ASTC 2023 Annual Conference
October 7–10, 2023
Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Partial List of Confirmed Sessions
Subject to Change
This page includes a partial list of confirmed sessions for ASTC 2023 (as of June 16, 2023).
Preconference Intensives
Pre-registration and additional fee generally required.
- Building Bridges to the Future: leadership challenges of today and tomorrow – Curated for C-suite Leaders
- Cardboard City Collaborative: A scalable toolbox for developing community informed Maker experiences
- Empowering informal educators to support learners during moments of struggle in making and tinkering activities
- Facilitating playful STEM: Unpacking exhibit elements that support meaningful STEM rich play for young children
- Tinkering Together: Engaging Diverse Youth and Families in Creating with Code
Concurrent Sessions
Advancement and Partnerships/Fundraising
- Exploring U.S. Federal Funding Opportunities
- The STEM Museum Pipeline: A Collaborative Approach
- More to come…
DEAI, Human Resources, and Organizational Culture
- Always Practice, Never Perfect: Internally focused DEIA Practices to Boost Employee Engagement
- From Assessment to Accountability: Navigating the Twists and Turns of Your Museum’s Racial Equity Journey
- Improving Accessibility in Digital Programs
- Keeping Voices in the Room: Gathering values in Codesign for Equitable STEM Experiences
- Reimagining Socially Just and Equitable Informal STEM Institutions and Bringing Them Into Being
- Sequencing the DNA of a Successful Volunteer Program
- Taking Action Towards Net Zero
- The Museum-Wide Circuit: Connecting Powerful Guest Experience and Team Culture
- Voices & Choices: A Soft-Systems Approach for More Equitable Program Design
Exhibits, Experiences, and Technology
- Activating on Empty: Low costs? Low resources? Strategies for creating high impact design experiences
- Alternative in person engagement methods for the blind and low vision community using data from the James Webb Space Telescope
- Community Partnerships: Bringing New Voices into Science Exhibit Planning
- Creating Relevance: A New Life for Old Exhibits
- Data Science is changing our world: How can museums help the public keep up?
- Exhibits Debates: The ups and downs of hands-on exhibits
- Immersive Experiences – What can we learn from this emerging trend
- Invasion of the psychology majors! Bringing the science of YOU to science centers
- Is this made for me? Learning about Exhibit Design from Youth with Learning Disabilities
- Success in Using STEM Concepts Contextualized for Indigenous-based Science Centers
External Groups and Collaborators
- A Science Center and More!: Supporting and Complementing Community Initiatives with STEM
- Beyond a Field Trip: Building meaningful partnerships with schools for a more impactful experience
- Cross-Pollination: Taking the Best from Other Disciplines and Applying It to Our Work
- Finding Your Perfect Match: Co-Creating Successful Community Partnerships
- Making the case for your needs: Advocacy 101
- Not Just a Mountain Lion: Respecting the Cultural and Scientific Legacy of P-22 (Puma-22)
- Practicing Community Science: Lessons Learned from the Field
- Relationships, Partnerships, and Asset Thinking: Learning from STEM Learning Ecosystems
- Relationships, Relevance, and Reciprocity: Shifting our institutional perspectives using a connected learning ecosystems framework
Leadership
- Global Trends in the Science Museum Field
- House of Commons 2023: Let the lively debates begin!
- How to Be a Better Client and Get the Most Out of Creative Partnerships
- Just Press PLAY: A leader’s guide to infusing playful learning with leadership practice
- Leaning into Value: Measuring and Monetizing Visitor Experiences
- More to come…
Operations, Marketing, and Business Development
- Equipping Your Team to Deliver Exceptional Guest Service
- Making Together: Using making to mediate meetings and build connections
- You Belong Here: A New Model for Membership that Grows Equity, Inclusion, and Revenue
- More to come…
STEM Learning, Education, and Programs
- A 360° Perspective on Family Engagement: Insights from Research and Practice
- Assessing how Americans want to participate in science
- Balancing structure and open-endedness: Designing for agency in museum environments
- Count Me In: Engaging children, teens and caregivers with math in museums, homes and classrooms
- Effective Communication in the Museum Space: Understanding Funds of Knowledge
- Empowering Youth in Climate Action: From Civic-Engagement and Leadership to Sustainable and Climate-Ready Careers
- Getting the Outdoors Out There: Open Space and Virtual Workshop Models for STEM Education
- Hands, Head & Heart: Maker Experiences That Center Social Emotional Learning
- How the arts enhance scientific education to promote innovation and engagement
- How Wondering and Learning Go Hand in Hand: Practicing the Teachings from Mister Rogers
- Is Climate Change Rocket Science? Interactive ways to empower everyone as a Climate Change Ambassador
- Positioning young people as STEM change-makers for the future
- Raise Your Art Rate! Aesthetics, Science, and Wonder in Formal and Informal Learning Settings
- Seeding Action: ASTC initiative on climate, biodiversity, and pollution
- Send in the Microbes: Bringing Microbiology into your Institution
- The Next Chapter of Virtual Learning: Planning Sustainable Programming in an Evolving Landscape
Lightning Sessions
Coming soon
Posters
Coming soon