Weren’t able to join us in Toronto? This year we recorded several plenaries and concurrent sessions: Follow the links below to view the recorded sessions.
Saturday, September 21
| Opening Session Featuring a land acknowledgement by Lindy Kinoshameg, Wiikwemkoong Unceded First Nation, and Leslie McCue, Mississaugas of Curve Lake First Nation; a keynote speech by Jenn Gustetic, Program Executive for NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research Program, and remarks from Zephyrus Todd, @makerzeph. Read about the presenters. View land acknowledgement by Lindy Kinoshameg and Leslie McCue. |
| The Future Is Here: Youth Voices on Innovation Hear from youth of today that have taken their education into their own hands and are inventing the future. Four panelists range from ages 9 to 17 and are artists, makers, scientists, educators, and entrepreneurs. What is the future of education from a youth perspective? View the recording. |
| Public Perceptions of Science: Wellcome Global Monitor 2018 Wellcome’s Head of Public Engagement, Imran Khan, presents results from the most recent Wellcome Global Monitor, the world’s largest study on how people around the globe think and feel about science and major health challenges. Khan is joined by ASTC’s Senior Adviser for Science Engagement Policy and Partnerships, Erica Kimmerling. View the recording. |
| Putting It on Paper: The Power of an Equity and Inclusion Statement Developing an Equity and Inclusion Statement can play a vital role in advancing institutional practices that champion equity, diversity, and inclusion. Presenters share examples and strategies from the field to help viewers create equity and inclusion statements of their own. View the recording. |
Sunday, September 22
| The Alan J. Friedman Science Center Dialogues Katharine Hayhoe, Director, Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University; John Holdren, Teresa and John Heinz Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and former Science Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama; and Ellen Stofan, John and Adrienne Mars Director, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, and former NASA Chief Scientist discuss how science centers and science communicators can advance the public discourse on climate change and other global challenges. View the recording. |
| Fifty Years and Counting: Two Seminal Science Centers Look to the Future The Ontario Science Centre in Toronto and the Exploratorium in San Francisco opened in 1969. Recently, these organizations have undergone significant strategic planning processes that built on their past strengths but point them in new directions. This session presents their new thinking as they adapt to a changing world. View the recording. |
| Thinking Like an Evaluator: Capacity-building Efforts at Three Museums Two children’s museums and a natural history museum share overlaps, challenges, resources, and reflections about their evaluation capacity-building efforts funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Each aspired to cultivate an institutional culture of evaluation, partnered with a different evaluation expert, and used different lenses and strategies for engaging staff in the process of evaluation. View the recording. |
Monday September 23
| Plenary Session Featuring Raj Pandya, Director of the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth Exchange, and Stella Bowles, recipient of the Weston Youth Innovation Award from the Ontario Science Center for her citizen science work. View the recording. |
| Transforming Learning Approaches – FLASH SESSION Presenters from The Adler Planetarium; Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum; National Museum of Natural History; National Museum of Natural History; Randi Korn & Associates, Inc.; Living Computers: Museum + Labs; and LIGO Livingston share their innovative learning projects. View the recording. |
| Integrating Indigenous Cultural Experiences and Content in our Science Centers/Museums Learn how science centers/museums are integrating Indigenous culture, traditional knowledge and celebrating Indigenous contributions. Hear about these visitor experiences, whether on location or through outreach and the important steps in decision-making, development and production to ensure they are true and respectful of the culture and sharing the right stories. View the recording. |