SAASTEC CONFERENCE: 7 – 10 NOVEMBER

PROGRAMME OUTLINE

SAT 5 SUN 6 MON 7 TUE 8 WED 9 THU 10

DST DST/ ARR. DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 ISCSMD

START TIME

START TIME

08:00

TRAVEL TRAVEL 08:00

08:30

TRAVEL TRAVEL INTRO 08:30

09:00

OPENING PLENARY 09:00

09:30

DST PLENARY PARALLEL 4 09:30

10:00 1 2 (DST) DST INPUT 10:00

10:30 DST STAKE TEA TEA TEA TEA 10:30

11:00 STAKE 11:00

11:30 HOLDERS HOLDERS PLENARY WORK AGM 11:30

12:00 ARRIVE 2 SHOP 12:00

12:30 12:30

13:00 DST DST LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH 13:00

13:30 LUNCH LUNCH 13:30

14:00 DST WORK 14:00

14:30 STAKE PARALLEL PARALLEL SHOP 14:30

15:00 DST HOLDERS 1 3 15:00

15:30 TEA TEA TEA TEA 15:30

16:00 STAKE REGISTR 16:00

16:30 AT POSTER PLENARY PARALLEL Delegates 16:30

17:00 HOLDERS HOTEL SESSION 3 4 17:00

17:30 TRAVEL TRAVEL depart 17:30

18:00 ICE SCI TRAVEL 18:00

18:30

BREAKER SHOW

18:30

19:00

UNIZULU 30th own

19:00

19:30

RB PARTY supper CONF

19:30

20:00 TRAVEL @ BANQUET

20:00

20:30

UZSC TRAVEL RICHARDS

20:30

21:00

TRAVEL TRAVEL HOTEL

21:00

21:30

21:30

22:00

SAASTEC CONFERENCE 2016 @ UNIZULU SC 22:00

18th SAASTEC Conference

Held at UNIZULU Science Centre

6-10th November 2016

Working Programme Saturday 5th November 2016

Time Activity Delegate Mins

14:00 -18:30

DST / SAASTA Stake holders Meeting (Richards Hotel)

Sunday 6th November 2016 09:00-16:00

DST / SAASTA Stake holders Meeting (Richard’s Hotel)

16:00- 17:30

Registration @ hotel

17;30 – 18:00

Travel from hotel to Unizulu Richards Bay Campus

18:00- 20:00

Ice-Breaker @Unizulu Richards Bay Campus (+ Registration)

NOTES:

1. “HOTEL” always refers to the Premier Hotel, the Richards, 3 Hibberd Drive, Meerensee, Richards Bay 3901.Tel: 035-753 1111. Bus transport is provided only from and to there. No transport is provided to or from airports. (Contact the hotel for details of shuttle services)

2. All main conference events (Mon 7th to Thurs 10th) take place at the Unizulu Science Centre (USC), Phone 035-7973204 – access, either:

a. Gate 1, ZCBF Community Park, South Central Arterial, Alton b. Gate 5, ZCBF Community Park, Guldengracht, Alton

3. Sunday night icebreaker is at the University of Zululand, Richards Bay Campus, Corner Guldengracht & 2 Cent Circle Road, Arboretum. Phone 035-9026950

4. Monday night party is at the USC and follows directly after the conference events.

5. Tuesday night is a free evening and delegates are encouraged to have supper at the waterfront (at their own cost). Transport from USC to the waterfront and from the waterfront to the hotel will be provided.

