Hi Everyone!
Psci-commers may be interested in the following...
In light of the Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering report on the
future of nanotechnology and the government's response to it last
Friday, one of the main recommendations is for dialogue between the
public, scientists and policymakers on this issue.
A collaboration between The BA, ECSITE-UK, The Cheltenham Festival of
Science and the Royal Institution, called SMALL TALK has been set up to
tackle the issue of dialogue surrounding nanotechnologies.
If you are organising a dialogue event on nanotechnologies and are
interested in working with Small Talk, using our resources, and sharing
outcomes and good practice, or if you are interested in attending a
Small Talk dialogue event on nanotechnology, visit our new website at
www.smalltalk.org.uk
More about Small Talk...
Small Talk is a collaboration exploring the aspirations and concerns of
scientists and the public about nanotechnologies, as well as sharing
these views with policymakers.
Small Talk aims to provide coherence to a range of activities around the
UK focused on discussing nanotechnologies with the public and
scientists, helping the science community, science communicators and
policymakers to learn more about these views and about the process of
working together to gather these views.
Our main objectives are:
Facilitating dialogue on nanotechnologies
Providing resources and support for organisations preparing such events
and activities
Building a better understanding of the public and scientists'
aspirations and concerns about nanotechnologies
Sharing our results with policymakers and the science community
Improving our understanding and use of good practice in engaging with
the public on scientific issues
Evaluating the impact of a co-ordinated approach and sharing our
findings with the wider science communication community
Regards,
Melanie Smallman (Project Director)
Email: [log in to unmask]
Jennie Pollard (Project Officer)
Email: [log in to unmask]
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