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ASDC 2026: Who cares about science?
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Wednesday
, October 14
Techniquest
10:00am •
Day 1: Registration & refreshments
10:45am •
Welcome
11:00am •
Movement break
11:10am •
Deep dives: Climate + Sustainability
11:10am •
Deep dives: Articulating impact
11:10am •
Deep dives: Careers + Skills
11:10am •
Deep dives: Community + Co-creation
1:10pm •
Lunch
2:00pm •
Afternoon plenary: Who cares about science?
2:30pm •
Keynote: UK Government Chief Scientific Advisor
3:00pm •
The Marsh ASDC Volunteer Award and Youth Voice Awards
3:30pm •
Refreshment break
4:00pm •
If they don’t care about science, is it their fault or ours?
4:00pm •
Who cares about science shows?
4:00pm •
From funding gap to trust gap: Framing science centres as civic insitutions
4:50pm •
Day 1: Close
7:00pm •
Evening drinks reception and dinner at Techniquest
8:30pm •
Dinner keynote speaker TBA
Thursday
, October 15
Planetarium
10:25am •
Engaging with dementia: A voyage inside the brain
3:00pm •
Engaging with dementia: A voyage inside the brain
Techniquest
9:00am •
Day 2: Registration & refreshments
9:30am •
Welcome to day two
9:45am •
Keynote: Who cares about space? Challenges and opportunities in the century of change
10:15am •
Movement break
10:25am •
Who cares about science when no one understands it? Reimagining engagement through animation and XR
10:25am •
Panel debate: Collaboration is bad. We should all go it alone.
10:25am •
Queering science engagement
11:15am •
Exploration hour
12:15pm •
Lunch
1:45pm •
Lightning talks
2:45pm •
Refreshment break
3:00pm •
Let’s talk about pie (and other kinds of data visualisation)
3:00pm •
Parents care but don’t feel confident: unlocking an audience
3:00pm •
Who gets to see themselves as a "science person"? Reimagining belonging in science engagement
3:50pm •
Movement break
4:00pm •
Future opportunities and closing plenary
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