Schedule

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The Australian Science Communicators ninth national conference ASC2017 is being held over two full days at The Science Exchange in Adelaide, Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February 2017, with an evening networking and awards event on the Thursday.

Tweets at #ASC2017 & individual session hashtags listed below against each talk or session cluster. #scicomm is always good too, we have a lot of #scicomm friends who love to tune in when the national conference comes around…

The national AGM is being held in Adelaide on the evening before the conference and we are excited that we’ll have an opportunity to see a number of member delegates in attendance from across Australia, New Zealand and maybe even some of our international members from farther afield! Networking afterwards. Send your RSVPs or proxies.

The program includes a mix of plenaries, research, case study, poster and general presentations, professional development workshops and catered networking opportunities. Confirmed presentations are on the program page here. Confirmed presenters are listed on the speakers page. There will also be a poster exhibition and trade display. We have just 2 spaces remaining for trade exhibitors.

ASC2017 is being held in Adelaide during the Adelaide Fringe Festival. The festival runs from 17 February to 19 March. Sign up to receive Fringe news and check the festival program when it becomes available here to see whether you are tempted to extend your trip.

If you have a specific program question please contact program.committee@asc.asn.au

The Royal Institution of Australia is a major sponsor of the Australian Science Communicators Ninth National Conference, ASC2017.

Draft Schedule

The proposed timetable is outlined below but please note this is subject to change.

Auditorium sessions will be livestreamed into a breakout area in The Thinking Space for onsite delegates in Adelaide (stream D in the concurrent sessions) and also to Digital Delegates online.

