Annex 1 Attendees by countries and regions Region Country SUM Region Country SUM Albania 2 Honduras 1 Armenia 2 Jamaica 1 Austria 5 Mexico 31 Belarus 2 Nicaragua 1 Mid&South America Belgium 10 Panama 1 Croatia 1 Peru 2 Cyprus 2 Uruguay 1 Denmark 2 Venezuela 1 Estonia 3 Australia 17 European Union 1 Bangladesh 4 Finland 6 Brunei Darussalam 3 France 14 Cambodia 2 Georgia 1 China 27 Germany 15 Hong Kong 6 Greece 2 India 11 Europe Italy 8 Indonesia 14 Latvia 1 Japan 245 Macedonia 2 Macau 8 Malta 2 Malaysia 14 Asia & Pacific Netherlands 6 Mongolia 1 Norway 2 Myanmar 1 Poland 5 New Zealand 5 Portugal 4 Papua New Guinea 1 Russia 1 Philippines 15 Serbia 1 Republic of Korea 16 Slovenia 4 Singapore 9 Spain 7 Taiwan 17 Sweden 5 Tajikistan 2 Ukraine 1 Thailand 21 United Kingdom 21 Timor-Leste 2 Afghanistan 2 Algeria 1 Iran 2 Angola 1 Israel 5 Botswana 3 Jordan 3 Burkina Faso 1 Mid-East Kuwait 3 Ethiopia 2 Palestine 3 Gabon 1 Saudi Arabia 1 Guinea 2 Syria 2 Kenya 2 Turkey 4 Libya 2 Africa Canada 24 Morocco 1 North America United States of America 58 Nigeria 1 Argentina 5 South Africa 29 Bolivia 2 Sudan 1 Brazil 8 Togo 1 Chile 12 Tunisia 3 Mid&South America Colombia 3 Uganda 2 Costa Rica 1 Egypt 5 Dominican Republic 2 Zimbabwe 2 Ecuador 3 Unknown 6 El Salvador 1 Total 828 Annex 2 IPC member list (**Working group members of scws2017) Chair Mamoru Mohri (Chief Executive Director, Miraikan, Japan) ** Previous Chair (SCWS2014) Erik Jacquemyn (International consultant, Jacquemyn & associates, Belgium) Next Chair (SCWS2020) Silvia Singer Sochet (CEO and General Director, MIDE Museo Interactivo de Economía, México) *Joined since May 2016 Committees ASPAC (Asia Pacific Network of Science and Technology Centres) Graham Durant (Director, Questacon, Australia) ** A. S. Manekar (Director General, NCSM, India)*joined since June 2016 Previous member: Ganga Lautela (Director General, NCSM, India) *till June 2016 Wei Shu (Member of the leading Party members' group, Executive Secretary, CAST, China) Chee-kuen Yip (Ex-officio Executive Director/IPC Representative, ASPAC, Hong Kong) ** ASTC (Association of Science-Technology Centers) Linda Conlon (Immediate Chair, ASTC/Chief Executive, International Centre for Life, United Kingdom) Chevy Humphrey (The Hazel A. Hare President & CEO, Arizona Science Center, United States) ** Walter Staveloz (Director of International Relations, ASTC, United States) **, *served as “Ex-Officio by May 2017) Previous member: Bud Rock (CEO & President, ASTC) * till May 2017 Ecsite (European network of science centres and museums) Robert Firmhofer (Chief Executive Officer, Copernicus Science Centre, Poland) Catherine Franche (Executive Director, Ecsite, Belgium) ** Rosalia Vargas (President, Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva, Portugal) NAMES (North Africa and Middle East Science centers network) Sawsan Dalaq (President, NAMES; Director, the Children’s Museum Jordan, Jordan) *joined July 2016 Previous member: Mijbil Almutawa (President, NAMES, Kuwait) * till July 2016 RedPOP (Network for the Popularization of Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean) Alejandra León Castellá (Executive Director CIENTEC Foundation, Costa Rica) ** Jorge Padilla G. del C. (Immediate Past Chair, SOMEDICYT (the Mexican Society for Public Communication of Science and Technology), Mexico) Previous member: Luisa Massarani, Director -Researcher and Science Communicator, RedPOP/Museum of Life-House of Oswaldo Cruz-Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil *till May 2016 SAASTEC (Southern African Association of Science and Technology Centers) Mondli Mnguni (Chairperson, SAASTEC, South Africa) Previous member: Michael Peter, Chief Operation Officer, Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, South Africa *till Dec 2014 Previous member: Derek Fish, Director, Unizulu Science Centre, South Africa *between Dec 2014 to Nov 2016 Ex-Officio Tit Meng Lim (President, ASPAC/Chief Executive, Science Centre Singapore, Singapore)*Joined since July 2016 Previous member: Walter Staveloz (Director of International Relations, ASTC, United States) *moved to ASTC IPC committee member since May 2017 Annex 3 INVITATION FOR BIDS TO HOST THE SCIENCE CENTRE WORLD SUMMIT 2020 1 Background 1.1 Transition of SCWC to SCWS Before the networks of science centres started the Science Centre World Summit (SCWS) in 2014, 6 Science Centre World Congresses (SCWC) were held. The World Congresses were much more strategic in nature than the regional annual conferences and focused mainly on the science centre field itself. Congresses were held every three years on alternating continents/regions and were open to science centre and museum professionals from all over the world. In the first round of Congresses, the order for rotation among continents/regions was established as Europe, India, Asia