Dear ASCers of NSW,

Please come along to this free public forum on Tuesday at 6pm.

FREE NANOTECHNOLOGY FORUM

What are the big issues about small technologies?

James O’Loghlin from the ABC’s New Inventors hosts a speculative discussion on how nanotechnology products are developed and reach you the consumer. A panel of experts will discuss the development of a nanotechnology product from research and development, through to risk and safety assessment for regulatory approval, then to commercialisation and finally reaching the consumer, examining the different issues that can arise at each stage.

Come and hear an informative discussion about how new technologies reach you, and how the public might be more involved in influencing which technologies we adopt.

FREE EVENT

Date: Tuesday 23 February, 6pm-8pm

Venue: Bayside Auditorium A, Level 1, Sydney Convention Centre

Enquiries: 1800 631 276

Kind regards,

Niall

Hi everyone!

I’m hoping you can help publicise as widely as possible within your networks this opportunity for a developing country agricultural scientist.

Cheers,

Cathy Reade

Coordinator – Public Awareness

Crawford Fund

Ph/Fax: 07 54483095

Mobile: 0413 575 934

www.crawfordfund.org

You are invited to:

A conversation with Sarah Darwin and Tall Ship experience

Thursday 25 February 2010, 5.45pm (tallship tours from 4pm)

Nelson Room, Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place Williamstown (Melways 56 E10).

Entry off Nelson Place (metered parking)

I’m writing to invite you to a reception next Thursday evening in Williamstown, Victoria to meet Sarah Darwin and to see the tallship Stad Amsterdam when it stops in Melbourne as part of its journey around the world retracing the voyage of the Beagle.

Sarah is Charles Darwin’s great, great granddaughter and a biologist. She is retracing her ancestor’s steps on the Dutch clipper Stad Amsterdam for TV station VPRO.

Sarah and her project colleagues Redmond O’Hanlon and Hans Fels will discuss the expedition, the science and what it means for them to recreate the voyage of the Beagle.

The Beagle project is a year-long voyage with an international crew of scientists, philosophers, historians, artists and biographers crossing the oceans of the world, from Brazil to Patagonia, and from the Andes mountain range to the Galapagos Islands.

The clipper functions as a sailing laboratory and a thermometer for the planet. Fossil hunters, DNA researchers, geologists, oceanographers and other scientists are conducting in-depth research along the route to evaluate the earth’s current condition.

The reception will celebrate the success of the year-long Evolution Festival and Darwin’s 201st birthday.

Join us to find out more about the science of Sarah Darwin’s voyage.

The Stad Amsterdam will be berthed at the Pier but will not be open for inspection. Tall ship One & All will be open for tours from 4pm to 6pm and tallship Enterprize will be open from 5pm to 6pm. The talk will kick off at 5.45pm and the event will close at 7pm. Light refreshments will be provided. The Pirates Tavern will be open till late and food will be available outside the Tavern.

RSVP for numbers by Tuesday 23 February to events@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au or 9932 2001.

For further information please contact me, Sarah Brooker on (03) 9398 1416, 0413 332 489 or sarah@scienceinpublic.com.au

The Stad Amsterdam will also be visiting Adelaide on 1 March and Perth on 14 March.

This event is supported by Evolution the Festival, Science in Public, Tallships Victoria, Hobsons Bay City Council, Seaworks Foundation, Parks Victoria and the Williamstown Maritime Association.

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You are invited to:

A conversation with Sarah Darwin and Tall Ship experience

Thursday 25 February 2010, 5.45pm (tallship tours from 4pm)

Nelson Room, Seaworks, 82 Nelson Place Williamstown (Melways 56 E10).

Entry off Nelson Place (metered parking)

I’m writing to invite you to a reception next Thursday evening in Williamstown, Victoria to meet Sarah Darwin and to see the tallship Stad Amsterdam when it stops in Melbourne as part of its journey around the world retracing the voyage of the Beagle.

Sarah is Charles Darwin’s great, great granddaughter and a biologist. She is retracing her ancestor’s steps on the Dutch clipper Stad Amsterdam for TV station VPRO.

Sarah and her project colleagues Redmond O’Hanlon and Hans Fels will discuss the expedition, the science and what it means for them to recreate the voyage of the Beagle.

The Beagle project is a year-long voyage with an international crew of scientists, philosophers, historians, artists and biographers crossing the oceans of the world, from Brazil to Patagonia, and from the Andes mountain range to the Galapagos Islands.