Thursday 23 February 2017
7:45am	Registration, Exhibition and Posters Open [FutureSpace Gallery]
8:00am	Welcome Tea [FutureSpace Gallery]
8:45am #T1	Welcome Address: Conference MC: Sarah Lau, Manager for Communications and Media Liaison – Department of Water, Western Australia – National Secretary – Australian Science Communicators [Auditorium]
9:10am #T2	Opening Plenary: Recognising and rewarding research engagement and impact Speaker: Leanne Harvey – Acting CEO – Australian Research Council [Auditorium]
9:35am #T3	Plenary: Science communication in a post-fact world, Producer/Chair: Lisa Bailey – Program Manager – RiAus, Australia’s Science Channel [Auditorium]
10:35am	Morning Tea [FutureSpace Gallery]
11:05am	Concurrent Sessions: Click the titles to show sessions
	1A Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Auditorium] Citizen Science #T4 Using citizen science to communicate science: Who is it likely to reach, and what impact will it have on public science engagement in Australia? | Speaker: Vicki Martin Using Social Media to Support a Citizen Science Community of Practice | Speaker: Nancy Longnecker | Co-author: Andrea Liberatore ‘Prepare Wellington’: Trans-situational mapping in a crisis. What can contextually relevant information offer science communication? | Speakers: Jo Bailey Tristam Sparks The Pantry Blitz encouraged the community to take part in biosecurity surveillance | Speaker: Laura Fagan | Co-authors: Nicolas Garel Anna Micha Rosalie McCauley Nadine Guthrie Rob Emery Catherine Webb Liz Edwards Andras Szito Darryl Hardie Nichole Hammond Rebecca O’Leary David Cousins Alec McCarthy Jeff Russell
	1B Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Boardroom] Digital Media #T5 Conversation about “The Conversation” in the Australian Twittersphere | Speaker: Brenda Moon What is the Science Media Exchange (Scimex) and are you getting the most out of it? | Speaker: Melanie Bagg How to turn that research story into a viral media storm | Speaker: Melanie Bagg The all too human side of science and social media marketing | Speaker: Amanda Cox ‘Seeing Science Differently’: Climate and Water Outlook videos | Speaker: Clare Mullen Are we ready to go online? Getting communities involved in rabbit control | Speaker: Ian McDonald
	1C Professional Development #T6 Limited capacity, RSVPs essential How to be an efficient writer with Marina Hurley [Tower Room]
	1D Posters, trade and 1A Auditorium livestream [Thinking Space]
12:05pm	Room change
12:10pm #T7	Plenary: What has the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) ever done for Science and Science Communication? Producer/Chair: Joan Leach, Director – Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science – President (outgoing) – Australian Science Communicators [Auditorium]
1:10pm	Lunch [FutureSpace Gallery]
1:30pm #T8	Meeting over lunch:  Science Communication Research and Education Network (SCREN) [Boardroom]
2:25pm #T9	Plenary: So why don’t they just listen to us? — changing strategies to better engage with different people. Producer/Facilitator: Craig Cormick, Creative Director – ThinkOutsideThe – President (incoming) – Australian Science Communicators [Auditorium]
3:25pm	Room change
3:30pm	Concurrent Sessions:
	2A Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Auditorium] Risk Communication #T10 Perfecting the pitch: challenging researchers to see (and talk about) their science differently | Speaker: Karen Pearce | Co-author: Mandy Hopkins Communicating about social impacts to scientists, engineers, and corporations who are changing our planet | Speaker: Will Rifkin | Co-author: Katherine Witt Talking about environmental pollution – when science is only part of the conversation | Speaker: Laura Boland Why won’t they just vaccinate? Horse owners, veterinarians and Hendra virus | Speaker: Jennifer Manyweathers Communicating Science in a [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED] environment: A case study of science communication at Defence Science and Technology Group | Speaker: Marc West | Co-author: Renée Webster
	2B Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Boardroom] Youth and Family #T11 The Little Bang Discovery Club | Speaker: Adam Selinger Science for early childhood in practice in South Australia | Speaker: Sheryn Pitman Why is there air? Introducing Science to Early Learners overview | Speaker: Sean Elliott Fight Like a Physicist | Speaker: Emily Hall SciScouts: Building enquiring minds through STEM | Speaker: Kate Lehane
	2C Professional Development #T12 Limited capacity, RSVPs essential: Animation concept development kick-start (BYO concept) with Adrian King [Tower Room]
	2D Posters, trade and 2A Auditorium livestream [Thinking Space]
4:30pm	Afternoon Tea [FutureSpace Gallery]
5:00pm	Concurrent Sessions:
	3A Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Auditorium] Values #T13 Climate champion farmers, integrating deficit, dialogue and participatory science engagement | Speaker: Jenni Metcalfe New modes of thought: Case studies from Canada’s far North | Speaker: Misha Donohoe Tradeoffs in deliberative public engagement with science | Speaker: Cobi Smith The (economic) value of science | Speaker: Fabien Medvecky | Co-author: Stevie de Saille
	3B Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Boardroom] Events and Public Engagement #T14 Do science events change how people see science? | Speaker: Isabelle Kingsley | Co-authors: Carol Oliver Martin Van Kranendonk Exploration of technology in outreach | Speaker: Hannah Feldman The Grow Light Trolley Project: Shining a light on Biodiversity | Speaker: Mandy Bamford Astrofest | Speaker: Kirsten Gottschalk Science Hack Day | Speaker: David Harris
	3C Professional Development #T15  Limited capacity, RSVPs essential: Why won’t they just vaccinate? An emerging infectious disease risk communication workshop with Jennifer Manyweathers [Tower Room]
	3D Posters, trade and 3A Auditorium livestream [Thinking Space]
6:00pm #T16	The Great ASC Debate: Celebrities should promote scientific outcomes! Producer: Ian McDonald – Communications Manager – Invasive Animals CRC / Chair: Paul Willis – Director – Royal Institution of Australia (RiAus), Australia’s Science Channel [Auditorium]
7:00pm #T17	Evening Event including presentation of the 2016 Unsung Hero of Science Communication Award [FutureSpace Gallery]

