Agendas

Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development of Natural History Museums

Address: Jingyi Hall Time: 05/ 28 09:00 ~ 12:00

Hosts: Beijing Academy of Science and Technology, Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums, The International Museum Research and Exchange Centre of the International Council of Museums (ICOM-IMREC)
Organizers: National Natural History Museum of China; Committee for Natural History Museums, Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums; Center for International and Regional Cooperation, Beijing Academy of Science and Technology; Organizing Committee of the International Symposium on the Development of Natural Science Museums under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRISMIS)
9:00-10:20 Keynote speech

Host:

WANG Xiaofeng, President of Committee for Planetariums, Chinese Association of Natural Science Museums; Director of the Beijing Planetarium; Professor of Tsinghua University

9:00-9:20

<Open Cooperation for a Shared Future>

Lori Bettison-Varga, President and Director, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

9:20-9:40

<Science Communication in Natural History Museums from a STREAM Perspective>

WANG Xiaoming, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Natural Science Museums, Director of Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

9:40-10:00

<Natural History Museums in the 21st Century>

Dorit Wolenitz, Chair of the International Committee for Museums and Collections of Natural History of the International Council of Museums (ICOM NATHIST)

10:00-10:20

<Museums as Participants and Contributors to Sustainable Development>

AN Laishun, Chairperson of the International Council of Museums Regional Alliance of Asia-Pacific countries, Director of ICOM-IMREC, Professor of Shanghai University

10:20-10:30 Break
10:30-11:50 Keynote speech
10:30-10:50

<Sustainability in Natural History Museums: 19th Century Tools in a 21st Century Global Context5>

Meg Beckel, Former CEO, Canadian Museum of Nature

10:50-11:10

<The Function of Ecological Scenes in Natural History Museums' Knowledge Dissemination>

Yan Hongming,Director, Zhejiang Museum of Natural History

11:10-11:30

<For more sustainable and eco-responsible Natural history museums: from words to action>

Jacques Ayer, Former Director, Natural History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland

11:30-11:50

<Citizen Science: Public Participation that Leads to the Sustainability>

Rawin Raviwongse, President, the National Science Museum, Thailand

11:50-12:00 Closing Remarks

Fang Li, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group, the Beijing Academy of Science and Technology

*The final agenda is subject to the actual