SCOMaganza! 2017 is an all day event featuring short talks from CPAS researchers on their exciting science communication research.

Download the full program (pdf, 1.4MB).

Overview:

• 9.00 Rock up, grab a coffee, have a chat, find a seat
• 9.20 Director’s Welcome - Professor Joan Leach
• 9.30 Session 1: Sci com interventions in the formal education space - Jennifer Colley, Mita Anggaryani, Inez Harker-Schuch
• 10.45 Morning Tea
• 11.15 Session 2: Towards evidence-based science policy - Michel Watson, Tangyao Zhang, Sam Vilkins
• 12.30 Lunch
• 1.30 Session 3: Rethinking science media and public communication - Jenni Metcalfe, Tara Roberson, Imogen Brown
• 2.45 Afternoon Tea
• 3.05 Session 4: Communicating about biological threats - Ian McDonald, Lindy Orthia
• 3.55 Formal Close - Professor Joan Leach
• 4.00 Drinks
• 5.00 Special Evening Seminar: Showing Science - From the Sublime to the Ridiculous, Professor Graham Durant AM

It's free, catered, public and guaranteed to be fun and informative.

See you there!