The ASC Canberra committee aims to provide useful, thought-provoking and fun events, short courses and support to local ASC members. We also provide input to the national activities.
Branch committee
The 2020-21 ACT branch committee is:
- President – Jirana Boontanjai
- Vice President – Tom Carruthers
- Treasurer (Financial administrator) – Stuart McMillen
- Secretary – Karina Judd
- National Liaison Officers – Camille Thomson
Some of our popular events have included:
- Cartoons, Science and Politics – Communicating Big Ideas
- Regular networking nights with ASC members
- The Science of Beer
- Careers in Research: Is Australia producing too many PhDs? – Panel discussion
- MayDay! Re-examing Canberra’s deadliest plane crash – National Science Week
- Producing great podcasts – workshop
- Big Snapshot of Australian Science Engagement! (on behalf of national ASC project team)Clean Energy Future: Using market research to inform strategy
- Communicating the “State of the environment”
- Are you π-curious?
- CSI vs Real Forensic Science
- Science Communicators: where would science be without them?
- Improving your writing: how to edit your own work
- Coffee and Connections
Keep up to date with upcoming events:
- We regularly email our members – make sure your details are up to date!
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ACT Inspiring Australia website (list of science based events in the Canberra region)
Contact us:
For more information on events, interest in joining our committee, or to suggest an event you would like to see run in the ACT, please email us at asccanberra@gmail.com – we always welcome your comments.
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