6. Wednesday night banquet is at the hotel. No transport is provided.

Monday 7

th November 2016

Time Activity Delegate Mins

08:15 –

08:45 Travel from hotel to Unizulu Science Centre (USC)

08:00

08:45 Registration at UNIZULU SCIENCE CENTRE 45

08:45

10:30 Opening Session: Plenary 1: Introduction and Big Picture Chair : Derek Fish

08:45 –

08:55 Welcome from SAASTEC Mondli Mnguni

Deputy Chair: SAASTEC 10

08:55 –

09:05 Welcome from the University of Zululand

Gcina Nhleko Director: Communications and Marketing: UniZulu

10

09:05-

09:20 Welcome from UniZulu SC and conference introduction Derek Fish and team

Director: UniZulu SC 15

09:30 –

09:30 Introduction of speakers: Derek Fish

10

09:30-

10:00 The Evolution of museums and SC’s Robert West

ASTC (USA) 30

10:00-

10:30 40 years of science exhibits: what I’ve learned… Ian Russell

Interactive Science Ltd (UK) 30

10:30-

11:00 Tea

11:00-

12:30 Plenary 2 : SC’s in Southern Africa Chair : Mondli Mnguni

11:00-

11:15 The Balance of Power - Serving two "gods." (17)

Tebogo Gule Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, Newtown, Johannesburg

15

11:15-

11:30 Africa code week (17) Julie Cleverdon, Cape Town

Science Centre, Cape Town 15

11:30-

11:45 Robotics at SC's (4) I-SET UNISA

Patricia Gouws 15

11:45-

12:00

Science for all: Expanding the reach to people with

disabilities (10) Akash Dusrath Sci-Bono Discovery Centre

15

12:00 –

12:15 Exciting things to do in a SC Prof Jan Smit

UNW: Potchefstroom 15

12:15-

12:30 Discussion 15

12:30-

14:00 LUNCH

PARALLEL SESSIONS 1

Session A

14:00-

15:30 Parallel Session 1 A Developments in Museums: Chair : Puleng Tsie

14:00-

14:15 How to make museums interactive (9)

Mike Bruton

Mike Bruton Imagineering 15

14:15-

14:25 Innovative displays for Natural science museum (9)

Theshnie Naidoo

Durban Natural Science

Museum

10

14:25-

14:35 SC's & Museums- environmental sustainability (11)

Busisiwe Gumede

Durban Natural Science

Museum

10

14:35-

14:50 Smarter living through interactive exhibits (13)

Michael Wolf, Formula D

Interactive, Cape Town 15

14:50-

15:05 Developments in the Mobile Lab space (4) Rufus Wesi, SASOL 15

15:05

15:15 Early Childhood interactive exhibition - One year on (4) Stuart Hopwood, SciBono 10

15:15-

15:30 Discussion 15

Session B

14:00-

15:30 Parallel Session 1B Jobs, economic growth and justice: Chair : Tanja Reinhardt

14:00-

14:15 Crowdfunding (8)

Ginny Stone. SAASTEC,

Pretoria 15

14:15-

14-30

Career development support is key to finding meaningful work

and becoming economically active (8)

Carmen Adams Hoffman

Sci-Bono,Newtown, Jhb 15

14:30-

14:45 Science for development- Sutherland Story (8)

Anthony Mietas, SAAO,

Cape town 15

14:45-

14:55 Moving science through youth empowerment (8)

Sinah Magolo, Joburg City

Parks, Jhb 10

14:55

15:05 Empowering through role modelling (8)

Njabulo Mpanza,

ArcelorMittal Science,

Centre, Newcastle

10

15:05-

15:20

Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS) Documentation for

Peace and Justice (16)

Nxumalo Mdumiseni,

UNIZULU SC 15

15:20-

15:30 Discussion 10

15:30-

16:00 Tea

16:00

18:00 Poster Session

18:00 –

19:00 Science Show: Exploding Custard: Ian Russel (UK)

19:00-

21:00 30th BIRTHDAY PARTY AT UNIZULU SCIENCE CENTRE

21:00 –

21:30 Travel from Unizulu Science Centre to hotel

Tuesday 8

th November 2016

08:30-

08:50 Travel from hotel to USC

PARALLEL SESSIONS 2

Parallel Session 2A

9:00-

10:30 Session 2A : Quality Education and Research : Chair : Nazley Giquel

9:00-

9:15 Design based research: quality education in SC's (4)

Derek Fish

UNIZULU SC 15

9:15-

9:25 Mentoring & coaching learning programme (4)

