Dear ASCers,
Last call for science communication papers for the February 2010 ASC National Conference, big events this week include the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers, the Genographic Project’s Melbourne results event and finally come bowling at the Victorian ASC’s Christmas party: explore the maths of bias with our geeks.
In this bulletin:
This week: Discover our deep ancestry with Nat Geo’s Spencer Wells – free lecture this Sunday, 6 December
This week: World Congress of Science and Factual Producers public events
Next week: A Very ASC VIC Christmas
Next week: ASC National Conference 2010: Call for papers closes 7 December
Join the ASC
Science in Public media training
Reporting back: Bushfire Science: communicating in an emotionally charged environment
ASC Victoria committee
Kind regards, Niall
ASC Victoria President
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This week: Discover our deep ancestry with Nat Geo’s Spencer Wells – free lecture this Sunday, 6 December
Discover Melburnians’ deep ancestry and the journey of humanity from African origins to life in a warming world.
In October a thousand Melburnians queued up to participate in the Genographic Project. The first hundred received a free analysis of their deep ancestry.
Spencer Wells, the global leader of the Genographic Project, will report back on the results.
Location: The Spot Theatre, 198 Berkley St, Melbourne
Time: 10am-12pm
For more information, and free tickets go to http://humanjourneys.com.au/index.php?page=registration
This week: World Congress of Science and Factual Producers public events
The World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) is THE must-attend gathering for producers, broadcasters and distributors working in factual television and this year it’s here in Melbourne 1 – 4 December 2009.
Full details can be found here: http://wcsfp.com/
The public events we mentioned previously are now fully booked, but you can still catch Spencer Wells discussing Genographics at his free lecture on Sunday (see Discover our deep ancestry with Nat Geo’s Spencer Wells above)
Next week: A Very ASC VIC Christmas
James Hutson is organising a cracking event. Here’s his invite.
Just a reminder – as if you needed one- that it’s beginning to look a lot like a celebration to mark the Northern hemisphere winter solstice subsequently co-opted by the Romans and the early Christian church.
A Very ASC VIC Christmas where we examine “Human-powered propulsion of flattened spheroids across a surface of synthetic angiosperms” or as we’d communicate it to the public: lawn bowls.
7.30pm Thursday 10 Dec 2009 Fitzroy Bowls Club http://bit.ly/fitzbowlsmap
Bowling is from 8.30-10.30pm. We’ll have 3 rinks/lanes and that’ll mean 24 people can bowl comfortably. More if we timeshare.
Cost $15 per head (for those who wish to bowl) We’ll hire a bbq and ASC will cover the cost for simple bbq fare (bread, salad, sausages) Drinks at bar prices
RSVP to james@scienceinpublic.com.au (and please do so soon: we need a good idea of those eating and/or bowling by Monday 7 December)
Next week: ASC National Conference 2010: Call for papers closes 7 December
The ASC Conference will be held at the Australian National University in Canberra on 8-10 February.
We already have a strong draft program, built around social media, communicating complex issues, science communicating and the Arts and the latest science communication research.
Conference registration will open soon and we will announce our key speakers at that time. Of course, the main attraction will be meeting and talking with other communicators, and there will be plenty of opportunity to do so during the conference proper and at the associated social events
Keep checking the ASC website (www.asc.asn.au http://www.asc.asn.au/ ) and the ASC mailing lists for the latest information.
A segment of the conference is devoted to hearing about and discussing the latest research on science communication.
The ASC president has now put out a call for research papers. The call is open to anyone involved in science communication research-attached to a university or not. All papers will be assessed on their merits.
Full details: http://www.asc.asn.au/2009/10/ascnatconf2010-call-for-papers/
Deadline: 7 December 2009
Join the ASC
We need your membership to help build the ASC as a true national organisation for people with an interest in science communication.
Visit our revamped website at www.asc.asn.au for membership information, how to join the ASC’s mailing lists and more science social media than you can point a mouse at. Yes, just like all the cool kids we’re on:
* twitter http://twitter.com/auscicomm
* facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4226148731&ref=ts and
* flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/auscicomm (along with a few photo groups which we’d like you contribute to)
Science in Public media training
We (Science in Public) are holding media training courses for scientists in Melbourne on
* Thursday 21 January 2010
* Tuesday 2 March 2010
* Tuesday 13 April 2010
We are also planning courses in Sydney and Canberra:
* Sydney – Date TBC and
* Canberra -Date TBC
Details are available at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/blog/training. A discount is available for ASC financial members.
Reporting back: Bushfire Science: communicating in an emotionally charged environment
Thanks to Meg Rive and Simon Torok for organising such an engaging session. And to participants:
* Kevin Hennessy (CSIRO climate scientist)
* Steve Varga (Wandong resident, appeared on SBS Insight and an ABC documentary at www.abc.net.au/innovation/blacksaturday/people/steve)
* John Ferguson (Herald Sun journalist)
The audio of the session will be available for download on the ASC website soon. We’ll let you know when it goes up.
ASC Victoria committee
These sessions are organised by the volunteer ASC Victoria committee. If you are interested in being involved in the committee please contact Meg Rive at meg.rive@csiro.au. We will be holding our AGM shortly where it’s your chance to get involved.
Right now, your committee is:
* Niall Byrne: President
* Jason Major: Treasurer
* Meg Rive: Regional representative on the national ASC board
* L.E. Ohman
* Ian Muchamore
* James Hutson
* Laura Miles
Kind regards,
Niall
ASC Victoria President
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Creative Director Science in Public
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