11/18/2023 0 Comments G3 conference 2018 speakers![]() ![]() The Local Organising Committee of the conference has prepared a diverse social programme, meant to immerse participants in the culture of the host country Japan. Invited speaker: Jennifer Ouellette, science writer and author, former science editor of Gizmodo, USA.ĭay 4 is fully dedicated to workshops, an important component of the conference, whose aim is to develop participants’ skills by learning from one another. Invited speaker: Dominique Brossard, Professor and Chair in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USAĭay 5 – Current Challenges in Astronomy Communication. Hitoshi Murayama, PhD theoretical physicist, Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and Director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe at the University of Tokyo, Japan.ĭay 3 – Using Multimedia, Social Media, Immersive Environments, and other Technologies for Public Engagement with Astronomy. Wanda Diaz Merced, Postdoctoral Researcher at the IAU Office of Astronomy for Development, Cape Town, South Africa ![]() Invited speaker: Norio Kaifu, Professor Emeritus of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan NAOJ, Advisor to the IAU, writer and lecturer, Japan.ĭay 2 – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Empathy in Communicating Astronomy. The conference consists of five plenary sessions with four invited speakers, 22 parallel sessions, including a planetarium session, 24 workshop sessions, four unconference slots and a special session dedicated to the 100 Years Anniversary of the IAU.įour days of the conference are dedicated to a sub-theme and have one or more invited speakers:ĭay 1 – Outreach and Informal Education. The Methods component will look at recommendations from communicators all around the globe, as they come together to share their lessons learnt, insights and foresights. The Purpose part of the theme aims to reflect on the many challenges communicators face in the post-truth era and on the role of astronomy communication in this context. The conference will last five days, from Saturday, 24 March until Wednesday, 28 March, and it is organised under the main theme of “Communicating Astronomy in Today’s World: Purpose & Methods”. This is the largest CAP Conference ever, with around 450 participants from 53 countries across all continents, except Antarctica, attending. She is an adjunct faculty member at Virginia Commonwealth University, and a regular guest lecturer in higher education graduate programs and leadership programs.This Saturday, 24 March 2018, the eight Communicating Astronomy with the Public Conference (CAP) 2018 starts at the Fukuoka City Science Museum, in Japan. ![]() She also serves on the board of the Science Museum of Virginia, Jamestown-Yorktown, Inc., the Richmond Public Library Foundation, and the board of Virginia 21. ![]() She also previously served in several capacities in the areas of communications and government relations during her 13 years, at SCHEV, the commonwealth’s higher education coordinating agency.įran serves on the executive board of the Virginia Network, an organization that promotes women's leadership in higher education. Northam’s administration, Fran helped to shape and pass legislation that created G3, Virginia’s free community college program, expanded access to in-state tuition and financial aid, created the Virginia Office of Education Economics at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership, and worked to pass budgets that made historic investments in need-based financial aid for higher education and in Virginia’s historically Black colleges and universities.īefore her appointment to the governor’s cabinet, Fran spent 15 years with William & Mary, where she served first as director and then as the associate vice president for government relations. Ralph Northam’s 2018 – 2022 administration, first as deputy secretary and then as secretary of education. Prior to joining the firm, Fran served in the education secretariat for Gov. Fran Bradford is a senior vice president on McGuireWoods Consulting’s Virginia government relations team and national education practice. ![]()
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