Applications are now open for the first annual ComSciCon Rocky Mountain West event, which will offer grad students and post-docs in scientific fields the chance to learn science communication best practices from industry professionals and faculty mentors. The event is scheduled to take place Sept. 23-24, 2017 on the CU Boulder campus.
Participants will network with and learn from professional science communicators — including science journalists, writers, researchers, industry professionals, and policymakers — and work closely with these experts to construe the perfect elevator pitch, deliver a winning interview, write an original piece for a popular science outlet and more. This workshop will also feature panels discussions on communicating science through writing and multimedia, industry and policy and advocacy as well as diversity and inclusion and community engagement. Participants will walk away with insight on how to utilize best practices in science communication throughout their careers, regardless of career path.
The two-day workshop will feature a write-a-thon (in which attendees prepare a piece of sciece writing and then work with experts to hone and publish it); a career networking event at Fiske planetarium; interviewing and public speaking workshops; pitch practice ("elevator speeches"); and panel discussions hosted by leading media industry experts.
This regional event is open to graduate students and post-doctoral researchers affliated with any Colorado college or university, the University of Montana or the University of Wyoming. The workshop is free of charge. Travel will be covered for accepted applicants from out-of-state schools. Applications will be accepted until 11:59 p.m. Mountain time on June 1, 2017.
For more information, please visit the event website.
Photo: Casey A. Cass / University of Colorado Boulder
