Science Media Symposium and Awards to be held at the WGBH studios September 17-19th.

In the interests of including more faculty and students, we are offering registration for the event at a 50% discount to those enrolled or actively teaching in your department. More than 175 delegates from around the world – science media producers, scientists and science journalists – will join us for this bi-annual event.

The Science Media Symposium features three days of engaging panels and discussions with prominent thought leaders and science media producers as well as screenings of some of the best science media productions – from dome theater films to short form media for the internet. WGBH has partnered with the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival to bring the symposium and awards to Boston for the first time in what we hope will be an ongoing opportunity to showcase the best in science media.

The range of sessions is exciting – from revelations in brain science with MIT’s Ed Boyden and Brain Gate Two’s Leigh Hochberg to discussions about the science of science communication with Yale’s Dan Kahan, journalist, Carl Zimmer, and Harvard’s Naomi Oreskes – there are 10 substantive sessions in all. Our opening keynote, next Wednesday, September 17 at 11 am will feature the Senior Executive Producer of NOVA, Paula Apsell, in conversation with the director of the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum, Kirk Johnson, HHMI’s Sean Carroll and Lisa Randall of Harvard on the critically important state of science literacy in the country.

We take great pleasure in making the symposium available to the broader academic community and hope you can join us. To register or find more information about the symposium, the gala dinner, and awards ceremony (to be held at the New England Aquarium) click here: http://www.jhfestival.org/programming.html

Be sure to use promo code “boston50” to apply your discount.