Thami Mphokela

ArcelorMittal SC, Sebokeng 10

9:25-

9:40 Do scientists take selfies (4)

PulengTsie

SCI-ENZA, Pretoria 15

9:40-

9:55 Analysis of mall outreach to promote SET (4)

Anton Binneman (Erna)

SAASTA, Pretoria 15

9:55-

10:05 NMBSTC- Educational programmes (4)

Christopher McCartney

NMBSTC Uitenhage 10

10:20-

10:30 Discussion 25

Parallel Session2 B

9:00-

10:30 Session 2B : Quality education and Gender issues Chair : Ambrose Yaga

9:00-

9:15 Can SC's revolutionise teaching of science in schools (4)

Alfred Tsipa,

UNIZULU SC 15

9:15-

9:30 Help girls learn science (4) or (5)

Victoria John

Goethe Institute 15

9:30-

9:40 Science for the future (4)

Cobus Van Breda

University of Free state 10

9:40-

9:50 Role of SC's in developing Science education (4)

Mzwandile Maphanga

ArcelorMittal SC, Newcastle 10

9:50-

10:05 SC's & gender equality (5)

Christopher, Harris US

Peace Corp, USA 15

10:05-

10:15 ArcelorMittal SC- Decade of STEMI excellence (4)

Daniel Motsapi

ArcelorMittal SC, Sebokeng 10

10:15-

10:30

Discussion 15

10:30 –

11:00 TEA

11:00 –

13:00 Workshop Sessions in different venues

13:00 -

14:00 LUNCH

PARALLEL SESSIONS 3

Session A

14:00-

15:30 Parallel Session 3A : Partnerships Chair : Tebogo Gule

14:00-

14:15 Astronomy for development (17)

Ramsamy Venugopal

Office of Astronomy for

Development

15

14:15-

14:30 A sustainable reality, who do I dance with (17)

Thami Mangena,

Sci-Bono, Newtown, Jhb. 15

14:30-

14:45 Colours of cooperation (17)

Silindile Mthembu

UNIZULU SC 15

14:45-

15:00 Demysting climate change through Sebenza Imifula (6)

Kogieluxmie Govender

Joburg City Parks, JHB 15

15:00-

15:15 SC's- educational hubs of renewable energy (7)

Aphiwe Baq &, Sanelise

Nongauza, FOSST-

Discovery Centre Fort Hare

10

15:15-

15:30 Discussion 20

Session B

14:00-

15:30 Parallel Session 3B: Health and environment: Chair : Allison Ruiters

14:00-

14:15 SC addressing health issues in communities. (3)

Diloshni, Thambaran

UNIZULU SC 15

14:15-

14:30 Save the planet & children or make a profit (13)

Kogieluxmie Govender

Joburg City Parks, Jhb 15

14:30-

14:45

The use of nano technology to provide clean water in Ngaka

Modiri Molema District (6)

Lerato Molebatsi

NWU SC Mafikeng 15

14:45-

14:55 Seas and oceans alive (14)

Armstrong Mashakeni

Nat. Zoological Gardens 10

14:55-

15:05 Marine conservation (14)

Xolisa Williams, FOSST-

Discovery Centre, Fort hare 10

15:05-

15:15 Animal talks at NZG (15)

Leavy Tau, National

Zoological Gardens,

Pretoria

10

15:15-

15:30 Discussion 15

15:30-

16:00 Tea

16:00 –

18:00 PLENARY Session 3: SC’s and controversial topics Chair: Mark Sampson

Is science in danger?

Mike Bruton

Mike Bruton Imagineering 30

The Challenges of Dealing with Often Controversial or Ethical

Issues and Topics Robert West - ASTC (USA) 30

Climate change, evolution and other issues Mark Sampson 20

Other SAASTEC speakers

/Discussion 40

18:00 –

18:30 Travel from USC to Waterfront restaurants

18:30-

21:00 FREE EVENING : Delegates visit waterfront restaurants at own cost

20:30

and

21:00

Transport provided from waterfront to hotel.