Friday 24 February 2017
07:45am	Registration, Welcome Tea [FutureSpace Gallery]
8:55am	Welcome to Day 2 [Auditorium]
9:05am	Concurrent Sessions:
	4A Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Auditorium] Data Visualisation #F1 The value of visualising data – the visuospatial mind at work | Speaker: Sarah Olesen Communicating Complex Science in the clickbait era | Speaker: Helen Beringen Bringing together Aboriginal stories, government priorities and science to create change with the interactive Interplay Wellbeing Framework | Speaker: Sheree Cairney LAWA (Land Air Water Aotearoa): A human-centred design process case study for science communication | Speakers: Jo Bailey Tristam Sparks Using engaging graphics and diagrams to communicate science differently | Speaker: Kate Hodge
	4B Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Boardroom] Tertiary Education #F2 Potentials, limitations and the future direction of postgraduate education and training in science communication | Speaker: Mitsuru Kudo Sorting the scientific wheat from nons(ci)ence chaff | Speaker: John Cripps Clark How do we learn to think like a science communicator? | Speaker: Miriam Sullivan Educating Critical Scientists: Critical Science Literacy in University STEM Subjects | Speaker: Chris Vennell Writing about science differently: comparing science blogging by undergraduate and postgraduate students | Speaker: Jen Martin | Co-author: George Aranda
	4C Professional Development #F3 Limited capacity, RSVPs essential: Taking the plunge: so you want to be a communication consultant? [Tower Room]
	4D Posters, trade and 4A Auditorium livestream [Thinking Space]
10:05am	Morning Tea [FutureSpace Gallery]
10:35am	Concurrent Sessions:
	5A Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Auditorium] Design, Animation, Film and Visioning #F4 The Virtual Plant Cell: immersion in cell science using virtual reality | Speaker: Karina Price The making of a science expedition documentary in the remote Kimberley of Western Australia | Speaker: Trevor Almeida Communicating neuroscience across cultures in remote Aboriginal communities with Brain Stories and No Smokes | Speaker: Sheree Cairney Giving science a style makeover | Speaker: Andina Faragher How a PhD student ended up creating an award-winning outreach video | Speaker: Tullio Rossi Animation case study: The Australian National Outlook | Speaker: Adrian King Animation case study: The Soil & Landscape Grid of Australia | Speaker: Adrian King Astrospatial Architecture and Smart Light Cities: A new urban ethos based on electromagnetic fluxes | Speaker: Davina Jackson Rebooting Spaceship Earth: Introducing the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) | Speaker: Davina Jackson
	5B Research, Case Study and Poster presentations [Boardroom] Perceptions #F5 Knowing me, knowing you… | Speaker: Miriam Sullivan | Co-authors: Anna Carr Ann Grand Seeing [hyped] science differently | Speaker: Tara Roberson Australian Television Weather Presenters as Climate Communicators | Speaker: David Holmes What about those who really see science differently? | Speaker: Craig Cormick “The more I know about genetics…”: using research to inform language and approaches to genetics and genomics communication with the Australian public | Speaker: Bronwyn Terrill Designer babies, human-pig chimeras, and mosquitos: How gene editing is being made public in Australia | Speaker: Heather Bray Communicating science in English: exploring the professional self-perceptions of Australian scientists from language backgrounds other than English | Speaker: Adam Huttner-Koros
	5C Professional Development #F6 Limited capacity, RSVPs essential: When Oscar met Nobel – Utilising performance skills when communicating science to the public with Gregory Rowbotham [Tower Room] Limited capacity, RSVPs essential: Streamline and Standout! Tips and tricks for writers to have their writing seen with Phil Dooley [Tower Room]
	5D Posters, trade and 5A Auditorium livestream [Thinking Space]
12:00pm	Lunch [FutureSpace Gallery]
12:20pm #F7	Lunchtime Play seeking actors, contact Toss: The Two Cultures [Auditorium]
1:00pm #F8	Plenary: Seeing science museums differently, Producer:Kristin Alford – Director – MOD. at UniSA [Auditorium]
2:00pm #F9	Conference Wrap-up Interactive [Auditorium]
3:00pm	Catered Happy Hour Networking and Farewells [FutureSpace Gallery]

If you have a specific program question please contact program.committee@asc.asn.au