Sessions/talks offered
Corie Lok
Wednesday, 14 May 2008 19:19 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 be a speaker for. Please specify what sort of format you want for your session: 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)
Have a read through the other ideas here before posting your own. If you find one that’s similar to yours, please approach that person about doing a session jointly.
If you want to be a speaker and are looking for topics to talk about, or you want to suggest an idea but don’t want to be a speaker, have a look at the other thread, "Sessions/talks wanted.":http://network.nature.com/forums/sciblog2008/1565
Deadline: please post your ideas 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.
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Anna, Jenny, Heather, rpg — so that’s a panel session, by the looks of it.
How many more panellists do we need? Do we give a presentation to start with? (I’d like to). -
How about three Powerpoint slides each? Then the remaining time to actual panel talk, with a moderator to take/direct questions?
(I’m sort of presuming a 30 minute slot)
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Hi guys. Some great ideas so far. There are some strong themes emerging here. We have a plethora of potential panel sessions and breakout topics, but perhaps a dearth of topics that would make good keynote talks. And is there anyone you’d really like to see talk at the conference whom we should invite?
We’ll keep this thread going till June 6 (one week today) and then start to pull the programme together.
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Since you ask, I have a couple of suggestions for keynotes:
Gavin Schmidt from RealClimate.org on How active researchers can use blogging to communicate advances in their fields to journalists and the interested public.
Peggy Kolm on How science blogging can attract women to scientific careers and promote the contributions of women to research and knowledge. (I don’t expect this suggestion to be universally popular, though, and maybe I have not thought of the best (most appealing) title, but please check out the blog Women in Science before nixing.)
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Really like the sound of Gavin Schmidt – Can blogging really make a difference? That’s really exciting. I like the Women In Science one too, but for me the Schmidt one would have the edge.
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I hadn’t come across the blog of Peggy Kolm but will add it to my list. The few posts I read are great!
Another blog I enjoy a lot, which definitely puts a personal side on things, is written by a woman who calls herself “Female Science Professor”.
Taken from the comments of a recent post:
*Helen said…
“When they do something particularly obnoxious, instead of just feeling angry and thwarted, I write about it and this gives me a more positive perspective on the situation.” Moreover, your doing so has the same effect for other women facing similar situations when they read your blog.*This physical science professor mentors countless other people (though presumably she could count) through her blog. An invite to participate, if not an outright invitation to give a keynote lecture, would be appropriate IMO.
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I am a longstanding and big fan of FSP but she has repeatedly stated that she wishes to remain anonymous so far as her blogging activities go (she posted again about this in the past week or two), which lets out being asked to give a keynote at our conference. But I agree, she has a great blog; I’ve read it keenly for some years.
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Oh, okay. Good point.
I’ll ask in her comments and we’ll see what she’d like to do. “Coming out” is not for everyone, for reasons that would be interesting to discuss nonetheless (perhaps she could webcast in or something? now that would be fun).
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How about Ben Goldacre as a keynote speaker? He even wrote about the power of blogging last weekend.
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Thanks everyone for lots of great ideas. Matt and I have taken note of your suggestions and we’re piecing together a programme now. We’ll be posting it to the forum when it’s almost finalized.
We will leave spots open for sessions that you can organize the morning of the conference. So if you come up with more ideas between now and then, be sure to show up to the conference on time (or early, even) to make sure your suggestion gets heard and voted on.
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