Interact 2024

This event offers something for everyone with an interest in improving their public engagement capabilities. It will provide a fantastic opportunity to learn new ways to engage with your communities, a chance to share your experiences and good practice, explore funding routes for engagement and discuss how the engagement landscape should evolve. Above all, it will be a chance to share your experiences with like-minded people in a relaxed and welcoming environment.

The STFC, IOP, SEPnet, RAS, Ogden Trust and NuSTEM (Northumbria University) are partnering together with you, the paricipants, to develop an inspiring, challenging and refreshing programme on the following key themes:

• Evaluation and impact

• Working with audiences underrepresented in the physical sciences

• Engagement mediums & practice

• Planning for the long-term: Funding routes for engagement and strategic planning

When: Thursday 19th September. There will be an evening reception on Wednesday 18th September for informal networking.

Venue: The Business & Law Building is in a fantastic location on the East Campus of Northumbria University with excellent facilities. For more details visit:
https://www.interactsymposium.org/venue-accessibility/

Who Can Attend: The Symposium is to all those in the physical sciences who are carrying out or want to carry out public engagement activities. This includes academics, facility users, engagement professionals, professional services staff, technicians, and community partners. Attending can also contribute to your continuing professional development.

Costs: The event is free and open to all. We are offering travel and subsistence bursaries of up to £250 for PhD, postdoctoral researchers, fellows and those within 10 years of their first academic appointment to attend. All you have to do is send an email with a short paragraph justifying your case with “Why I want to go to Interact 2024” to Interact@stfc.ukri.org

How do I register: This event is free to attend but you must register in advance.

How do I submit a session?: If you would like to run a session please complete the form found here: https://forms.office.com/e/amwTBrPZLY

How do I ask for a market place spot?: Let us know as part of this registration process.

General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR): UKRI and STFC comply with the requirements of the GDPR with regard to the collection, storage, processing and disclosure of personal information and is committed to upholding the GDPR's core data protection principles. A full notice of UKRI's position with regards to Freedom of Information and the GDPR (EU) (2016/679) can be found at https://www.ukri.org/privacy-notice

We look forward to seeing you there!