Appendix A
Agenda
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Emcee: Frank Sesno (The George Washington University)
8:30–8:45 | Welcome |
Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences | |
8:45–9:30 | Future Directions in the Sciences of Science Communication: A Discussion of the NASEM Report Communicating Science Effectively: A Research Agenda |
Alan Leshner (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Emeritus) | |
Discussant: Baruch Fischhoff (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
9:30–10:10 | A View from Philanthropy on the Future of Science Communication |
Session Moderator: Elizabeth Christopherson (Rita Allen Foundation) | |
Discussion with John Burris (Burroughs Wellcome Fund) and Marc Kastner (Science Philanthropy Alliance) | |
10:10–10:40 | Break |
10:40–12:00 | Creating a Collaborative Community for the Sciences of Science Communication |
Gerald Davis (University of Michigan) and Laurie Weingart (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
Discussants: David Guston (Arizona State University) and Kathleen Tierney (University of Colorado Boulder) | |
12:00–1:15 | Lunch |
1:15–2:45 | Marshalling the Troops: How Can Traditional Disciplines Help Build the Scale of Research in Science Communication? |
Session Moderator: Ken Prewitt (Columbia University) | |
Communicating with the Public About Energy | |
Wändi Bruine de Bruin (University of Leeds) and Granger Morgan (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
Communicating with the Public About Research on Immigration | |
Shanto Iyengar (Stanford University) and Doug Massey (Princeton University) | |
Communicating with the Public About Infectious Disease | |
Bob Hornik (University of Pennsylvania) and Susan Scrimshaw (Nevin Scrimshaw International Nutrition Foundation) | |
2:45–3:15 | Break |
3:15–3:55 | Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnership Award 1: Evidence-Based Science Communication to Policy Makers |
Elizabeth Suhay (American University), Emily Cloyd (American Association for the Advancement of Science), and Erin Nash (Durham University) | |
Discussants: Jim Cohen (The Kavli Foundation), Fay Cook (National Science Foundation), and David Herring (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) |
3:55–4:55 | Science in the News: Human Genome Editing |
Cornelia Dean (The New York Times), Matthew Porteus (Stanford University), and Dietram Scheufele (University of Wisconsin–Madison) | |
4:55–5:00 | Wrap-Up/Lessons Learned |
Baruch Fischhoff (Carnegie Mellon University) | |
5:00–6:15 | Reception |
6:15–7:30 | The Mistrust of Science |
Introduction: Alan Leshner (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Emeritus) | |
Atul Gawande (Brigham and Women’s Hospital) |
Friday, November 17, 2017
Emcee: Ashley Llorens (John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab)
7:15–8:30 | Invitation Only Collaboration Breakfast for Leaders of Philanthropic Organizations |
8:40–8:45 | Welcome |
Alan Leshner (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Emeritus) | |
8:45–9:20 | Rethinking Evaluation: Using Networks, Big Data, and Social Media to Measure Dissemination and Impact |
Session Moderator: Arthur Lupia (University of Michigan) | |
James Fowler (University of California, San Diego) | |
9:20–10:20 | Science in the News: Artificial Intelligence and Driverless Cars |
Jack Stewart (Wired), Illah Nourbakhsh (Carnegie Mellon University), and Peter Hancock (MIT2 Laboratory; University of Central Florida) | |
10:20–10:45 | Break |
10:45–12:00 | Incentives for Scientists and Engineers to Communicate About Their Research: Roundtable Discussion |
Session Moderator: Andrew Hoffman (University of Michigan) | |
Discussion with Neil Donahue (Carnegie Mellon University), KerryAnn O’Meara (University of Maryland, College Park), Dietram Scheufele (University of Wisconsin–Madison), Ahna Skop (University of Wisconsin–Madison), and Emmanuel Taylor (Energetics Incorporated) | |
12:00–1:00 | Lunch |
1:00–1:40 | Building Capacity for Science Communication Partnership Award 2: Evaluating New Approaches to Promoting Vaccination |
Brendan Nyhan (Dartmouth College) and Christine Finley (Vermont Department of Health) | |
Discussants: Greg Boustead (Simons Foundation), Suzanne Ffolkes (Research!America), Paul Hanle (Climate Central), and Doron Weber (Alfred P. Sloan Foundation) | |
1:40–3:05 | Focus on a Communication Challenge: Threats to Science’s Reputation |
Session Moderator: Kathleen Hall Jamieson (University of Pennsylvania) | |
Reputation: What’s at Stake? | |
Susan Fiske (Princeton University) | |
What Is the Extent of the Problem? | |
Kevin Finneran (Issues in Science and Technology) | |
Threats to Science: Exploring Solutions | |
Marcia McNutt (National Academy of Sciences) | |
3:05–3:35 | Break |
3:35–4:10 | The Role of Scientists and the Media in Communicating Uncertainty |
Session Moderator: Laura Helmuth (The Washington Post) | |
Charles Manski (Northwestern University) | |
4:10–5:10 | Science in the News: Gene Drive |
Fred Gould (North Carolina State University), Pam Belluck (The New York Times), and Dominque Brossard (University of Wisconsin–Madison) | |
5:10–5:15 | Concluding Remarks |
Dietram Scheufele (University of Wisconsin–Madison) |
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