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 science communicator working in a wide variety of areas including, science festivals, public events, creating exhibitions and working with communication media. Jesse was the exhibition project leader during the building of the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney where he also was a curator for 20 years.

Jesse will be presenting a talk on where science communication is in Australia and its future directions.

Next Week’s Speaker: Science Network Western Australia writer, Marisa Wikramanayake – Writing science articles from the perspective of a journalist.

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