Presentations
~ Room 1 ~
~ 2.00 pm ~
Does mass media solve problems in effective
science communication or add to them?
Carl Tidemann
Investigating media violence and aggression in
adolescents: Applying psychological concepts in neuroscience
to assist in solving the social issue
Amy Dobos
Celebrities and science communication: why do we trust
celebrities over scientists in climate change science?
Sarah Mason
~ 2.45 pm ~
The science of video games with diet and exercise
Kiet Ho
Science, when good intentions go bad
Alissa Van Soest
~~~~ 15 minute break ~~~~
~ 3.30 pm ~
Using visual aids to communicate complex ideas
Lara Cleaver
Using drama techniques to communicate
science in the classroom
Minky Faber
Communicating the complex - Is modern science
becoming too difficult for the public to understand?
Dave McLean
~ 4.15 pm ~
Sharp Thinking: The role of science
in the consumer decision
Chris Karas
How to use science to effectively
influence someone's point of view
Sian Keys
~~~~ 15 minute break ~~~~
~ 5.00 pm ~
Dengue fever genetic control risk communication
strategy - the buzz kill
Avril Baker, Myles Harrison, Hye Jeong and Jessica Ward
Drought and mental health risk communication strategy
Jasmin Logg-Scarvell, Patrick Hutchings, Helen Cordiner,
Aidan Muirhead and Lara Cleaver
~ Room 2 ~
~ 2.00 pm ~
Communicating science to multi-lingual audiences
Alex Battye
Natural Semantic Metalanguage - Explaining the
culturally strange in a linguistically familiar way
Jess Steele
‘Men are from Mars, Women from Venus’ –
Getting to the bottom of communication differences
Cecile Acevedo
~ 2.45 pm ~
Biofuels: Solution to the problems with
fossil fuels or just another problem created?
Dalton Ngu
Feasibility of an electric car network and
vehicle smart grid system in Canberra
Matt Shaw
~~~~ 15 minute break ~~~~
~ 3.30 pm ~
Dealing with misconceptions in physics
Stefan Nekvapil
Communication barriers of scientific
problems- climate change
Tina Holyman
How to bring marine conservation knowledge
to the general public
Bronwyn Dixon
~ 4.15 pm~
Coral reefs under a changing climate
Sarah Chubb
Exoplanets: How developing science
took us further out into the universe
Serena Henry