Wednesday 9th November 08:00-08:30

Travel from hotel to USC

08:30-10:00

PLENARY Session 4: Museums and their communities/ public Chair : Mike Bruton

08:30-09:00

Museums and their Communities – Outside the Walls Robert West - ASTC (USA) 30

09:00-09:20

Public and community engagement at AHRI Anita Edwards - African health Research Institute

20

09:20- 09:40

The public understanding of science in South Africa: Michael Gastrow (HSRC) 20

09:40-10:00

Meeting Community Needs in a SC Kenneth Monjero (Kenya) 20

10:00 10:30

DST Update DST 30

10:30-11:00

Tea

11:00-12:30

SAASTEC Annual General Meeting

12:30-13:30

LUNCH

13:30 15:30

Workshop Sessions

15:30-16:00

Tea

PARALLEL SESSIONS 4

Session A

16:00– 17:30

Parallel Session 4A ICT in SC’s: Chair : Marion West

16:00-16:30

Venturing into the virtual (17) or (4) or (9) MJ Schwartz, UNIZULU SC Richards bay and others

30

16:30- 16:40

Using virtual reality in Science Centres (14) Michael Wolf, Formula D Interactive, Cape Town

10

16:40- 16:50

ICT integration in teaching & learning science (4) Chrisencia Moatshe, Mothibistad SC, Kuruman

10

16:50- 17:00

Advantages of ICT in education (4) Takuya Miyaguchi, JICA, Japan

10

17:00- 17:10

Performance improvements of Maths & science (4) Sizo Golimpi, FOSST-Discovery Centre, Fort hare

10

17:10-17:20

HartRAO addresses the 17th Sustainable Development Goal, Partnerships for the goals through Science Awareness and Outreach.

Simphiwe Madlanga HartRAO

10

17:20-17:30

Discussion 10

Session B

16:00 – 17:30

Parallel Session 4B Partnerships for the goal Chair : Thami Mphokela

16:00-16:15

Mpumalanga community learning precinct (17) Allison Ruiters Durban Natural Sci Museum

15

16:15-16:30

Collaborating a University SC with a Township NGO (17) Tanja Reinhardt UKZN Science Centre, Durban

15

16:30-16:45

SANSA's alignment to the UN Strategic global goals (17) Violet Chabalala SANSA, Cape Town

15

16:45-17:00

JICA partners with educators in Africa (17) Kazuki Yamamichi JICA, Japan

15

17:00-17:15

International Year of Pulses (1) or (17) Eva Seko & Meeloni Tanna SCI-ENZA, Pretoria

15

17:15- 17:30

Discussion 15

17:30 – 18:00

Travel from USC to hotel

19:00 – 22:00

CONFERENCE BANQUET – RICHARD’S HOTEL

Thursday 10th November: International Science Centre and Museum Day 08:00-

08:30 Travel from hotel Chair : Derek Fish

8:30 –

9:00 Sustainability in Museums Internationally

Dr. Stacey Freeman

(ASU, USA) 30

9:00 –

9:30 Importance of sustainability in museums

Dr. Sandra Rodegher

(ASU, USA) 30

9:30 –

9:40 UniZulu Science Faculty Representation

Prof Kunene

Dean of Science 15

9:30 –

10:00 DST Representation

Dr Thomas Auf der Heyde:

DDG, DST 15

10:00-

10:30 UNESCO Conference Opening: Livestream From Paris 30

10:30-

11:00 Tea

11:00 –

11:45 Africa Clockwise Mark Sampson 45

11:45 –

12:45 Science Centres: Thinking global, acting local! (60)

Inquiry-based Science Education - missing link (4)

Haniso Motlhabane

BIUST, Palapye, BOTSWANA 15

Challenges and successes in Kenya

K Monjero, et al, Science

Centre Kenya, Nairobi, KENYA 15

Flexing & Reading up (9)

