Subject line: Nobel prize-winner to speak at Science Museum conference
Dear colleagues,
I posted a notice on 15 October about the Here and Now conference at the
Science Museum on 21-23 November 1996. The conference will look at the
issues surrounding the presentation of contemporary science and technology
in museums and science centres. A full programme is given below.
I am now delighted to confirm that Professor Sir Harold Kroto, discoverer
of fullerenes (among them Buckyballs) and joint winner of this year's Nobel
Prize for Chemistry, will speak at the conference dinner on 22 November.
For more information or a booking form, please send me an email or call on
the number below. The cost of the conference, including entry to the
conference dinner, is 170 pounds sterling.
I do hope you will be able to join us in November.
Claire Shaw.
HERE AND NOW CONFERENCE, 21-23 NOVEMBER 1996
PROGRAMME
Keynote speakers:
Wolf Peter Fehlhammer (Director of the Deutsches Museum, Germany) on the
value of presenting contemporary science and technology in museums and
science centres
Simon Schaffer (Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Cambridge
University, UK) on the slippery meaning of 'contemporary'
Jana Bennett (Head of Science, BBC Television) on whether the media give a
utopian view of science and technology
Full/concurrent sessions:
Can it work? The role of museums and science centres in presenting
contemporary topics
Susan Greenfield, Oxford University, UK
Philip Campbell, Nature
Arthur Molella, Lemelson Center for Invention and Innovation, USA
Joost Douma, IMPULS Science and Technology Center, Netherlands
Programming for success. Effective live and hands-on presentation of modern
science and technology
Graham Farmelo, Science Museum
Melanie Quin, Techniquest
Munkith Al-Najjar, Science North, Canada
David Wark, Oxford University, UK
The Virtual Visit. Presentations on the Internet
Chair: Oliver Morton, Wired Magazine
John Shane, Museum of Science, Boston, USA
Roland Jackson, Science Museum
Andrea Bandelli, Laboratorio dell'immaginario scientifico, Italy
Visitor View. Are people interested in contemporary science and technology
presentation?
Sandra Bicknell, National Railway Museum
Frank Olsen, Experimentarium
Claude O'Byrne, Futuroscope (to be confirmed)
Collaborate or stagnate? Identifying opportunities for institutions to work
together
Part One: Commercial collaborations
AnnMarie Israelsson, Teknikens Hus, Sweden
Richard Piani, La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, France
Gillian Thomas, Science Museum
Collaborate or stagnate?
Part Two: Collaborations with research institutions/ other museums
Dominique Cornuéjols, ESRF, France
Heather Mayfield, Science Museum
Peggie Rimmer, CERN, Switzerland
Laurence Smaje, Wellcome Centre for Medical Science
Collections in the Modern World. Collecting and interpreting contemporary
objects
Chair: Tom Wright, Science Museum
Edward Wagner, Franklin Institute, USA
David Lowenthal, University College London
Alan Morton, Science Museum
Contemporary issues and the formal curriculum. Presenting contemporary
subjects to educational groups
Chair: Roland Jackson, Science Museum
Joan Solomon, Oxford University, UK
Paul Caro, La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, France
Dominique Leglu, Liberation, France
The challenge of presenting contemporary biotechnology
Robert Bud, Science Museum
Hans Lehrach, Max Planck Institut, Germany
John Durant, Science Museum
Biotechnology presentation case studies
Mathis Brauchbar, Locher Brauchbar & Partner, Switzerland
Birte Hantke, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Germany
Esther Schaerer, Alimentarium, Switzerland
Helena von Troil, Heureka
Plus, an informal session in which you are invited to contribute your
experiences of presenting contemporary topics or bring with you an
interactive exhibit on a contemporary science theme.
Claire Shaw
PA to Graham Farmelo
Science Museum,Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2DD
Tel: 0171-938 8120
Fax: 0171-938 8086
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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