Sessions/talks wanted
Corie Lok
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 19:16 UTC
Based on feedback we’ve gotten from you and others, we’ve decided that the conference format will be a hybrid one. Most of the session topics, speakers and schedule will be established by July. But we will reserve a few of the rooms and time slots for sessions that will be self-organized the morning of August 30. We’ll make sure there’s time on the 30th to do that.
So let’s begin with a call for session topics. Post ideas here for sessions (talks, panel discussions, workshops, etc) that you want to attend (not to speak at). If you can, please give suggestions for speakers and specify what sort of format you’re looking for: for example, a one-person talk, a panel, a hands-on workshop, something else?
In particular, we are looking for
- 1 or 2 keynote speakers
- one panel discussion to wrap up the day
- concurrent sessions/talks (preset)
If you are proposing a session that you want to speak at, post those ideas on the Sessions/talks Offered topic.
Deadline: please post your ideas here by Friday June 6. Depending on how many ideas we get, we may do an informal poll online after June 6 to see which ideas are most popular. Based on that, we’ll invite the speakers and set the programme by July.
You can also email us at network@nature.com with session ideas.
Updated 14 May 2008 19:22 UTC
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Yes, I like that middle ground idea too…and that how to improve a blog one…
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How to write a good blog appeals to me, also – and relates to my earlier suggestion about peer-review and the quality of blogging.
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Hey, you guys, you really should loosen the bolts in your necks. A meeting like this is the best possible excuse for a celebration. Yesterday while driving along in the car and listening to this stonkingly good record, me and my focus group (aged 10 and nearly 8) thought that what we really needed was an awards ceremony, in which people – deserving, undeserving or otherwise – would be presented with the highly prestigious and covetable Unicycling Girrafe award for services to the NN, blogging, science community activities, lighting, animation or whatever category might take one’s fancy.
My younger focus group suggested that I get some toy giraffes, some model unicycles, glue them together and spray them with gold paint. The older focus group said I’d have to mount this farrago on a plinth. And there’s a very good engravers/keycutters in Cromer…
What a party that was. The drinks were loaded and so were the dolls. A guy came up to me in the street. “You goota light, Mac?”
“No, I’ve got a dark brown overcoat”.That’s a first, then. Beer?
Very decent of you, Richard, I’ll have a pint of London Pride (obviously).
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Expanding on the ‘What is a good blog’ idea. Is it too ‘last year’ to consider a session on some of the ‘how to blog’ concepts like building up readership, dealing with strong opinions in the comments, and technologies available to make blogging easier? This is perhaps less obvious to the folks that blog through Nature Network or ScienceBlogs.com (because I don’t know how much they are able to customize their blog), but for those people who choose to remain independent, hints, tips and anecdotes and ‘what not to do’ would be good.
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Yeah, I could do that. The University of Sydney offers a course on such a thing. I’d need fewer than ten people to turn up to fund my trip…
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I would like to participate in a session about ‘Blogging and the scientific frontier’. More in detail: I find it useful to classify science blogs in a) directs reports from ongoing projects, b) broad reviews of particular subjects, c) commentary. This covers the ground from scientific report to journalism and indicates increasing distance from the ‘scientific frontier’. The underlying problem is: What function have blogs? Are blogs competition for peer-reviews journals or competition for popular science magazines? How do the specific advantages of blogging (no publication threshold, providing a more personal, individual view, allowing for open discussions) are exploited in each of these fields? Towards a taxonomy of science blogs, so to say.
Another (somewhat smaller) subject that might be of interest is to discuss open research. In many cases, blogging about ongoing research is hampered by publication restrictions, patent laws or the general idea of preventing other people from stealing my ideas. Sharing ideas, for example via blogging, always has the risk of wasting potential. I would like to hear more opinions about how to deal with that.
Hope that helps.
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Another vote for the topic of what makes a good blog. Perhaps comparing/contrasting with more traditional forms of scientific writing, and thinking about and how blogging can compliment the rest of your work.
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I like Aleks thing about Open Science.
We certainly need a session on Web 2 tools and Open Science. I see collaboration, increased opportunities for, as a major aim of the conference.
I’d also like to see a session on how we can use these tools to more effectively communicate with the public.
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I was looking at the forum yesterday and I wonder why this thread (suggestion of topics) is so long, and the other two threads (volunteers to give talks and to present posters) are so short? ;-)
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Because I didn’t realize it was there…
(I don’t normally come in through the Global/Forums window)
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