PCST meeting highlights

There was little online news coverage of the 9th International Conference on Public Communication of Science and Technology that took place in South Korea last week, so I thought you might be interested in the following articles by SciDev.Net China's regional coordinator, Jia Hepeng, who attended the event.

See the following news items published on the SciDev.Net website and also a feature article in the China Daily newspaper:

Academy of science communicators planned

http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=2857&language=1

PCST, an international network of science communicators, has announced plans to create an academy to support its work.

Science communicators 'must promote public debate'

http://www.scidev.net/News/index.cfm?fuseaction=readNews&itemid=2848&language=1

A conference has heard calls for science communicators in developing nations to promote public debates, not just raise awareness of science.

Science speaks through artistic forms

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2006-05/24/content_598642.htm

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