Feedback on PCST Conference, Istanbul

More than half of the registered delegates (318) to the April 2016 PCST Conference in Istanbul Turkey responded to an online survey seeking their feedback about the conference. What did participants like? What suggestions do they have for future conferences?

Science communicators from across Latin America met in San José, Costa Rica, on 28-30 September 2016 to discuss science communication as a profession: training, responsibilities and roles.

Gultekin Cakmakci has been elected a life member of the PCST Network.  PCST President Brian Trench said that Gultekin did an outstanding job in difficult circumstances as Chair of the Local Organising Committee for the PCST Conference in Istanbul.

“What is PCST for? I want to argue that PCST is fundamentally a tool of democracy, a tool for strengthening the ability of citizens to govern themselves in open, transparent ways that serve social justice. But thinking about PCST in that way faces two challenges…”

PCST members will receive a discount of 37.5% on the individual print subscription to the journal, Public Understanding of Science.

Candidates from Mexico, Israel, England, Colombia, Germany and USA have joined the PCST Scientific Committee in elections held in April.

The PCST Network is proud to have presented a safe and successful PCST 2016 conference that was attended in Istanbul last month by 300 people from over 40 countries.

Every two years we come together to take stock, to hear new ideas and reconsider familiar ones, to meet new colleagues and friends and refresh existing relations. Over nearly thirty years now, we have met in Africa, Asia, Australasia, Latin America, North America and Europe.

PCST Network is delighted to announce that the world’s largest collection of papers on science communication is now online in the PCST repository.

The Committee considered three bids from cities wishing to host the PCST Conference in 2010, at its meeting in Istanbul in April. A preliminary decision has been made, but we are waiting on further details from the successful bidder before confirming the successful city.