SCI:COM - The Largest Science Communication Event in Ireland

SCI:COM, Ireland's all-island science communications conference returns for another exciting day of talks, panels and workshops this December 7th at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin. The DCU Science Communications Masters programme are a partner in the conference with Dr Padraig Murphy chairing one of the breakout sessions.

This year’s keynote speaker is Pulitzer-prize winning author and Director of the Knight Centre for Science Journalism at MIT, Deborah Blum. A celebrated and decorated science journalist, Blum will talk about the role of scientists in an increasingly skeptical world. Blum has been a columnist for the New York Times, and is widely known for her New York Times Bestseller ‘The Poisoner’s Handbook’ and for her series of articles for the Sacramento Bee examining the professional, ethical, and emotional conflicts between scientists who use animals in their research and animal rights activists who oppose that research. Other key speakers include Richard Corbridge, Chief Information Officer for the Health Service Executive who is currently tasked with bringing the HSE into the digital era, author Timandra Harkness from BBC4’s The Human Zoo, and Vivienne Parry, OBE, Head of Engagement and Genomics England. SCI:COM 2016 is organized by Jonathan McCrea, award-winning science and technology broadcaster and founder of communications company Whipsmart Media, Claire Mac Evilly from Danone and Alex Boyd from UCD Research & Innovation. The conference is supported by Science Foundation Ireland as well as other organisations in the science communication community.

The theme for this year’s event is “Let’s Not Go There: Tackling Tricky Issues in Science Communication”, with the agenda set to challenge the theme in a variety of interactive talks and breakout sessions.

More information on the event and the updated speaker list is available at http://scicom.ie Tickets are €105 , and student tickets are €55.