Moderator

Erik Jacquemyn

International consultant, Jacquemyn & associates

Belgium

Speaker

Zhimin Zhao

Assistant Researcher, China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM)

China

Virtual reality breaks the limits of time and space. VR exhibits in science centres take visitors into the space, the ocean, the human body to history and the future. This embodies fairness of popularisation.

Anurag Kumar

Curator 'F', National Science Centre

India

To create a culture of innovation, India has taken a big lead in setting up Innovation Hubs across the country. This presentation discusses how these hubs will impact the society in achieving sustainable development.

Daniel Thamsanqa Mphokela

Science Centre Manager, ArcelorMittal Science Centre

South Africa

If we want to meet the future challenges we need people to tackle them. How do we develop independent, self-reliant, problem-solving individuals who may be turned into scientists and tomorrow’s engineers?

Keith Miller

Orthwein Endowed Professor for Lifelong Learning in the Sciences, University of Missouri

United States

Technical decisions and human values intertwine, and computer ethics examines those decisions. Access, justice, and safety are three important technology issues that should matter to science centres worldwide.

Naohiko Kohtake

Associate professor, Smart System Design Laboratory, Keio University

Japan

The benefits of space and geospatial technology are far-reaching and versatile. They can improve socio-technical systems in various fields. Cases of design camps and global capacity building, using technology with science centres, will be presented.