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Livestream Q&A ViewAttendees 15

Program Symposium

Plant a Seed Today: Cultivating Communication and Policy Strategies to Engage the Public in Future Science Challenges

Sunday, October 31, 2021
8:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT
Location: Colorado Convention Center, Four Seasons Ballroom 1

In-Person Livestream

    Organizer(s)

  • Jennifer Gordon

    Founder and Principal Consultant
    Bug Lessons Consulting LLC
    San Francisco, California

  • Meaghan Pimsler

    AAAS Fellow
    National Institutes of Justice
    Department of Justice
    Vienna, Virginia

  • Clare Rittschof

    Assistant Professor
    Department of Entomology
    University of Kentucky
    Lexington, Kentucky

  • Erin Cadwalader

    Director of Strategic Initiatives
    Entomological Society of America
    Annapolis, Maryland

Science communication is a flexible and powerful tool to engage the public, build trust, and advance policy, research, and outreach goals. This symposium brings together experts in different approaches to science communication to share and discuss their stories. Afterwards, we will breakout into groups to practice crafting science communication strategies.

Presentations:

  • 8:00 AM – 8:05 AM MT
    Introductory remarks

    Author: Jake Pielert

  • 8:05 AM – 8:20 AM MT
    Science communication and the criminal justice system

    Presenting Author: Meaghan L. Pimsler – Department of Justice

  • 8:20 AM – 8:35 AM MT
    Science policy: Helping politicians see the forest for the breadth of biodiversity

    Presenting Author: Erin Cadwalader – Entomological Society of America

  • 8:35 AM – 8:50 AM MT
    Building stakeholder networks: Local to global

    Presenting Author: Thomas E. Anderson – Entoniche Consulting, LLC

  • 8:50 AM – 9:05 AM MT
    Science society communicators: We're here to help!

    Presenting Author: Joe Rominiecki – Entomological Society of America

  • 9:05 AM – 9:15 AM MT
    Break
  • 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM MT
    What role do museums play in science communication? Museum exhibits, public programming, and K-12 content

    Presenting Author: Allie Sorlie – University of Alabama

  • 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM MT
    Leveraging community partnerships for tick-borne disease awareness

    Presenting Author: Melissa Nolan – University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

    Co-Author: Kyndall Dye-Braumuller, BCE – University of South Carolina

  • 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM MT
    The difficulty of simplification: How to translate scientific writing for general readers

    Presenting Author: Alicita Rodríguez – University of Colorado Denver

  • 10:00 AM – 10:15 AM MT
    From the bench to a beat: How the AAAS Mass Media Fellowship trains scientists for the media

    Presenting Author: Kristin Lewis – American Association for the Advancement of Science

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM MT
    Science communication at an ag production startup

    Presenting Author: Cheri Abraham – IMG Citrus

  • 10:30 AM – 10:50 AM MT
    Panel discussion
  • 10:50 AM – 10:55 AM MT
    Closing remarks
  • 10:55 AM – 11:00 AM MT
    Break
  • 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM MT
    Communication strategy workshop