Public Awareness of Research Infrastructure (PARI) III Conference, 8-10 April 2019

09 Feb 2019

This conference aims to be a hands-on forum for communications, public relations and engagement professionals staff to share their experiences and expertise. The aim is that participants return home with new ideas for their work by learning how, and with which means, other research institutions are communicating the importance of science and of research infrastructures to society.

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Image shows delegates outside the lecture theatre on 9 April 2019.

Science is exciting, enlightening, complex, fundamental, precise, logical and creative, all at the same time. However, for the public to get in touch with it and understand why it encompasses all these concepts, efforts need to be made to bridge science and society. With this aim, communication teams at research infrastructures work with a range of methods and channels. They make complex information more tangible and disseminate it as broadly as possible so that the public can understand and be engaged.

Join Us!
Abstract submission and registration are now closed.

Themes:
Building and maintaining public trust
Combatting fake news
Measuring success
Communicating communications
Finding the next science superstar / mobilising staff
Unconventional Outreach: STEM on the Road
Unconventional Outreach: STEM and Art
Communicating distributed infrastructures
Equality and diversity communications

Workshops
On Monday 8 April delegates have the opportunity to attend free, hands on workshops. Please let us know which workshop you would like to attend.

Venue
STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK

Registration fee
Early bird: £200 Deadline extended to 15/02/2019
Standard: £250
Registration includes all meals including the conference dinner, but not accommodation.

Contact
Would you like to be informed about our call for abstracts and deadlines? Don’t hesitate to contact us and we will add you to our distribution list.

Key dates
2 November 2018 Abstract submission opens
31 December 2018 Abstract submission closes
31 January 2019 Programme confirmed
15 February 2019 Early bird registration deadline EXTENDED
31 March 2019 Registration deadline
8 – 10 April 2019 Conference takes place

PARI 2019 is sponsored by EIROforum and ERF-AISBL