Webinar date: 29 April 2025
From webinars and panels, to workshops and festivals—effective science communication often involves facilitating conversations with diverse individuals. But how do you ensure those conversations are welcoming and accessible to both speakers and participants?
In this PCST webinar, four international panelists shared opportunities and best practices for inclusive science communication event facilitation. They drew on their experiences as practitioners, educators, and scholars to discuss common accessibility-related challenges for event moderation and organisation and strategies for overcoming them. Finally, they discuss what “inclusive” facilitation really means, and offer thoughts on how to move beyond shallow notions of diversity and inclusion to engage more deeply with what these terms really mean in practice.
Moderator
Ana Claudia Nepote (she/her), Member of the PCST Network’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Committee and Associate Professor at National Autonomous University of Mexico
Panelists
- Juliana Restrepo Cadavid (she/her), Director of Contents and Science Engagement at Parque Explora
- Thilina Heenatigala (he/him), Assistant Professor and Director of Communications, Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI)
- Nic Bennet (they/them), Postdoctoral Researcher with the Scicomm Identities Project at Michigan State University
- Michelle Riedlinger (she/her), Associate Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology
