The 2023 Symposium has now concluded! The below agenda is listed for reference only.
All times are listed in Eastern Time (ET).
All of the following sessions take place on the 2023 ISCS Zoom Events platform.
In-person agenda here.
Friday, September 29, 2023
11:00 – 11:25 a.m. – Welcome to ISCS23!
Welcoming Remarks and Introductions with Sunshine Menezes
ASL Interpreting provided
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 1 (select one)
- Panel: Beyond Boundaries: Trust and Inclusion in the Art-Science Interface
Presenters: Morris, Willett, Zaelzer, Ford - Presentation and Discussion: Neuroinclusive Language and Neuroinclusion in the Classroom: An Introduction
Presenter: Bayeh
ASL Interpreting provided
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Break
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 2
- Workshop: Storytelling as Intentional Practice for Belonging and Connection.
Presenter: Ambrogio
ASL Interpreting provided - Our second session for this day was moved to October 6. Use this opportunity to view the Video Gallery and network informally!
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Networking Session
This is an opportunity for attendees to meet and greet around topical and affinity areas. Here are topics for Zoom Room conversations today:
– Early Career
– Neurodivergence
– Art + Science / STEAM
– LGBTQIA+
– Pets!
Friday, October 6, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 1 (select one)
- Praxis Discussion: Beyond an Invitation: Transforming Race and Sociocultural Inclusion in Science Centres and Museums
Presenters: Leyman Pino, Mohabir, Rasekoala - Roundtable: Disability Justice is Environmental Justice
Presenters: Lindsay, Bourbonniere, Francis, Davies, Skeels - Panel: Innovations in Inclusive Environmental Communication
(1) Metaphors Be With You: Alternative Frameworks for Communicating about Invasive Species; (2) Making the Language of Place More Inclusive: Examples from U.S. National Parks.
Presenters: Lower; Schmitt, Cohen, Gostomski - Self-Compassion Meditation. (11-11:30am) Phoebe Neel.
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Break
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 2 (select one)
- Panel: Building Equitable Reporting Partnerships with Legacy Media
Presenters: Sofia, Bennett-Begaye, Adair - Panel: Inclusion in Museums and Zoos
(1) Assessing Accessibility and Visitors with Disabilities Experiences in Online Museums and Exhibitions; (2) Deaf Community in Brazilian Science Museums: Creation of a Sign Language Glossary as a Way of Engaging Audience; (3) “Native Route”: Exploring the Relationship between Environmental Learning, Art and Wellbeing with Older Adults.
Presenters: Marinho, Norberto Rocha; Norberto Rocha, Sehnem Heck; Pohl, Venegas, Calederón - Workshop: Just Language: Designing Inclusive Spaces for Learning and Working in the Field of Ecology, Starting with Our Language
Presenters: Bunch, Caref
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Networking Session
This is an opportunity for attendees to meet and greet around topical and affinity areas. Here are topics for Zoom Room conversations today:
– Early Career
– Black, Indigenous, and other SciCommers of Color
– Museums
– Youth and after-school programs
– Climate change
Friday, October 13, 2023
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 1 (select one)
- Roundtable: Blurring Global North/South Boundaries – Science Communication Perspectives and Practices in Mainstreaming Epistemic Diversity, Decolonisation and Multilingualism
Presenters: Gavhi-Molefe, Odon, Viana, Gutiérrez-Ramírez, Kankaria - Community Building: Generating Resources for Inclusive Community Engagement
Presenters: Venturini, Missimer - Workshop: Testing and Improving a Co-created Framework to Embed the Key Traits of Inclusive Scicomm in Science Communication Training, Practice, and Evaluation
Presenters: Weiss, Callwood, Kelp, Cruz-Viaccia - Fireside Chats with Video Gallery Presenters: Join Ashley Anderson, Taormina Lepore, and Robin Craig to chat about the work presented in their videos
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Break
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. – Concurrent Session 2 (select one)
- Panel: Centering Racial and Cultural Identity in Inclusive Science Communication
Presenters: Brown, Watt, Mccarrell, Luther, Peczuh, Peredes-Beaulieu, Kufeyani - Workshop: How to Create an Inclusive Language Style Guide
Presenters: Espinoza, Apodaca - Workshop: Reflexivity: A Tool for Inclusive Science Communication
Presenters: López, Feliú-Mójer - Self Compassion Meditation, (1-1:30pm) Phoebe Neel.
2:00 – 3:00 p.m. – Networking Session
This is an opportunity for attendees to meet and greet around topical and affinity areas. Here are topics for Zoom Room conversations today:
– Early Career
– Multilingual SciComm
– Disability and Accessible SciComm
– Community Engagement
– LGBTQIA+
– Public Health
Fireside Chats with Video Gallery Presenters: Join Jaclyn Witterschein, Jenny Tilsen, Andrea Isabel López and Amber Neville to chat about the work presented in their videos.
November 3, 2023
11:00 – 12:30 p.m. – Concurrent Session 1 (select one)
- 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Panel: Centering Disabled Perspectives on Communication
Presenter: Serrato Marks
ASL interpreter will be present - 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Roundtable: Everyone, Everywhere, All at Once: Creating Inclusive SciComm Spaces for Historically-Excluded Communities.
Presenters: Bashir, Chappell, Sylvestre, Chavez Melendez, Lincez - 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
Praxis Discussion: The Role of Language Choices in Responding to Climate Change in Alaska
Presenters: Timm, Chase, Kelly - 11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Panel: Lessons in Community Engagement
(1) Engaging the Public with Science through Community-based Art Collaborations; (2) Lessons Learned from Engaging Community Leaders in Puerto Rico with Science; (3) Lessons Learned: The Role of Civil Society Organizations as Multi-lingual Community-based Knowledge Brokers During the Pandemic.
Presenters: Mayers, Katner; Feliú-Mójer; Nicol, Smith
ASL interpreters will be present - CANCELLED:
11:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Workshop: Putting Participants First: A Culturally Relevant Approach to SciComm Evaluation
Presenter: Valdez-Ward, López
12:30 – 1:00 p.m. – Break
1:00 – 2:30 p.m. – Town Hall: Planning for the Future of the Inclusive SciComm Symposium
Moderators: Aguirre, Baker
ASL interpreters will be present