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POST CONFERENCE EVENT

SEMINAR ON "SCIENTIFIC JOURNALISM IN A DIVERSE WORLD"      

7-8 June 2004
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, La Rambla 30-32
Organized by: Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología (FECYT) and the
Observatori de la Comunicació Científica (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

The Forum Barcelona 2004, as an event and a room
especially designed to think about and to experiment on the main cultural and
social challenges of the 21st society, offers the ideal frame for this debate
on the paper of the scientific media in the world. This is the main objective
of the Seminar “Scientific Journalism in a Diverse World”. The event is organized by the
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology and the Science Communication
Observatory of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in collaboration with the Catalan
Association of Science Communication (ACCC) and the Spanish Association of
Scientific Journalism (AEPC).

REGISTRATIONS
Free registration by sending an e-mail to the following address occ@upf.edu
The subject must be: Science Journalism in a Diverse World
The message must include your name and contact details.

PROGRAMME

Monday	7 th June
9.00-9.30	Welcome
9.30-10.15	Inaugural Session: Maria Rosa Virós Rectora de la Universitat Pompeu Fabra Vladimir de Semir OCC Director and Commissioner for Science Culture of Barcelona City Council Chair of the PCST-8 Conference José Manuel Báez FECYT Studies and Projects Director Xavier Hernández DURSI, Generalitat de Catalunya (tbc)
10.15-11.00	Opening Lecture John Noble Wilford Editor of Science Times of The New York Times and twice Pilitzer awarded. "25th aniversary of Science Times and its impact on the wordwide science journalism"
11.00-11.30	Coffee break
11.30-14.00	Round Table 1: Science Journalism... Where are we? Moderator: Manuel Toharia Chair of the Spanish Association of Science Journalism, Director of the Sience Museum Principe Felipe and Director of Atlantia (TVE1) Speakers: Ángel Apezteguía Science Journalist of EFE Agency Javier Gregori Head of the Science and Environment Section at SER Radio Network and professor of science journalism at the Universidad Carlos III, Madrid Steve Miller Professor and Head of Department of Science and Technology Studies at the UCL (UK) José Pardina Director of "Muy interesante" DISCUSSION
14.00-16.00	Pausa
16.00-16.45	Plenary Lecture 2 Prakash Khanal Secretary of the World Federation of Science Journalists and Secretary of the Science Writers Association of Nepal
16.45-17.00	Coffee Break
17.00-19.00	Round Table 2: Science Journalism and Cultural Diversity Moderator: Cristina Ribas Secretary of the Associació Catalana de Comunicació Científica and Director of "Einstein a la platja" BTV programme. Speakers: Peter Green (UK) Director of Alphagalileo Toss Gascoigne (Australia) Director of Council for the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Enrique Díaz León Canal Sur Radio Pilar Perla Coordinator of Tercer Milenio (science suplement of El Heraldo de Aragón) DISCUSSION

Tuesday	8 th June
9.30-10.15	Plenary Lecture 3 Patrick Luganda Uganda's Science Journalist and Chair of the Network of Climate Journalist in Greater Horn of Africa
10.15-10.30	Coffee Break
10.30-12.30	Round Table 3: Strategies towards science jounalism in the Knowledge Society Moderator: Gemma Revuelta Deputy Director of the Science Communication Observatory of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra Speakers: Pierre Fayard Professor of Public Communication of Science, University of Poitiers, France. Founder Member of the Network Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Lisbeth Fog Chair of the Asociación Colombiana de Periodismo Científico. Vice-Chair of the World Federation of Science Journalists Pablo Jáuregui Science Editor of El Mundo Vasilis Kouladis Director Education Laboratory of the University of Patras, Greece. Member of the Commission Benchmarking the Promotion of RTD Culture and Public Understanfing of Science of the European Commission DISCUSSION
12.30-13-30	Closing Session Vladimir de Semir Director of the Science Communication Observatory of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra Josep Maria Casasús Director of the Department of Journalism and Audiovisual at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra Arturo García Arroyo FECYT Director Santiago Ramentol General Deputy Director of Audiovisual Media at the Generalitat de Catalunya