Collence Chisita

Harare Polytechnic School of

Info sciences, Harare, ZIM

15

Research for effective SC’s DR. Tony Lelliot, WITS 15

12;45 –

13:00 Discussion

15

13:00-

14:00 LUNCH

14:00 –

15:00

Live linkups with SC’s overseas

15:00 –

15:30

Live streaming of SAASTEC Conference to UNESCO

15:30-

16:00 Tea

16:00 Delegates Depart

Travel home safely please – for post conference tours check the website

http://www.saastec.co.za/page4.html

WORKSHOPS: TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

SIGN UP ON SUNDAY EVENING AT THE ICEBREAKER TO SECURE YOUR PLACE!!

Dr. Stacey Freeman and Dr. Sandra Rodegher: Arizona State University, USA

Sustainability Workshops: Tuesday and Wednesday – extended sessions

Dr. Sandra Rodegher is a Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State

University’s (ASU) Global Institute of Sustainability and the Senior Coordinator

for the Sustainability in Science Museums Program at Walton Sustainability

Solutions Initiatives.

Dr. Stacey Freeman is the Program Manager and

Senior Sustainability Scholar for the Sustainability in

Science Museums Initiative at Arizona State

University (ASU). She is responsible for developing a

global network of science and natural history

museums to implement sustainability-related

programming within their institutions.

Systems Thinking for Sustainability Problem Solving (Tuesday: 11:00 – 14:00 – lunch included)

This three-hour workshop begins with a discussion of the various frameworks and definitions of

sustainability used within the academic community. Then, through a combination of lecture, video,

and activities, we will explore the critical role systems thinking plays in understanding and

addressing sustainability challenges. Finally, participants will be given an opportunity to apply their

newfound systems thinking knowledge to a system that they are deeply embedded in – their centre!

Creating Organizational Change that Lasts (Wednesday: 12:30 – 15:30 – lunch included)

In this highly interactive three-hour workshop, participants will begin thinking about change efforts

through exploring common pitfalls. In small groups, they will reflect on their own experiences of

resisting change to gain insight on why change efforts fail. Then, informed by their own reflections

and group discussion, participants will use an eight-step model to brainstorm a potential

sustainability-oriented change project for their centre (or community). With ample opportunity for

feedback from their facilitators and colleagues, participants will develop a unique plan bolstered by

expert insight.

FOR: Science Centre Managers (present or future), planners and decision makers

CAPACITY: Up to 25 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

(Serious decision makers should attend both sessions)

VENUE: CLASSROOM (NEXT TO AUDITORIUM)

Dr. Tanja Karp: Texas Tech University: (Fulbright Scholar to SA): LEGO Robotics: (Tues and Wed)

and Kabelo Pheeha: UNISA

BIO: I-SET training and Relations officer. ND Information

Technology and Applied project management in information

technology environment, head judge Open European

championships 2014 and 2016, head judge Africa open

championships 2015, 7 years South African first Lego league

national judge, head judge Swaziland first Lego league and

the co-founder , 5 years science com-munication at Sci-bono

and PEEP course facilitator. First Lego league first ever

presentation in Namibia NUST FabLab 2016, country wide

presentations of Robotics workshops and Mentoring I-SET

buddies and ambassadors (30 UNISA students for CSET).

BIO: Dr. Tanja Karp is an Associate Professor of Electrical and

Computer Engineering at Texas Tech University, where she

organizes the annual LEGO robotics competition, Get Excited

About Robotics (GEAR), for learners in grades 2-8. As a 2016/17

US Fulbright Scholar at UNISA’s I-SET (Inspired towards Science,

Engineering, and Technology) community engagement

program, she currently participates in the expansion of robotics

programs in South Africa and will teach the Practical Experience

in Engineering and Programming (PEEP) UNISA short learning

program, which will equip robotics coaches with technical and

mentoring skills, during term 1 of 2017.

