Presenters

Day 1

Keynote Foundations of sci com

Lish Fejer

ABC News Digital Storyteller

Day 1

Jen Martin FRSV

Associate Professor

Day 1

Phil Dooley

President of the Australian Science Communicators

Day 1

Visual Sci Com

Adrian King

Founder and Creative Director of Redboat

Day 1

Sci Com Odd Couple

Professor Hans Bachor AM

Day 1

Evidence on Trial

Dr Rachelle Bonner

Day 1

Meet your local ASC branch

Jo Savill

ARDC

Day 1

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The art and science of being understood

Nicolle Luis

Marketing Manager, Plain English Foundation

Day 1

Visual Sci Com

Dr Emma Rehn

communications officer

Day 1

Sci Com Odd Couple

Patrick Helean

Questacon Excited Particle and Sci-com Coordinator

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Evidence in the Digital Age

Anne Kruger

Day 2

Melina Gillespie

Principal Project Officer

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Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Alina Bryleva

Day 3

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Comparing Different Approaches to Science-Focused Shortform Content

Kira Hughes

Day 3

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Vox populi: leveraging events for high-impact, low-effort SciComm

Jason Yuen

Day 3

Sciency song group co-write

Nate Eggins

Day 3

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Combining evidence, experience, and values in science communication

Emma Gill

Day 3

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Feeding Frenzy – an interactive food web game for high schoolers

Cass Rowles

Day 3

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Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Susan Warner

Day 3

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Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Emma Joughin

Day 3

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Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Kerry Mora

Day 3

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Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Fanny Peters

Day 3

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Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Ben Sparrow

Day 3

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Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Stephanie von Gavel

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Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Katie Irvine

Day 3

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Building a national picture of bushfire hazard: lessons learned for knowledge translation and governance

Clare Brandon

Day 3

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Beyond media coverage: designing science communication for real-world uptake

Aeden Ratcliffe

Day 3

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Science, funding and trust: the role of communications when a clinical trial needs public support

Gail Marshall

Day 3

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When models and observations disagree: co-designing a climate visualisation video

Corey Hanrahan

Day 3

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The highs and lows of telling science stories in real-time: Year 3 of a 7-year science communication experiment

Rachael Vorwerk

Day 3

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What does a recent human-shark interaction at Coogee Beach say about intermedia influences and the presentation of science in newspapers and social media?

David Sibenaler

Day 2

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What science communicators want from science communication research

Jenni Metcalfe

Day 2

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What science communicators want from science communication research

Toss Gascoigne

Day 2

From investigation to impact: science journalism that saves lives

Jasmine Fellows

Day 2

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Appraising immersive media for climate and hazards communication

Gabi Mocatta

Day 2

“Nobody Owes You Their Attention: How I Grew 700k Followers in One Year”

Zac Zinn

Day 2

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Visions of AI in science fiction: an exploration of Hugo “&” short story finalists

Masoud Irani

Day 2

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AI is coming for your website: what’s a comms person to do about it?

Macarena Rojas

Day 2

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Trust Me, It's Complicated

Susannah Eliott

Day 2

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The art and science of being understood

Emily Halloran

Plain English Foundation

Day 2

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Sea Change Australia: using SciComm principles in climate adaptation for fisheries and aquaculture.

Gabi Mocatta

Day 2

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Do I have the energy for that?: The invisible load of heteronormativity in Australian science communication

Clare Boon

Day 2

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Chicken or the Egg? Influencing young people by changing the minds around them?

Catherine Nielsen

Day 2

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What science communicators can learn from community involvement in medical research

Caitlin McLeod

Day 2

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I mapped the Australian STEM Engagement Ecosystem

Holly Kershaw

Day 2

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Using robotics to explore and communicate the sciences

Mark Griffin

Day 2

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The Science of Communicating for Impact: messaging that makes change

Rebekah Anderson

Day 2

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Evidence in the Digital Age

Carly Lubicz-Zaorski

Day 2

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Evidence in the Digital Age

Caroline Gardam

Day 2

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Evidence in the Digital Age

Michelle Riedlinger

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Chris Gourlay

Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure - Chair

Janie Sue Brooks

Day 2

Keynote

Kerrie Wilson

Queensland Chief Scientist

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Niall Byrne

Creative Director of Science in Public

Day 2

Research Impact Storytelling panel — Chair, Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure — Panellist

Jodie Haigh

Government Relations and Research Policy Advisor

Day 2

Research impact storytelling

Nina Vidovic

senior science communicator

Day 2

Research impact storytelling

Tash Jobson

Senior Media & Communications Adviser

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

John Byron

Principal Policy Adviser

Day 3

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"Can I trust this research?" 

Professor Paul Glaziou

Bond University

Day 2

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Research impact storytelling

Tash Jobson, Nina Vidovic, Melina Gillespie, Jodie Haigh (Chair)

Day 3

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From investigation to impact: science journalism that saves lives

Tom Hartley

Day 3

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Australians beliefs and attitudes towards science - new evidence and implications for science communication in 2026 and beyond

Dr Matthew S. Nurse

Postdoctoral research fellow, ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

Day 3

Climate, Cockpits and Communication: Can the same skills fly?