The clipper functions as a sailing laboratory and a thermometer for the planet. Fossil hunters, DNA researchers, geologists, oceanographers and other scientists are conducting in-depth research along the route to evaluate the earth’s current condition.

The reception will celebrate the success of the year-long Evolution Festival and Darwin’s 201st birthday.

Join us to find out more about the science of Sarah Darwin’s voyage.

The Stad Amsterdam will be berthed at the Pier but will not be open for inspection. Tall ship One & All will be open for tours from 4pm to 6pm and tallship Enterprize will be open from 5pm to 6pm. The talk will kick off at 5.45pm and the event will close at 7pm. Light refreshments will be provided. The Pirates Tavern will be open till late and food will be available outside the Tavern.

RSVP for numbers by Tuesday 23 February to events@hobsonsbay.vic.gov.au or 9932 2001.

For further information please contact me, Sarah Brooker on (03) 9398 1416, 0413 332 489 or sarah@scienceinpublic.com.au

The Stad Amsterdam will also be visiting Adelaide on 1 March and Perth on 14 March.

This event is supported by Evolution the Festival, Science in Public, Tallships Victoria, Hobsons Bay City Council, Seaworks Foundation, Parks Victoria and the Williamstown Maritime Association.

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– Hello ASC Members (in particular, members of SCERN),

Some of us from SCERN (Science Communication Education and Research Network) had a productive meeting during lunch on the last day of ASC2010. As promised at that meeting, CPAS will be providing a focal point to support future interactions between SCERN members.

I would like to know what you, as a science communication educator/researcher, would like to receive through your interactions with SCERN. Could you please send me (E: sean.perera@anu.edu.au) three brief bullet points highlighting what you would personally like to achieve out of SCERN?

I hope to have ready a compiled list of your recommendations by the first week of March 2010. Therefore, could you please get back to me by Thursday 25 Feb.

Also, I would be very grateful if you could circulate this e-mail among your colleagues who are interested/engaged in science communication education and research.

Regards, Sean.

Sean Perera PhD Centre for the Public Awareness of Science The Australian National University Canberra , Australia T: +612 61251073 E: Sean.Perera@anu.edu.au

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Be there, or send your proxy!! ( to me, or jesse@prismaticsciences.com, or anyone else you know will be attending)

An event that might be of interest – posted by Jason Major for ICT Life Sciences

Dr J Craig Venter, genomics pioneer, will give the 2010 Graeme Clark Oration

The oration is presented annually to honour the pioneering work of Professor Graeme Clark in developing the multi-channel cochlear implant, or bionic ear.

Title: From Reading to Writing the Genetic Code.

Venue: Melbourne Convention Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf

Date: Wednesday 17 March

Time: 6pm – 7pm

The event is free to the public, however, registration is essential.

The Graeme Clark Oration will present the public with a unique opportunity to listen to one of the world’s most influential scientists, who was listed by the Financial Times as one of the 50 people who most shaped the last decade.

Register at www.ict4lifesciences.org.au http://www.ict4lifesciences.org.au/

The Oration is the initiative of the ICT for Life Sciences Forum – http://ict4lifesciences.org.au/ – which networks researchers from the life and physical sciences

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Put your astronomy in front of the world’s science journalists, astronomy decision-makers and the public.

I’m writing to invite you to nominate stories and people for inclusion in Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010. Advertising opportunities are also available.

We’re producing this magazine-style collection of short astronomy stories in collaboration with the International Year of Astronomy and the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research.

Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010 comes at a time when astronomy is in the ascendance in Australia with investments in the Australian SKA Pathfinder, the Anglo-Australian Observatory, Skymapper, and the Giant Magellan Telescope. In the next few years, we may even see Australia as the home of the two billion dollar Square Kilometre Array.

Thanks to financial support from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research and the International Year of Astronomy in Australia, you do not have to pay to be included in Stories.

Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010 will include stories which:

· highlight Australia’s rich history of achievement in astronomy

· showcase the breadth of talent in Australia’s astronomy community including the new generation of PhDs and post-docs

· demonstrate the benefit of involving Australia in the world’s big astronomy projects

· reveal indigenous peoples’ and early explorers’ interpretations of the night sky

· explore the interface between astronomy and art.

Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010 will:

· put your research and researchers in front of over 1,000 journalists

· reach wide audiences through Australia’s embassies and consulates worldwide

· be distributed at the International SKA Forum in June in Holland and at other meetings of astronomy and SKA stakeholders and decision-makers

· be circulated widely in Australia’s professional and amateur astronomy communities

· serve as a source of material for Ministers and others talking about Australia’s achievements in astronomy

· reach wide audiences via other print and online channels.

