AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy
The 33rd AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy was on May 9-10 here in Washington, DC. The forum featured many speakers and sessions on a variety of policy topics. One of potential interest to astronomers was the notion of using the video game Second Life to teach introductory astronomy, given by Dr. Anthony Crider.
Currently available online in PDF format from the session on Advocacy in Science, which I attended, are:
- Ruth Krulfeld (AAAS) - An Overview of Key Issues in Advocacy
- Francis Slakey (APS) - The Choice of Strategy and Tactics In Science Advocacy
- Mary Woolley (Research America) - Some Advocacy Lessons Learned: A Work in Progress
Unfortunately the very provocative talk, A Skeptical View of Advocacy by Scientists given by Catherine Rudder, is not available online at the moment.
Another panel discussion was on New Media, including Adam Bly from Seed Magazine and science blogger Sheril R. Kirshenbaum, who writes at the Science Blog, Intersection. I suspect that blog gets a lot more traffic than this one. Her talk’s slides, I am New Media (and so can you!), are available online as well.
The entire forum program is available with links to PDF’s when available. Additional transcripts (and I believe perhaps audio and video) will be coming available over the next few weeks.