Clare Mullen

Day 1

Keynote Foundations of sci com

Lish Fejer

ABC News Digital Storyteller

Day 1

Jen Martin FRSV

Associate Professor

Day 1

Visual Sci Com

Adrian King

Founder and Creative Director of Redboat

Day 1

Sci Com Odd Couple

Professor Hans Bachor AM

Day 1

Evidence on Trial

Dr Rachelle Bonner

Day 1

Meet your local ASC branch

Jo Savill

ARDC

Day 1

ASC-favicon

The art and science of being understood

Nicolle Luis

Marketing Manager, Plain English Foundation

Day 1

Visual Sci Com

Dr Emma Rehn

communications officer

Day 1

Sci Com Odd Couple

Patrick Helean

Questacon Excited Particle and Sci-com Coordinator

Day 2

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Evidence in the Digital Age

Anne Kruger

Day 2

Melina Gillespie

Principal Project Officer

Day 2

ASC-favicon

What science communicators want from science communication research

Jenni Metcalfe

Day 2

ASC-favicon

What science communicators want from science communication research

Toss Gascoigne

Day 2

From investigation to impact: science journalism that saves lives

Jasmine Fellows

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Appraising immersive media for climate and hazards communication

Gabi Mocatta

Day 2

“Nobody Owes You Their Attention: How I Grew 700k Followers in One Year”

Zac Zinn

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Visions of AI in science fiction: an exploration of Hugo “&” short story finalists

Masoud Irani

Day 2

ASC-favicon

AI is coming for your website: what’s a comms person to do about it?

Macarena Rojas

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Trust Me, It's Complicated

Susannah Eliott

Day 2

ASC-favicon

The art and science of being understood

Emily Halloran

Plain English Foundation

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Sea Change Australia: using SciComm principles in climate adaptation for fisheries and aquaculture.

Gabi Mocatta

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Do I have the energy for that?: The invisible load of heteronormativity in Australian science communication

Clare Boon

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Chicken or the Egg? Influencing young people by changing the minds around them?

Catherine Nielsen

Day 2

ASC-favicon

What science communicators can learn from community involvement in medical research

Caitlin McLeod

Day 2

ASC-favicon

I mapped the Australian STEM Engagement Ecosystem

Holly Kershaw

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Using robotics to explore and communicate the sciences

Mark Griffin

Day 2

ASC-favicon

The Science of Communicating for Impact: messaging that makes change

Rebekah Anderson

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Evidence in the Digital Age

Carly Lubicz-Zaorski

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Evidence in the Digital Age

Caroline Gardam

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Evidence in the Digital Age

Michelle Riedlinger

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Chris Gourlay

Chief Operating Officer and Company Secretary

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure - Chair

Janie Sue Brooks

Day 2

Keynote

Kerrie Wilson

Queensland Chief Scientist

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

Niall Byrne

Creative Director of Science in Public

Day 2

Research Impact Storytelling panel — Chair, Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure — Panellist

Jodie Haigh

Government Relations and Research Policy Advisor

Day 2

Research impact storytelling

Nina Vidovic

senior science communicator

Day 2

Research impact storytelling

Tash Jobson

Senior Media & Communications Adviser

Day 2

Research Ecosystem and Infrastructure

John Byron

Principal Policy Adviser

Day 2

ASC-favicon

Research impact storytelling

Tash Jobson, Nina Vidovic, Melina Gillespie, Jodie Haigh (Chair)

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Alina Bryleva

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Comparing Different Approaches to Science-Focused Shortform Content

Kira Hughes

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Vox populi: leveraging events for high-impact, low-effort SciComm

Jason Yuen

Day 3

Sciency song group co-write

Nate Eggins

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Combining evidence, experience, and values in science communication

Emma Gill

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Feeding Frenzy – an interactive food web game for high schoolers

Cass Rowles

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Susan Warner

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Emma Joughin

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Kerry Mora

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Asteroids to Oceans: The Power of Multi-Organisation Science Comms Networks

Fanny Peters

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Ben Sparrow

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Stephanie von Gavel

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Citizen science works. Now we need to tell its story.

Katie Irvine

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Building a national picture of bushfire hazard: lessons learned for knowledge translation and governance

Clare Brandon

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Beyond media coverage: designing science communication for real-world uptake

Aeden Ratcliffe

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Science, funding and trust: the role of communications when a clinical trial needs public support

Gail Marshall

Day 3

ASC-favicon

When models and observations disagree: co-designing a climate visualisation video

Corey Hanrahan

Day 3

ASC-favicon

The highs and lows of telling science stories in real-time: Year 3 of a 7-year science communication experiment

Rachael Vorwerk

Day 3

ASC-favicon

What does a recent human-shark interaction at Coogee Beach say about intermedia influences and the presentation of science in newspapers and social media?

David Sibenaler

Day 3

ASC-favicon

"Can I trust this research?" 

Professor Paul Glaziou

Bond University

Day 3

ASC-favicon

From investigation to impact: science journalism that saves lives

Tom Hartley

Day 3

ASC-favicon

Australians beliefs and attitudes towards science - new evidence and implications for science communication in 2026 and beyond

Dr Matthew S. Nurse

Postdoctoral research fellow, ARC Training Centre in Plant Biosecurity Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science

Day 3

Climate, Cockpits and Communication: Can the same skills fly?

Clare Mullen