ASTC 2025 Annual Conference
The ASTC Annual Conference is one of the premier annual events for science-engagement professionals and leaders in science and technology centers and museums as well as allied organizations across North America and around the world.
September 5-8, 2025
San Francisco Bay Area
ASTC 2025 will be held primarily at the Moscone Center in the SoMa/Yerba Buena neighborhood of San Francisco with other events throughout the area.
Learn more:
https://www.astc.org/astc-2025/
NISE Network Networking Event
Please join fellow NISE Network members as we gather together informally,
all are welcome! No need to RSVP
- Friday, September 5, 5-7pm
LeRoy King Carousel Plaza
in front of the Children's Creativity Museum
Corner of Howard Street and 4th Street
(next to Moscone South)
Snacks will be provided, we will be outside
NISE Network booth in Exhibit Hall
- Saturday, September 6, 10:30am-5pm
- Sunday, September 7, 10:30am-5pm
- Booth # 614.
- Exhibit Hall is located on level 1 of Moscone Center West at 800 Howard Street, at the corner of 4th and Howard streets (view map here).
- Handouts
Featured Activities
Sessions
- Saturday, September 6, 2025, 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM US PT
Improving Connectivity to Diverse Audiences Through Flexible, Easy, and Culturally Appropriate Evaluation
Location: 2022- Elizabeth Kollmann – Museum of Science, Boston
- Regina Ayala Chavez – Catalyst Consulting Group
- Sonya Harvey-Justiniano (she/her/hers) – Museum of Science, Boston
- Allison Anderson – Museum of Science, Boston
- Slides (PDF)
- Saturday, September 6, 2025 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Inspiring Planetary Health Action Through Imagination, Creativity & Experimentation
Location: 2022
Improving planetary health means thinking about the world we want to inhabit. How can we strengthen our abilities to imagine that world and take actions to bring it into being? This session will explore resources for cultivating imagination as part of science centers’ and museums’ planetary health practices.- Theresa A. Donofrio, Seeding Action Civic Science Fellow, Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Max Cawley, Museum of Life & Science, NC
- Rebecca Ward, NC State’s Coastal Resilience & Sustainability Initiative
- Georgina Sanchez
NC State’s Center for Geospatial Analytics - FutureScape Resilience Simulation Slides (PDF)
- Saturday, September 6, 2025, 4:40 PM – 4:55 PM US PT
Veo, Veo, Radio! A Showcase of Activities and Educator Guides About Radio Waves and Wireless Radio Communications in English and Spanish
Location: Exhibit Hall Stage- Diego Rojas-Perilla – BSCS Science Learning
- Darrell Porcello – Children's Creativity Museum
- Steve Scholle – Museum of Life and Science
- Slides (PDF)
- Sunday, September 7, 2025, 1:45 PM – 2:45 PM US PT
Shape the Future: Empowering Learners Through Exhibitions and Programs
Location: 2005- Rae Ostman – Arizona State University
- Sari Custer – Arizona Science Center
- Kelsey Holtaway – Children's Creativity Museum
- Michelle Kortenaar – Sciencenter
- Slides (PDF)
- Sunday, September 7, 2025, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM US PT
Community Science Lessons From the Field
Location: 2009- Naomi K. Wallace – Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Jenny Crayne – Association of Science and Technology Centers
- Max Cawley – Museum of Life and Science
- Monday, September 8, 2025, 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM US PT
Navigating the Global Landscape of International Partnerships: a Focus on Traveling Exhibitions
Location: 2014- Troy Rainville – Imagine Exhibitions
- Debbie Donohue – Imagine Exhibitions
- Mikko Myllykoski – Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre
- Paul Martin – Global Future Lab, Arizona State University
- Alejandra Castellanos – American Museum of Natural History
- Monday, September 8, 2025, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM US PT
Show Up and Listen: Working With Communities To Understand the Past and Imagine the Future
Location: 2001- Ena Murphy – HGA Architects and Engineers
- Paul Martin – Global Future Lab, Arizona State University
- Marc L'Italien
- Ty O. Smith – California State Railroad Museum
- Slides (PDF)
