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Please see below for information on the science communication working lunches and other events for science communicators at the BA Festival of Science, University of Exeter 6-10 September.
Further information and online booking is available at http://www.the-ba.net/scicomm
Monday 6 September 13:00 – 16:00
Planet Science Outreach Programme
This session will provide practical advice for science communicators working with schools. Six case studies and their independent evaluation will be presented on how to reach out and work with schools that do not usually engage with science projects. The session will follow an informal lunch.
Pre-booking required (£5, or free with festival ticket)
Organised by People, Science & Policy
Wednesday 8 September 12:30 – 16:00
Delivering inclusion in science communication (DISC)
A chance for you to share your views on reaching ethnic minority groups. What are the current and potential barriers that face our community? What initiatives are already in place and what are the success stories? DISC is a new project creating sustainable partnerships between ethnic minority groups and the science communication community. The outcomes of this workshop will feed into the next stage, in 2005, when the project links up ethnic minority groups with science communicators.
Lunch is provided.
Pre-booking required (Attendance fees for this workshop are covered by grants received from Copus and NESTA.)
Organised by ACNST and the BA
Thursday 9 September 12:30 – 15:00
Networking Science Festivals
This working lunch aims to build on the previous meeting with directors of science festivals. The lunch will provide an opportunity for directors and coordinators of prospective, new and established festivals to identify areas for potential collaboration, share good practice and improve the exchange between festivals and other parts of the science communication community.
Lunch is provided.
Pre-booking required (£15, £10 for Festival ticket holders)
Friday 10 September 11:30 – 14:00
Communicating new science
Issues surrounding GM foods were communicated too late. Are we communicating too early about nanotechnology? Good communication is not just about timing, there are other factors involved. Increasingly, we are faced with science that has speculative applications. To communicate this type of science we cannot just focus on the consequences of applications. In these cases the dialogue with publics should focus on what is driving the science, the assumptions made by scientists, uncertainties and the needs of society in the early stages of scientific research.
How can scientists and science communicators deliver this approach? Explore recent examples, including the BA and OST’s Cognitive System common language project.
Lunch is provided.
Pre-booking required (£15, £10 for Festival ticket holders)
Organised by the BA
Nicholas Hillier
Science in Society Officer
The BA
Wellcome Wolfson Building
165 Queen's Gate, London SW7 5HE
T 020 7019 4939
F 0870 770 7102
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