5th World Conference of Science Journalists

 Coming in from the cold [58:29m]: Download

A two course sit-down lunch presented by the Australian Science Media Centre and theSouth Australian Government

The challenges that face society at local and global scales make it abundantly clear that knowledge of science and technology is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity. How do we build a more proactive scientifically literate society? It’s time for science to come in from the cold.

In this stimulating lunch dialogue, Professor Tim Flannery, Australian of the Year will address this challenge. He will be joined by the Hon. Paul Caica MP, Minister for Science and Information Economy, South Australia, who will outline aunique strategy based on the ideas from Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield’s time as ‘Adelaide Thinker in Residence’.

Board and Science Advisory Panel members from the first of these ideas, the Australian Science Media Centre, will join journalists for this event. Chaired by the Director of the London-based Science Media Centre, Fiona Fox.