COMMUNICATION SCIENCE

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International Conference on Science Communication 2012

SCIENCE

COMMUNICATION

INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES, ISSUES AND STRATEGIES

4 > 7 SEPTEMBER 2012 NANCY (FRANCE)

CONTACT

Kateřina Picková University of Lorraine

34 Cours Léopold 54000 Nancy

France 00 33 3 54 50 54 75 [email protected]

INFORMATIONS

www.jhc2012.eu

PARTNERS

COORDINATING PARTNERS

Inter-University Centre Agorà Scienza University of Barcelona University of Strasbourg

University of Liège University of Luxembourg Franco-German University

CNAM CNRS

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Chair Bernard Schiele

Professor at the Inter-University Research Center on Sciences and Technology in Montreal (Canada)

Members Patrick Baranger

Conference General Secretary, CSTI Project Manager for University of Lorraine (France)

L. Anathea Brooks

Executive Office Natural Sciences Sector and Intersectoral Platform on Climate Change – UNESCO

Claude Burlet

Honorary President of University Henri Poincaré, Nancy (France)

Serge Chambaud

Director of scientific and technological culture, Director of Musée des Arts et Métiers (France)

Michel Claessens

Director of Communication ITER (France), former Director of Communication,

Director-General of Research at the European Commission

Ulrike Felt

Professor of sociology of science, University of Vienna (Austria)

Louis-Jean Gachet

Director of OCIM (Office de Coopération InterMuséal), Dijon (France)

Claudie Haigneré

President of Universcience, former Minister for Research (France)

Anne-Catherine Hauglustaine

Jardin des Sciences, University of Strasbourg (France), EUSCEA (European Science Events Association)

Herbert Münder

President of Wissenschaft im Dialog, Berlin (Germany)

Enrico Predazzi

President of Inter-University Centre Agorà Scienza (Italy)

Vladimir de Semir

Director of the Observatory for Scientific Communication, University Pompeu Fabra of Barcelona (Spain)

Halil Sykja

Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Tirana (Albania)

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PROGRAMME

Following Nancy (2005), Liège (2008) and Luxembourg (2010), the CSTI International Conference returns to Nancy in September 2012.

This 4

^th

edition will be particularly centred on the links between science communication and the world of research (universities and research organisations). Discussion will cover dimensions of science communication such as public policies, aims, issues, modalities, actors...

The International Conference on Science Communication 2012, the 4

^th

edition of "Journée Hubert Curien", is intended for all those involved with science communication :

– heads of training

and research organisations, – political leaders and local authority representatives,

– researchers and post-graduate students, – university or research

centre communication officers, – exhibit designers,

– organisers and presenters of science communication,

– science and technology museum curators, – CSTI leaders and organisers,

– science journalists.

PRESENTATION

TUESDAY 4^TH^SEPTEMBER

AFTERNOON^|WELCOMECOFFEE

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OFFICIALOPENINGFOLLOWEDBYCOCKTAILRECEPTION EVENING^|PUBLICOPENINGCONFERENCE

"Scientific research in our society: Knowledge, trust and citizenship"

Claudie Haigneré (France) President of Universcience, former Minister for Research and John Durant (USA) MIT Museum Director and Adjunct Professor in the Science, Technology & Society Program

WEDNESDAY 5^TH^SEPTEMBER

MORNING^|CONFERENCES

"Purposes, forms and issues of science communication in research institutes:Toward new models ?"

Ulrike Felt (Austria) Professor of Sociology of Science at the University of Vienna and Michel Claessens (Belgium) ITER Communications Director, former Director of Communication - DG Research at the European Commission

| COMMUNICATIONSONMODELPRACTICES AFTERNOON^|WORKSHOPS

EVENING^|CULTURALEVENTSONSCIENCECOMMUNICATION THURSDAY 6^TH^SEPTEMBER

"The actors of science communication in research institutions, their partners and their audiences: Self-images/images of the other"

Catherine Franche (Canada) Executive Director of Ecsite (the European Network of Science Centres and Museums) and Martin W. Bauer (UK) Professor of Social Psychology and Research Methodology at the London School of Economics and Political Science

| COMMUNICATIONSONMODELPRACTICES AFTERNOON^|WORKSHOPS

EVENING^|CONFERENCEDINNER FRIDAY 7^TH^SEPTEMBER

"Public Policies of science communication"

Cheng Donghong (China) Vice President and Executive Secretary of CAST (China Association for Science and Technology) and Mariano Gago (Portugal) former Minister for Higher Education and Research

| COMMUNICATIONSONMODELPRACTICES | CLOSINGCONFERENCE

Bernard Schiele (Canada) Professor at the Inter-University Research Center on Science and Technology, University of Quebec in Montreal

CALL FOR PAPERS FOR WORKSHOPS

Submit contributions online : www.jhc2012.eu.

POST-GRADUATE STUDY DAYS

To allow post-graduates to take part in this international conference, it is linked with post-graduate days that will take place on 3^rd and 4^th September in Nancy. These days, entitled "Knowing how to disseminate research" offer workshops on tools and approaches to science communication. For more information: www.jhc2012.eu.