Stories will also be published online at www.scienceinpublic.com/stories/astronomy/, adding to our growing portal of Australian science stories.

Limited advertising is also available.

For advertisers the publication offers a cost-effective way to demonstrate your participation in and/or support for Australian astronomy.

Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010 will be visually rich, featuring the images of astrophotographer David Malin (see http://www.davidmalin.com/) in addition to contributed images.

The publication is based on Science in Public’s Stories of Australian Science 2010. This is a 32-page publication that’s just been published. You can view it online at http://www.scienceinpublic.com/stories/science-2010/ or I can send you a sample copy.

How can you be involved?

You can nominate people or stories for inclusion in the storybook.

Our editorial team will select the best mix of stories. Your chances of inclusion will be boosted if you have striking print-quality photo to illustrate the story – preferably a jpg which is at least 1MB in size.

OR

If you wish to advertise, you can supply a print-resolution pdf advert ready-to-go:

· A ½ page advert is $1,400.

· A full page advert is $2,100.

· We can also design your advert for you. All prices are ex-GST.

We reserve the right to refuse stories or adverts that we feel don’t contribute to the overall promotion of Australian astronomy.

Scientists featured will receive ten copies of Stories.

Advertisers will receive 100 copies of Stories

Additional copies will be available for $3 each with a minimum order of 20 copies.

What is the deadline?

Please contact me by Friday 26 February with your ideas for stories.

Advertising bookings close Friday 14 March with final copy required by Friday 26 March.

Stories of Australian Astronomy 2010 will be published in May.

Need more information?

For more information call me or visit www.scienceinpublic.com.au/blog/storybook

There you can review Stories of Australian Science 2010 and see what kind of stories work best.

Kind regards,

Niall

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ph +61 (3) 9398 1416 or 0417 131 977 niall@scienceinpublic.com.au

Full contact details at www.scienceinpublic.com.au/blog

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The NSW branch of the Australian Science Communicators announces its AGM:

Topic for discussion on the night is the Advent of the eBook Reader. Will it revolutionise science writing and publishing? Bring your Kindles, Bebooks, iPods etc for a Show and Tell, Whinge and Cringe session.

ALSO – discuss what you learnt at the national conference, and share it with those who didn’t get to Canberra.

The Inspiring Australia report (promising) Reframing Science (necessary), illogical debates (unavoidable), social networking (inevitable), Science for Mums (surprisingly successful), Evaluating Science Communication (hard, but necessary)….

…. Just a few of the thought provoking topics… Come and discuss!

SPECIAL GUEST! – National President, Dr Jesse Shore.

DATE: Monday 15th February TIME: 6.30 – 8 PM VENUE: Upstairs Balcony, rear Clarendon Hotel, 156 Devonshire St Surry Hills (5 mins walk from Central train station) One free drink per member, and light snack platter provided.

If you cannot attend please send your proxy ( e.g. To Jesse Shore, jesse@prismaticsciences.com)

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Are you interested in Freelancing? Writing for magazines? Science Radio and TV? Climate Change? Social networking? Innovative uses of media? Design and presentation skills? … And any other facets of Science Communication?

If so then get involved in the ASC NSW committee to assist with creating an exciting year for our members. Looks great on the resume! (More details below)

Email Phil Dooley or the rest of the committee on ASCNSW@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.

AGENDA 1) Chair’s report 2) Treasurer’s report 3) Election of 2010 Chair 4) Election of committee members 5) AOB ======================================== For those of you thinking of getting involved, here is a quick run down on committee member duties:

– Our philosophy is many hands make light work – if you can help out on only one or two things for the year, get involved.

– We typically meet in person only two or three times a year. The rest of the pow-wows are teleconference or email.

– On each event we have one leader, and a helper or two, so no single person ends up doing everything, and you don’t have to be there for every event. We share around the duties of booking venues etc, answering queries, write ups etc. And of course this year there will be recording, editing, uploading etc duties too.

– Specific roles (duplicated if possible!): – Secretary: take minutes, post notices, ensure committee keeps to commitments – Treasurer: Look after financials, pay for events etc – Member officer: answer emails, keep in touch with members – National Rep: take part in national committee & branch co-ordinator telecons – General committee members: help out on two or three events per year – Chair: harrass rest of committee and make them do stuff (whilst actually doing as little as possible and taking the credit.)

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