FW: Join Live Webcast from AAAS 2012 - Saturday, 18 February at 5 pm PST

Bernadette Rodgers

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Feb 17, 2012, 10:33:58 AM2/17/12

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Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 08:10:34 -0500
To: Bernadette Rodgers <brod...@gemini.edu>
Subject: Join Live Webcast from AAAS 2012 - Saturday, 18 February at 5 pm PST

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Why do so many political leaders and citizens remain unconcerned about climate change, water scarcity, fisheries depletion, and a host of other science-related global challenges? Find out by joining us for a Webcast of the plenary panel Science Is Not Enough, featuring three of the world's most knowledgeable and compelling science communicators during the 2012 AAAS Annual Meeting.

This exceptional Webcast—set for 5:00—6:30 p.m. PT on Saturday, February 18—will arm scientists, educators, students, and citizens around the world with messages to help influence public perceptions and debate when the science supporting a position is not enough to carry the argument.

Log onto http://www.aaas.org/go/enough and live-Tweet your questions to #AAASMtg.

Participants in this 90-minute discussion will be:

James Hansen, whose testimony before Congressional committees in the 1980s helped raise broad awareness of the global climate change issue. Dr. Hansen is recognized for speaking truth to powerful entities, for identifying ineffectual policies as "greenwash," and for outlining the actions that the public must take to protect the future of young people and other species on the planet. He is currently the Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University.
Olivia Judson, who explores the intersection of science and society, focusing on such controversial issues as the actuarial use of DNA and the potential to grow human organs. Dr. Judson has presented science issues on television many times, most recently when she appeared in an episode of PBS's "Nova" about DNA connections to evolution. She has written a weekly blog on evolutionary biology for the New York Times website, called "The Wild Side." She is currently a Research Fellow at Imperial College in London.
Hans Rosling, co-founder of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software for converting international statistics into moving, interactive, and enjoyable graphics. Dr. Rosling promotes a fact-based world view through increased use and understanding of freely accessible public statistics. He presented the television documentary "The Joy of Stats," which was broadcast in the United Kingdom in 2010. He is currently Professor of International Health at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.

AAAS President Nina Fedoroff will introduce the speakers, and the session will be moderated by Emmy-award winning journalist Frank Sesno, former CNN Washington bureau chief, who is currently Professor and Director of the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University.

Again, the session will begin at 5:00 p.m., PT on Saturday, February 18. Click here to watch what should be one of the most informative yet entertaining Saturday evenings you have had in a while! Be sure to submit your questions via Twitter by using the hashtag #AAASMtg.

Phil Marshall

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Feb 17, 2012, 11:55:49 AM2/17/12

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Ooh, that looks good! I hope "webcast" also means "recorded for posterity", because if so we should link to this from various places, and disseminate widely (if it's any good that is, which I expect it will be!). Great they got Hansen on the line-up, more scientists need to hear him speak I think. Just to check: 5pm "PT" means 5pm Pacific standard (=California etc) time, right?

Thanks B!

Phil

Bernadette Rodgers

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Feb 17, 2012, 11:59:23 AM2/17/12

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Hi Phil,

Yes, I assume PT = California time. I hope they record it also as I'll only be able to catch the very beginning.

Cheers,

Bernadette

Kartik Sheth

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Feb 17, 2012, 1:48:05 PM2/17/12

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I am here at the AAAS btw.

-k

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