Pacific, Latin America, North America, and Africa/Middle East. The history of the SCWC is as follows; 1SCWC 1996 Vantaa, Finland 4SCWC 2005 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2SCWC 1999 Calcutta, India 5SCWC 2008 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 3SCWC 2002 Canberra, Australia 6SCWC 2011 Cape Town, South Africa After one rotation of the continents through the SCWCs, it was realised that exploring global challenges requires a new form of professional gathering that focuses much more on long term approaches and building alliances and partnerships outside the science centre field. Collaborative partnerships between science centres, industry, policy makers, scientists, global companies and global institutions worldwide needed to be formed in order to expand public opinion across cultural, political, economic and geographical boundaries that recognize science and technology is a key factor to addressing global issues. Therefore, in 2010, the International Programme Committee (IPC), the highest decision making body of the SCWC/SCWS, agreed that beginning in 2014, SCWC would become even more strategic in nature and involve more speakers and delegates from OUTSIDE the science centre field. Based on this, the name became “Science Centre World Summit (SCWS).” The first Summit was held as follows; 17-19 March, 2014 Mechelen, Belgium 1st SCWS Technopolis®, the Flemish Science Centre Theme: “Public engagement for a better world” Following the original rotation, the 2017 Summit will be hosted by Asia Pacific region (including India) at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), Tokyo, Japan.. 14-17 November, 2017 Tokyo, Japan 2nd SCWS National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) Theme: “Connecting the World for a Sustainable Future” 1 The 3rd SCWS will be held in Latin America. The purpose of this document is to invite Latin America institutions to participate the bidding to become the host of the 3rd SCWS in 2020. 1.2 Definition of the Summit The IPC for the SCWS2014 defined the significance and function of the future Summits as follows: 1.2.1 Significance - Advance the science centre/museum field to a higher strategic level than before. - The SCWS should address global issues and set strategic directions for the science centre/museum field. Therefore, the SCWS should aim to be more strategic and visionary than regional network conferences and offer global actions to achieve the goals. 1.2.2 Involvement of entities outside our field - Involve and consult external agencies and associations (UN, governments, industries, research institutions, etc.) in the Summit planning. - Have more than 30% of speakers from outside our field. - Have more than 30% of participants attending from outside our field. 1.2.3 Shape a policy and issue a joint declaration - Engage professionals from all settings such as the arts, sports, business, education, research, technology, government, and more and gain the cooperation of those stakeholders to solve global challenges and take action in some form. - Review the Mechelen Declaration: http://scws2017.org/mechelen-declaration/index.html - The IPC for the SCWS2017 will follow the definition of the SCWS2014, prepare a report on the fulfilling of the Mechelen Declaration, and offer recommendations for further actions. 2 General Information for the bidding of the SCWS2020 2.1 Host Institution - Bidding institutions should be a RedPOP member of good standing. - Bidding institutions should have demonstrated an intensive engagement with other science centres internationally as well as with other networks. - The SCWS2020 venue may be the institution itself, or a dedicated conference centre, provided that it meets space and other requirements. 2.2 Term - The proposed dates of the SCWS2020 should take into account not only dates for host institution activities and local/national/regional network meetings, but also dates for other network meetings, special events, religious holidays, etc. around the world. 2 - The duration of the SCWS2020 should be 3-4 days, with the option of additional days for pre/post-Summit tours or activities. 2.3 Participants - The number of delegates may be up to 500 including those within the science centre field and those external to our field. - Likely delegates are to be CEO’s and senior leaders of science centres, museums, science communication organisations, international agencies (for example UN organisations), international associations (for example in the field of journalism or education), etc. (in other words, decision makers) 2.4 Contents - The programme should include an opening ceremony, at least 3 plenary sessions and a number of parallel sessions. Plenary and other sessions will be based on the theme and topics proposed by the host institution and finally