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EVENT PROGRAMME GUIDE
We’ll be updating the programme over the coming weeks as we add new speakers and sessions to the event. If you would like contribute to the event please |
Take me back to the Event Essentials |
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| 8.30am | |
Registration and Coffee Time to relax and spend time meeting other participants |
| 9.00am | |
Welcome to country and introductions
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| 9.20am | |
Special Guest |
| 9.30am | |
Session 1 – Online Science Communicators Survival Guide Communicating science via online platforms comes with its own particular traps and pitfalls. So what should communicators be on the lookout for? How can we avoid the snares of misconceptions and misinformation?
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| 10.30am | |
Session 2 – TBC |
| 11.00am | |
Morning break – including delegate debate |
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AUDITORIUM CITIZEN SCIENCE |
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THINKING SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION |
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BOARDROOM COMMUNICATING SCIENCE |
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TOWER ROOM EXPLORING SCIENCE |
| 11.30am | |
Session 3A – Digital Citizen Science Platforms Discover how citizen science is making use of digital mediums to engage with the public and address key scientific questions. |
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Session 3B – Global Digital Classrooms Join Dr. Joshua Drew and his past-students as they share their experiences using digital technology to link-up geographically dispersed classrooms in the name of education and marine conservation. |
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Session 3C – Demystifying YouTube Have you ever wondered why no-one is watching that science video you uploaded onto YouTube? Find out how to make the most of this online platform. |
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 Dr. John LasalleDirector, Atlas of Living Australia
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 Dr. Joshua DrewPostdoctoral Research Associate, Field Museum of Natural History
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 Dr. Derek MullerCreative Director at Veritasium Films |
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| 12.30am | |
Session 4A – The Future is in Their Hands – Mobile Technologies in Remote Australia How are Indigenous communities in remote regions of Australia engaging with digital technologies? What role has the Australian Government played in this? We’ll also examine how some communities are using mobile technology to create and share knowledge and why this is important. |
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Session 4B – Online Science as an Education Tool What is the value and what are the limitations of using online avenues for science education? Panelists will explore the issues and discuss the latest digital teaching tools available. |
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Session 4C – Maintaining Online Communities and Growing Them In June 2012 ScienceAlert’s Facebook page became more popular then NASA and CSIRO combined with over 1.3 million fans! Discover the lessons learned on the journey from small time science website to social media behemoth |
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Session 4D – TechNYou participatory workshop More detail to come on the session w/c 21st August |
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 Dr. Laurel DysonSenior Lecturer in Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney |
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 Nigel MitchellManager of Online Professional Learning at the Australian Science Teachers Association
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 Chris CassellaManaging Director, Science Alert |
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| 1.30pm | |
Lunch – including a video deconstruction workshop with Dr. Derek Muller |
| 2.30pm | |
Session 5 – World’s Fastest Citizen Science Dr. Will J Grant Graduate Studies Convener at the Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science |
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AUDITORIUM CITIZEN SCIENCE |
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THINKING SPACE SCIENCE EDUCATION |
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BOARDROOM COMMUNICATING SCIENCE |
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TOWER ROOM EXPLORING SCIENCE |
| 3.15pm | |
Session 6A – Explore – Gaming for Good Explore hands-on how creative thinking combined with gaming platforms can be used to disturb destructive patterns of behaviour and affect real change for people and nature. |
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Session 6B – Remote Technology Workshop A remote laboratory allows students and educators to access real lab apparatus across the internet, using data acquisition instrumentation and cameras so that the remote apparatus can be controlled and monitored. Step outside of the box and get hands-on with this remote laboratory demonstration. Share your views on present and future applications of this technology. |
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Session 6C – The Power of the Podcast What do you want your listeners to know? What can you produce, in a feasible manner? What can podcasting do that other social media mediums (or other traditional forms of outreach) can’t provide? |
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Session 6D – Big Data: Visualising the facts. In the world of Big Data, being able to crunch volumes of numbers is not enough. You need to be able to explore the data, discover insights, engage your audience and communicate these insights to them. This session explores the process, techniques and thinking behind the work Flink Labs visualised for the ASC showing engagement of science projects around Australia. Using a biological metaphor, they created an online interactive visualisation showing over 400 science projects being undertaken within Australia. |
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 Ms. Deborah ClelandPhD Student at the Fenner School of Environment and Society – Australian National University |
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 Ms. Bridgette DangChief Operating Officer, Labshare Institute |
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 Ms. Kylie SturgessDirector of Token Skeptic and author of The Scope of Skepticism: Interviews, Essays and Observations From the Token Skeptic Podcast |
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 Ben HoskensFounder, Flink Labs |
| 4.15pm | |
Afternoon tea break |
| 4.45pm | |
Session 7A – Debunking Myths: Citizen Science is not a Viable Means of Undertaking Research | |
Session 7B – Reward and Recognition Platforms for Science | |
Session 7C – COSMOS and the iPad: How We Did It And What We Learned 92% of tablets in Australia are iPads – with the rapid growth in user adoption of mobile computing Wilson da Silva explores how the COSMOS team developed their app and the factors that can make or break a content strategy for science content and reader engagement. |
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Dr. Will J Grant (Facilitator) Graduate Studies Convener, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science
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 Neeraj SharmaHead of Strategy for VIVO Miles
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 Wilson da SilvaCOSMOS, Editor-in-chief |
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| 5.45pm | |
Session 8 – Is Social Media the Panacea for Science Engagement?
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| 6.30pm | |
Event close and networking in the Future Gallery |
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