. Our aim is to transform the way in which our guests experience and appreciate the significance of natural science and technology to our lives. Ecsite Conference participants are invited to experience Experimentarium and all the highlights of the area. The local organising committee at Experimentarium is a large team made up of a wonderful mix of people possessing the wide palette of skills essential to the task of hosting the Ecsite Conference. The team covers a huge range of people reaching from operations to graphic design to fundraising to communication to content to explainers to logistics to… The above photo shows the small management team. The complete team engulfs practically everyone employed at Experimentarium – all of whom will have a role during the Conference. 8 9 The theme Pushing boundaries Boundaries are an essential part of identity: they separate what we are from what we aren’t, what we do from what we won’t do. As the world around us and we ourselves change, boundaries need to be constantly negotiated and redefined. Exploring, challenging and shaping boundaries is crucial if we want to grow and develop as a sector, organisation or individual.