Monthly Archives: July 2020

Members Q&A series – Bobby Cerini 7 August 2020

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What is the future of interactivity for hands-on science discovery centres like Questacon? There are huge challenges ahead as museums, science centres and galleries adapt to ‘the new normal’.
Join us for the next installation of our Q&A series with Dr Bobby Cerini, Deputy Director and General Manager of Science and Learning at Questacon as we explore the challenges and opportunities 2020 has thrown at this sector of science engagement.

Friday 7 August

4pm AEST (BYO knock off drinks!)

via Zoom webinar

Register now via this link

This event is free for all current ASC members – to join or check your membership status visit http://www.asc.asn.au/join/

WA Event – Communicate to Inspire (24 July 2020)

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Options to attend In person and Online!

Brought to you by Australian Science Communicators WA, the sixth annual Communicate to Inspire will focus on practical skills-based workshops and the latest research in the discipline.

Our keynote address is by Mandy Bamford on Science Communication in Boorna Waanginy (The Trees Speak) at Perth Festival. The rest of the conference will have two strands of workshops running concurrently so you can choose the session most relevant to you.

If you are unable to attend in person, there will be a Livestream of Room 1 on the day that you can tune into and watch sessions throughout the day.

Snacks & lunch are provided, finishing up with a sundowner.

More information on the Comm2Inspire Facebook page.
Friday 24 July 2020, at 9am
Building 410, ground floor
Koorliny Way, Curtin University, Bentley, WA

Register online with TryBooking.

Members Q&A series – Joan Leach 24 July 2020

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Join us for the next event in our members Q&A series where we will be joined by Joan Leach, Director Director of the Australian National Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU (colloquially known as ‘CPAS’) since January 2016.

CPAS’s research and teaching interests are varied and interdisciplinary- covering science communication, public engagement, policy, knowledge brokering, risk, and ethics. We’ll explore how CPAS is responding to the challenges and opportunities this year has thrown at us, what sci-com research we should be paying attention to and how sci-com teaching at CPAS has translated to online delivery.

Friday 24 July

4pm AEST (BYO knock off drinks!)

via Zoom webinar

Register now via this link

This event is free for all current ASC members – to join or check your membership status visit http://www.asc.asn.au/join/

 

 

 

President’s Update July

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President’s Update

I hope that you’re all travelling well, and are heartened by the recent national committee meeting we’ve had last week where we shared information about how ASC members around the country are adapting their events and programs. We’re continuing our members Q&A series this week featuring Jonathan Webb, ABC Science Editor so make sure you’ve registered for that session coming up on Friday. I’d also like to shout out and congratulate Linden Ashcroft, Mia Cobb and the rest of the Research Program team from ASC2020 for their work pulling together a special issue commentary for the Journal of Science Communication, featuring five papers from the conference.

As most of the country starts moving about more and restrictions for the most part start easing, it feels like we’re moving from one kind of weirdness into another. How do things start up again?  It’s easy to keep your distance when you’re home on your own, but once people start getting out and about, the threat of complacency kicks in.

We know that the longer restrictions are in, the harder it is for people to stick to them. This has led to a range of new campaigns reminding people of the need for physical distancing and hygiene. It really comes down to human behaviour, and as the latest editorial in Science states, while good science communication is essential, persuasive words are not enough when it comes to changing minds, attitudes and behaviour.