The 11th international conference of the PCST Network will be held in New Delhi, India from 6-10 December 2010.
The event is expected to attract 500 registrants, international and from India.
If you would like to speak at the Conference, please submit an abstract by going to the conference web site. The closing date for abstracts [...]
PCST Conference
Life in the Central Deserts of Australia
Australia’s central deserts support rich assemblages of animals and plants: add water, and the seemingly barren landscapes transform and pulsate with colour and activity. In this lecture, Professor Dickman will take us through the extraordinary ‘boom’ and ‘bust’ cycles that characterise inland Australia and examine how life persists during good times and bad. You will [...]
Documentary Film Producer Seeks Science Concept Extraordinaire!
Please respond directly to Greg.
One of Australia’s leading independent documentary production companies, Electric Pictures, is seeking expressions of interest (and evidence of ability) from science communicators with the potential to join the company’s development team. In recent years, Electric has produced a variety of award-winning science films for Australian and international television, including ‘Cracking [...]
Canberra – Astronomy talk, suitable for kids – Thursday 29 July, 6pm
A lot of people have seen Saturn and its rings through a small backyard telescope. But 400 years ago, the first telescopes couldn’t even show that Saturn /had/ rings.
Today we’ve got telescopes that can see right back to when the Universe was young and galaxies were in their teenage years.
Dr Kim-Vy Tran is a [...]
UWA Sci Comm Friday Seminars Are Back with Jesse Shore kicking us off
UWA’s Friday Science Communication Seminars start this week
When: 4:00PM – 5:00PM
Where: Centre for Learning Technology http://www.uwa.edu.au/campus_map?id=2173 Drinks and nibbles provided.
Our first speaker is Jesse Shore, President of Australian Science Communicators. Jesse is the owner and content developer of Prismatic Sciences, an organisation providing in science communication services.
http://www.prismaticsciences.com
Jesse has over 25 years of experience as a [...]
TRUST — Recommend someone for a panel on ‘trust’ for NSW ASC
Science communication colleagues,
My arm is being twisted to offer a NSW chapter session on ‘TRUST’ … trust me.
The request was stimulated by my brief presentation on this topic at the ASC conference in Canberra. After much harassing by Phil Dooley, I have agreed to organise a session to occur here in Sydney in the [...]
Volunteer opportunities at the Ultimo Science Festival
Volunteer opportunities at the Ultimo Science Festival
Are you interested in science? Are you happy to chat with all kinds of people? Want to be involved in an exciting festival event? You can, by taking on a volunteer role at the 2010 Ultimo Science Festival. You don’t have to know all about science – just having [...]
Nobel Laureate and Quantum Physicist, Dr William D Phillips Talk – Sydney Ideas @ Seymour Centre
> (To clarify my earlier message, cost is $20 or $15 for concession ) > > >> Hi Everyone >> >> Places are filling fast for what is going to be a fascinating talk (and >> demonstration) by Nobel Laureate and Quantum Physicist, Dr William D >> Phillips. The US based Dr Phillips was invited [...]
SA – Nat Sci Week – Would you like gene tech with that?
National Science Week presents WOULD YOU LIKE SOME GENE TECHNOLOGY WITH THAT?
18 AUGUST 2010
HOSTED BY IAN HENSCHKE (ABCTVS STATELINE SA) 6:00PM FOR SEATING AT 6.15PM.
Coffee, tea and nibbles from 8pm.
Venue: Science Exchange Building 55 Exchange Place, Adelaide
We need to find a way to feed an extra 3 – 4 billion people by 2050. We need [...]
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