Co-hosts: Amy Brand, Director, The MIT Press and Co-founder, Knowledge Futures Group; Elizabeth Bramson-Boudreau, Chief Executive Officer and Publisher, MIT Technology Review; Gideon Lichfield, Editor in Chief, MIT Technology Review

Keynote: Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Sciences

There is widespread concern today that the gap between scientific and public understanding on issues such as climate change, GMOs, and vaccine safety may be growing, and ample recent evidence that lies, unfortunately, spread faster than truths.

At #SpreadingFacts, you’ll join experts in the practice and art of science communication and journalism for a day focused on understanding and maximizing the public trust in — and impact of — evidence-based research. Advances in science and technology are, after all, our strongest ammunition in facing urgent global challenges, and effective public communication a critical ingredient in ensuring and amplifying research impact.

Schedule, speaker bios, livestream, and more: spreadingfacts.pubpub.org

Speakers:

Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer Emerita NOVA

Deborah Blum, Director, Knight Science Journalism Program, MIT

Chris Bourg, Director, MIT Libraries

Dianna Cowern, Creator, Physics Girl

Beth Daley, Editor and General Manager, The Conversation US

Mariette DiChristina, Dean, Boston University College of Communication

Cathy Drennan, Professor of Chemistry and Biology, MIT

Arielle Duhaime-Ross, Host, Reset (A podcast from Recode by Vox)

Linda Henry, Managing Director, Boston Globe Media Partners

Carolyn Johnson, Science Reporter, The Washington Post

Clifford Johnson, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, University of Southern California

David Kaiser, Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science, and Professor of Physics, MIT

Imran Khan, Head of Public Engagement, Wellcome

Thomas Levenson, Professor of Science Writing, MIT

Sunshine Menezes, Executive Director, Metcalf Institute and Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Communication, Metcalf Institute, University of Rhode Island

Seth Mnookin, Director, Graduate Program in Science Writing, MIT

Christine O’Connell, Executive Director, Riley's Way Foundation

Ainissa Ramirez, Scientist and Author of The Alchemy of Us

John Randell, John E. Bryson Director of Science, Engineering, and Technology Programs, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

David Rotman, Editor at Large, MIT Technology Review

Daniel M. Russell, Senior Research Scientist, Search Quality and User Happiness, Google

Grant Sanderson, Creator, 3Blue1Brown

Sanjay Sarma, Vice President for Open Learning, MIT

Arvind Satyanarayan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, MIT

Charles Seife, Professor, New York University

Gabe Stein, Product Lead, PubPub

Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Rick Weiss, Director, SciLine

Ethan Zuckerman, Director, Center for Civic Media, MIT

Media Registration

To request a media pass for #SpreadingFacts, please contact mitp-events@mit.edu. Media passes are limited and are granted only to working journalists who intend to cover the event.