Speakers

Plenary speaker

Joan Leach, President of the Australian Science Communicators & Chair of the National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science at the Australian Academy of Science.

Topic: Branded Science: Native Content in Science Communication.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Joan Leach, BA, BSc, MA, PhD has lectured in science communication in the US, UK, and in Australia for over 20 years.  For the past 10 years, she has convened the Science Communication Program at the University of Queensland and from 1 January 2016, she will be the Director of the Centre for Public Awareness of Science at the ANU. She is currently President of the Australian Science Communicators and Chair of the National Committee for History and Philosophy of Science at the Australian Academy of Science.  Her recent research, funded by the ARC, explores the globalisation of popular science since the 1960s.  She has also become interested in the intersections of journalism, PR, science communication and interdisciplinary scholarship.

Keynote SPEAKER

Nancy Longnecker is Professor of Science Communication in the University of Otago’s Centre for Science Communication.

Topic: An Integrated Model of Science Communication.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Prof Longnecker has experience as a professional science communicator with a cooperative research centre and now shares her professional and theoretical understanding through research and teaching at the University of Otago. Her research program is helping to determine impact and effectiveness of science engagement. She and her group examine factors that affect people's attitudes towards science-related issues. They examine how information can be used to change attitudes and behaviour while respecting values and different sources of knowledge. Most of her group’s research projects relate to environmental issues and sustainability or to attitudes about science more generally.