From: "Borchelt, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: International Network on Public Communication of Science and Technology <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [PCST-L:1637] COMMUNICATING THE FUTURE: International conference on best pract ices in public communication of S&T Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 10:46:42 -0400 On behalf of the steering committee and our co-chairs, Earle Holland of Ohio State University and Joann Rodgers of the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, I am pleased to invite your entries for the first international peer-reviewed conference on public communication of science and technology. To be held September 23-25 in Gaithersburg, Md. (a suburb of Washington, DC and convenient to air and train transportation), the conference will attract science communicators, educators, journalists and others who practice communicating science and technology to non-scientist publics. Up to 50 entrants will be selected to present poster papers and will receive a US$750 travel stipend and complimentary registration (the normal registration fee is US$100). The entry deadline for "Communicating the Future: Best Practices in Communicating Science and Technology to the Public," is July 1, 2001. Notification of selected presenters will be made the week of August 6, 2001. Please visit the conference website, www.nist.gov/bestpractices, for entry guidelines, to learn more about the conference, or to enter or register online. We look forward to seeing you in September. Rick Borchelt Director of Communication Office of Science SC-5 US Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 PH 202.586.6702 FX 202.586.7719 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ligia Parra-Esteban Directora Fundacion VOC de Investigacion de la Comunicacion Entre Cientificos. Apartado Aereo 86745 Bogota. Colombia. http://www.mox.uniandes.edu.co/voc Telefono (+) 571-6242075 Fax (+) 571-6139654 Zona Postal 1102 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secretario Junta Directiva Luis H. Blanco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Laboratorio de Investigaciones Basicas. Bloque 9 Ciudad Universitaria. Unidad Camilo Torres. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================================= Si necesita retirarse de la lista envie un mensaje a: [EMAIL PROTECTED] con una unica linea : unsubscribe r-caldas Para inscribirse en la lista envie un mensaje a [EMAIL PROTECTED] con una unica linea : subscribe r-caldas Los mensajes que circulan en la lista los puede consultar en : http://www.mail-archive.com/r-caldas@colciencias.gov.co
