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SCIENCE TALK ’17
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Conference ScheduleTalk titles are not yet final, and some minor changes may occur to the schedule.Thursday, January 26

8:00 a.m. — Check-in opens

Session 1 – Nuts and Bolts of communication skills; Session chair: Allison Coffin
09:00-09:15 a.m. — Conference welcome and introduction of organizing committee
09:15-09:45 a.m. — Allison Coffin and Janine Castro, Primer on Oral Presentation Skills
09:45-10:30 a.m. — Theresa May, Lewis Taylor, and Molly Blancett, “Improv theater and distilling  your message: Tools from the Alda Center”

10:30-10:55 a.m. — Break

10:55-11:40 a.m. — Todd Reubold, “Working with PowerPoint”
11:40-12:10 p.m. — Steven Sobieszczyk, “Advice for talking science to normal people”

12:10-12:40 p.m. — Lunch

12:45-01:45 p.m. — Keynote with Jorge Cham, “The power of procrastination/ The science gap”

Session 2 – Science communication and policy; Session chair: Reena Clements
02:00-03:00 p.m. — Science and Policy Panel, featuring Jackie Dingfelder (former Oregon State Senator), Benjamin Hoffman (OHSU) and Mark Lewis (STEAM Education Policy Director, State of Oregon). Moderated by Chris Logan.
03:00-03:30 p.m. — Glynda Becker, “The Science Coalition and communicating science to funders”
03:30-03:40 p.m. – Group Photo

03:40-04:00 p.m. — Break

04:00-04:45 p.m. — Keynote with Kiki Sanford “This Week in Science”

Session 3 – Science Communication Success Stories; Session chair: Teresa Wolfe
04:45-05:00 p.m. — MacGregor Campbell, “Visual storytelling: Telling science stories with pictures, video, animation, and motion graphics”
05:00-05:15 p.m. — Miriam Krause, “Training informal science communication in a chemistry research center: The sustainable Nano Blog”
05:15-05:30 p.m. — Morgan Vauk, “360 degree SPICE: Three perspectives on a science outreach program for girls”
05:30-05:45 p.m. — Robin McLachlan, “Engage: Training a new generation of science communicators”
05:45-06:00 p.m. — Daryn Blanc-Goldhammer, “Better communication through interdisciplinary collaboration”
06:00-06:15 p.m. — Brandy Todd, “Lessons from the trenches: Nuts and bolts of running a successful outreach program”Friday, January 27

Session 4 – Traditional and new media opportunities; Session chair: Elly Vandegrift
09:00-10:00 a.m. — “Working with the media” panel, featuring Keely Chalmers (KGW-TV), Kathy Grant (OHSU) and Ed Jahn (OPB). Moderated by Steven Sobieszczyk.
10:00-10:40 a.m. — Paige Brown Jarreau, “Blogging and new online media opportunities”

10:40-11:00 a.m. — Break

11:00-11:20 a.m. — Erik Johnson, “How teenagers really use social media”
11:20-11:50 a.m. — Dr. Universe, “Science, social media, and kids”

11:50-12:30 p.m. — Lunch

12:30-1:30 p.m. — Keynote with Nancy Baron, “So you want to change the world?”

Session 5 – Informal science education; Session chair: Steve Sobieszczyk
01:45-02:15 p.m. — Martin Storksdieck (Center for the Advancement of Informal Science Education, Oregon State University), “Best practices in informal science education”
02:15-02:40 p.m. — Lauren Moreno, “Portal to the Public and Informal Science Learning”
02:45-03:10 p.m. — Amanda Thomas, “Informal Science Learning: Science on Tap”

03:10-03:30 p.m. — Break

Afternoon Track A; Session chair: Janine Castro
03:30-04:30 p.m. — Workshop: Informal science for STEM professionals, with Lauren Moreno and Amanda Fisher
04:30-05:30 p.m. — Crafting the future of Science Talk NW, led by Janine Castro and Steve Sobieszczyk

Afternoon Track B – for trainees
03:30-05:30 p.m. — Science Communication Competition, round 1, hosted by Allison Coffin

05:30-06:30 p.m. — Reception

06:30-07:30 p.m. — Science Communication Competition Final (all participants attend)

Thanks to our sponsors:
​Washington State University at Vancouver, the University of Oregon Science Literacy Program,Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Portland State University Environmental Professional Program, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Oregon State University, Sustainable Nano.

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