SCANZ 2024 Conference Recordings
If you missed or want to revisit any of the sessions in our 2024 conference, you can do so below. Click on each button to be taken to the video for that session.
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Day 1 keynote
Professor Ben Kennedy
PANEL
Communicating gene technologies – stories from behind the news
Emma Timewell, Communications Manager Plant & Food Research
Revel Drummond, Scientist, Plant & Food Research
Glenn Thorlby, Scientist, Scion
TALKS
Bridging the gap: engaging hearts and minds in conservation efforts
Sandra Jack & Yoann Ledey, Auckland Council – Environmental Services
Navigating power roles in creative collaborations - Alanah Knibb, Science Communication Artist
Positioning for a globally competitive future: Shifting strategies in science communication - Preeti Castle, The Western Australian Biodiversity Science Institute
WORKSHOP INTRODUCTION
How to plan communications channels to get impact - Katherine Dewar and Jo Patterson, Goodsense.
TALKS
Middle Management Miasma: (Understanding the Local Government Audience for effective Science Communication) - Marion Schoenfeld, Eye of the Wind Ltd.
Disco Alchemy - Stephen Templer, Illustrator
LIGHTNING TALKS
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Media content analysis of Aotearoa New Zealand and the UN Climate Change Summit (COP28) - Billy Forrest, Auckland University of Technology
Planning for South Dunedin’s Changing Climate - Yasmin El Orfi, Designer and Visual Storyteller
Using virtual reality to change behaviour towards food waste - Harsh Kumar Khatwani, University of Otago
Day 2 keynote
Science communication and the government: lessons learned, challenges ahead
Dame Juliet Gerrard
panel
Lessons learned from the National Science Challenges
Caitlin Carew, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges
Annabel McAleer, Our Land and Water
Desna Whaanga-Schollum, Sustainable Seas
Keith Lyons, BioHeritage
talk
Tools for navigating engagement in a complex, messy, world - Rhian Salmon, Jonathan Burgess, Jo Bailey, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington / Te Pūnaha Matatini
WORKSHOP
Everyone doodles: how to use pen and paper to improve your work - Andrew James, Predator Free NZ Trust
TALKS
Trust in science, myth-busting and how we form beliefs - Laura Kranz, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
Mission-led Science Communication... for Business - Catherine Kirby, Eco-index
Vertical Rainbows, Tāne Mahuta, and a Magic Box – inspiring the innovators of tomorrow - Simon Gould and Phoebe Drayton, MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology)
LIGHTNING TALKS
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It’s all in your mind - Amy Errmann, Auckland University of Technology
Reading Stories: Advocating for Literacy Reform in Aotearoa Through Storytelling - Jennie Watts, Auckland University of Technology
TALKS
Redeveloping a modern, regional, science centre - Jon Primmer, Waikato Museum
Pokapū Akoranga Pūtaiao – the Science Learning Hub: Making Aotearoa’s science research accessible to teachers, students and wider communities - Greta Dromgool and Andrea Soanes, Science Learning Hub