[ASC-list] Vic event - Bushfire Science: communicating in an emotionally charged environment

[Meg.Rive at csiro.au]

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 6.45 for 7pm (note new venue)

Bushfire Science: communicating in an emotionally charged environment
It is the nature of science to be objective and factual, to provide advice and information dispassionately, and report without personal bias or emotion. But how is science communicated at an emotionally charged time when people are looking for explanations from a subjective and passionate viewpoint? Using the Black Saturday bushfires as a case study, three panellists will discuss the role of scientists, science communicators and the media in communicating science in an emotionally charged environment, and provide an insight into how those caught up in the bushfires viewed the media attention.

The panel will comprise:

- Kevin Hennessy (CSIRO climate scientist)
- Steve Varga (Wandong resident, appeared on SBS Insight and an ABC documentary at www.abc.net.au/innovation/blacksaturday/people/steve<outbind://3-0000000069A45F6694A8054796DFE8669D6B088907001DE7577948CFFF488C33F12CC4385DD50000005B92C8000004E1F7FCE8CB7E4DA81B3EBFB0284E70005C22820D700000/www.abc.net.au/innovation/blacksaturday/people/steve>)
- John Ferguson (Herald Sun journalist)

Where: Clare Castle Hotel, 421 Rathdowne St, Carlton (new ASC venue)
When: 6.45 for 7pm, Tuesday 17 November 2009
RSVP: to meg.rive at csiro.au<mailto:meg.rive at csiro.au>

Free for members, $10 for non-members, $5 for non-member students
Meals and drinks at bar prices




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