August 2015
The 2016 PCST will be held in Istanbul, Turkey on 26-28 April.
The global network for science communication and the Turkish hosts of the 2016 Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) conference in Istanbul remind you that the deadline for proposals for the conference is 12 noon GMT on 1 September 2015.
If you are active in science communication research, practice, training or education do consider submitting proposals for the 14th International PCST (Public Communication of Science and Technology) Conference to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 26–28 April 2016.
PCST 2016 is organized by the PCST International Network and hosted by Hacettepe University, Ankara. PCST conferences are a forum for discussing a wide range of issues in science communication but proposals for PCST 2016 are especially welcome on the conference’s main theme, Science communication in a digital age. Issues and questions associated with this main theme are discussed on the conference web site.
Proposals are also invited on the following themes:
- Trends in public communication of science and technology
- Science communication policies
- Evaluating public communication of science and technology
- Ethics and aesthetics of science communication
- Science communication in science centres and museums
- Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement
- Gender and diversity in science communication
- Social networks for science communication.
Proposals should include a summary description (maximum 300 words) of the proposed paper or session and the conference theme or themes with which the proposal is associated.
It is not necessary to pay the conference fee at the time of submission of the abstracts for proposals. However, papers will only be confirmed in the programme when the speakers have registered for the conference and paid the fee. The presenting author will be required to make the payment by a date that will be given in the notification of acceptance.
The official language of the conference is English: all the proposals should be submitted in English. The presentations will also be in English. Proposals must be submitted here up to 12 noon (GMT) on 1 September 2015.
More information at: 2016 PCST
