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 2019 ACT branch committee is:

• President – Jillian Browning
• Vice President – Karina Judd
• Treasurer (Financial administrator) – Stuart McMillen
• Secretary – Jesse Jorgensen-Price
• National Liaison Officers – Hannah Feldman

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:

• ACT events listings and posts
• 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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