#SpreadingFacts: Communicating Science for a Better World
Event Information
About this event
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.