WORKSHOP: Introduction to LEGO Robotics – Design and Motion (Tuesday) – for BEGINNERS

During this 2 h workshop participants will build an EV3 robot using visual instructions and then will

program its motorized wheels to move along a specified path. Next, they will add attachments to

the robot that allows it to push, pull, lift or drop items. No prior robotics or programming skills are

required. Participants will work in teams using the EV3 MINDSTORMS kit and the EV3 programming

software on a laptop.

LEGO Robotics – Advanced - Motion and Sensors (Wednesday) – for ADVANCED PARTICIPANTS

This workshop is geared towards participants with basic LEGO robotics experience (Tuesday

workshop). In teams, participants will explore the usage of sensors to control the robot’s motion and

will learn the design of algorithms that enables the robot to perform more complex tasks such as

following a line, collision avoidance, and multi-tasking.

FOR: Delegates who run robotics programmes or would like to run them!

CAPACITY: Up to 30 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

(Beginner delegates have the option of attending BOTH workshops)

VENUE: ECD CLASSROOM (LUNCH VENUE)

Chris Harris: US Peace Corps: Girls of Tomorrow (Tuesday ONLY)

BIO: I am a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer serving my third

year in South Africa. My background is in philosophy and

ethics. For a year and a half, I lived in one of the most

rural villages in South Africa, teaching English, Science,

and leading a number of projects. During this time, I

came to see the tremendous stress and many obstacles

faced by female learners.

WORKSHOP (Tuesday ONLY): In my workshop, I

will show participants how to run the Girls of

Tomorrow Program in their Science

Centres. The Girls of Tomorrow Program is a Let

Girls Learn program that has been featured by

the U.S. Peace Corps, U.S. Institute of Peace,

and has coordinated with NASA. It aims to

empower young girls and engage them in STEM

education. It is a low cost, highly effective

program developed specifically for Science

Centres and in my workshop we will explore the

strategies it employs as well as how to execute

them in Science Centres and utilize already

existing resources.

FOR: Delegates who do outreach into schools

especially programmes promoting girls in

science.

CAPACITY: Up to 20 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

VENUE: RBM ROOM (IN ADJACENT BUILDING, OPPOSITE MAIN SC ENTRANCE) TUESDAY ONLY!

Daniel Bevington: US Peace Corps: CODING (Tuesday and Wednesday – repeated)

BIO: I studied biology in a premed program as an undergraduate,

and eventually also got a degree in anthropology. My skills in rock

climbing and mountaineering led me to become a professional guide

before I developed a desire to own my own air taxi in Alaska (also

being a licensed general aviation pilot). I eventually found work in

the Arctic, in an Inupiaq village on the Arctic Ocean, 300 miles north

of the Arctic Circle. I was a subsistence analyst in the remote

northern regions for years. However I then drifted toward coastal

and riverine resource management, which led me to south-central

Alaska. For the following 12 years or more I worked both in the

public and private sectors and responding to critical events, like

hurricane Katrina, where I managed Hazmat response teams. I have

also started some other environmental consulting agencies. Still, all through my personally fulfilling

life, something was always unfulfilled: Peace Corps Service. I am so thrilled to be on this journey of

service, which gives me joy. It is truly my joy. The project, "Girls Can Code!" - Technology Camp

2017, working with adolescent girls from rural Zambia “feels like” one of the most significant things

I’ve ever done in my life.

WORKSHOP: At the workshop we will look at the

methodology for "Girls Can Code!"- Technology Camp

2017, which will include working with Scratch (a graphical

programming language developed at MIT to help youth

get into computer programming), Python, and a game

called Minecraft. The latter has been proven to be a

'brain building" experience for youth. At the workshop,

we will also demonstrate how we are using the Raspberry

Pi 3 to "take it back to the village." This tiny, inexpensive,

low-powered computer (runs on a solar lamp with USB

ports) is a practical option for allowing rural adolescent

youth learn programming skills, desktop skills, and gaming skills in any setting.

FOR: Delegates who are interested in outreach into schools, CODING, Raspberry Pi’s and

programmes promoting girls in science through coding.

