Join us for the lively discussion tables addressing a host of topics to hear and share new ideas and views across a host of topic areas.
Each year, delegates have hosted around 20 discussion tables on a huge range of topics across every area of operations and content. The 2019 ASDC Round Table Discussions will be a fantastic opportunity to hear from CEOs and senior experts from across the sector and to share best practice, skills and ideas in small, focused groups.
This year we are asking delegates to submit proposals for the topic areas and questions for creative and insightful discussion, and to offer chair and host these small round-table discussions. We will guide and support you if you have not done this before.
The session is during the afternoon of the main conference on Thursday 21st November.
The themes can be across all areas of relevant content and operations that you feel others will be keen to discuss.
During this session delegates will join one table for each 30 minute session, to delve into new content areas, learn new tips and tricks, and explore the sectors biggest challenges and our greatest successes.
Applications are now open.
To apply click here and propose your title and a few questions to stimulate the discussion on your table.
The deadline for applications is 11pm on Tuesday 27th August 2019.
You can see last years topics and questions here for inspiration.
Here are the topics from the discussion tables at the 2018 ASDC conference.
(Feel free to propose the same again if you feel further discussion is valuable)
- Social mobility: Improving it and measuring it
- Designing for inclusion
- Engaging with remote and rural communities
- Improving approaches to funding public engagement with STEM
- Connecting Science Centres with current research
- The moon landing 50th anniversary celebrations 2019, and UK spaceports
- Measuring what we do: How do we create a shared understanding of what effective Science Centres look like?
- Fake News
- Informal STEM learning indoors and outdoors
- Should Science Centres campaign on environmental issues?
- Leading cultural change in an organisation
- Science capital: A national programme for Science Centres
- The new All Party Parliamentary Group on Inclusion and Diversity
- The Inspiring Science Fund: Reflections on the programme to date
- Creating powerful advocacy for your work
- Reaching under-represented groups through outreach programmes and community-led initiatives
- Promoting gender equity in STEM
- Embodied learning: A beginner’s guide
- Supporting formal STEM education
- How far can participatory practice go in Science Centres?
- Social media
