Organisation of conferences, congresses, exhibitions and special exhibitions Co-organisation of symposia and conferences Organisation and moderation of workshops, convenorships of sessions in scientific conferences Communications address topics according to the research foci and to the public through press releases, interviews, lectures, panel discussions, expert statements, publications. On special occasions as opening of exhibitions, there are press conferences and events organised. Press releases are posted in Senckenberg’s online press room and most releases are placed on the online platform “idw”, some of them with international interest also translated in English and distributed through international lists. A large number of our press releases lead to interviews with scientists for print, radio or television.
The Senckenberg Website unifies all Senckenberg institutes and locations under a single roof, the website includes a news ticker and an easy to navigate portal into “Museums”, “Research”, “Collections” and “Publications”. Senckenberg is as well present on social media as e.g. Facebook or Twitter. Senckenberg informs the public through flyers about new exhibitions as well as it’s museum education programs.
Also flyers are available covering news about the Senckenberg Research vessel, the Senckenberg School and the Senckenberg Society for Natural History Research. The Senckenberg image brochure is available in German and English, also a report is launched bi-annually. Popular scientific lectures: lecture series are held in Dresden, Görlitz, and Frankfurt. Participation in local and regional events, such as “long night of science” or “long nights of museums”, as well as organisation of own events, such as family days, exhibition openings or awards ceremonies.