CAPACITY: Up to 20 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

VENUE: LAB (BEHIND THE BLUE CURTAINS IN THE CLASSROOM, OR OUTSIDE AUDITORIUM)

BRING: YOUR LAPTOP IF YOU CAN!

Peter Horzowski: PASCO Probeware (Wednesday ONLY)

BIO: Peter Horszowski has graduate and postgraduate degrees

and diplomas from WITS and the University of Siena and

conducted over 15 on-site workshops in 2015 alone.

WORKSHOP (Wednesday ONLY): Delegates will use PASCO probe-

ware and accessories for hands on activities in the following

topic areas: 3 “Good Health” 4 “Quality Education” 7

“Renewable Energy” 13 “Climate Action” and 14 “Life Below

Water”

FOR: Delegates who run workshops, demonstrate experiments or want to explore PASCO’s

amazing equipment!

Bring along your own device - be it tablet (ipad/android device) a Smartphone or PC/Mac . Make sure to download the software beforehand. The software is called SPARKVUE and is available free from an appstore (itunes or playstore) or else from pasco.com for Windows and Mac.

CAPACITY: Up to 20 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

VENUE: RBM ROOM (IN ADJACENT BUILDING, OPPOSITE MAIN SC ENTRANCE) WEDNESDAY ONLY!

Ian Russell (UK): Exhibit Design: (Tuesday and Wednesday – repeated)

BIO: With over thirty-five years of continuous practical experience in

exhibition development and twenty-five years performing science shows,

Ian Russell is well known internationally. He was one of the earliest

members of the new British hands-on science centre movement in the

1980’s. In fact, some of the interactive exhibits still in use at Unizulu

Science Centre, Richards Bay, were produced by a British team led by Ian

in Manchester at that time.

WORKSHOP: Presented by Ian Russell, this session should be immensely

useful to anyone thinking of bringing interactives into a project. He will

explain fundamental principles that are equally important whether you

make interactives yourself, have them made by others to your specification, or choose from a

catalogue. He will show how to save time and money by identifying good ideas and rejecting bad

ideas. Then he will show many real-world examples to illustrate these principles, encouraging

participants to comment, discuss and ask questions. Ian will share his passion for simple ideas, many

of which can be made real with quite limited resources. There will also be practical advice on

communicating your specifications to a specialist workshop and on getting best value when buying

ready-made interactives.

FOR: Delegates who design or would like to design exhibits, or commission others to make them

or are buying them! (Will complement Stuart Hopwood’s workshop well!)

CAPACITY: Up to 20 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

VENUE: THEATRE (BLACK DOOR WITH ASTRONAUT ON IT)

Stuart Hopwood & William Britz: Sci-Bono: Exhibit Building (Tuesday and Wednesday – repeated)

BIO: Both Stuart and William trained as fitter and turner and have worked in two Science Centres

designing, building and maintaining exhibits for many years. Stuart was at the Telkom Exploratorium

in Cape Town and William at FEST/SAASTA in Pretoria before both joined Sci-Bono where they have

been ever since, running the well-equipped workshop there.

WORKSHOP: Up to 20 delegates will be guided through the process of fabricating and finishing their

own puzzling exhibit in this 2 hour workshop. At the end they get to take home an exhibit built with

their own hands! It may get messy, so bring an old T-shirt to work in and leave your best suit at

home!

FOR: Delegates who build exhibits or would like to build exhibits. (Will complement Ian Russell’s

workshop well!)

CAPACITY: Up to 20 delegates, STRICTLY ONE DELEGATE FROM EACH SCIENCE CENTRE!!

VENUE: WORKSHOP AND HALL OF INDUSTRY

BRING: OLD T-SHIRT OR CLOTHES

PAST: Walking Tall: (Tuesday and Wednesday – repeated)

S'bo Ntshebe, Snakes Foba and Sandile Matsheni

FOR: All interested delegates

CAPACITY: Up to 100 delegates, no restrictions

VENUE: AUDITORIUM