media140 Australia Press Release 23/02/2011 media140 Ltd. Registered Office: 48 South Street, Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7ESRegistered Number 07103213. Registered in England and Wales media140 Australia ‘the future of social technologies’ www.media140.com.au media140 Press Release February 2011 Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research to partner with media140 Australia to examine the impact of social technologies on science and risk communication. The Australian Government is to partner with media140 for a unique international event at the Brisbane Powerhouse on the 27 th April 2011. The event will explore the impact of social technologies on effective science and risk communication, looking at the challenges of engaging the public on issues such as climate change, health, nanotechnology, cloning and other sensitive public interest themes. Through keynotes, workshops, round tables and one to one business sessions the event will provide practical guidance and strategic leadership from speakers and educators from US, Europe and Australia. Confirmed speakers include • Dr Kristin Alford, Managing Director of Bridge8 • David Hood, Former Greenpeace Pacific Campaign Manager•Dr. Will Grant, Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science. • Cobi Smith, Science communicator• Kate Carruthers, Social technologist and educator• Craig Thomler, Gov 2.0 advocate and communicator• Dr Craig Cormick, Manager of the Public Awareness and Community Engagement program of the Innovation Department’s National Enabling Technologies Strategy. • More to be announced over the coming week. “With news and information now being more frequently disseminated through socialnetworks, the public has access to information that typically is over-simplified and with a lackof authority, making it important for science communicators to develop strategies to use these new digital tools to engage with social communities to ensure policies, data andinformation is conveyed effectively.”media140 event director, Andrew Gregson (@andegregson) said. One of the goals of the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research is to better understand the impacts of emerging technologies, and this includes how people frame and perceive risks, and how scientific risk is best communicated to the public. More information and earlybird tickets can be found at http://www.amiando.com/media140FrontiersBrisbane Event to be held on 27 th April 2010 at the Brisbane Powerhouse Entry by ticket registration only. Earlybird tickets until 18 th March at $220, rising to $330
