Organising Committee
The committees are made up mainly of Australians, with a small number of
international members. Almost all of the members are working journalists and
science communicators. Feel free to contact them with ideas, suggestions and
queries.
Advisory Committee
 Robyn Williams
Chair, ABC Radio National, The Science Show
*Niall Byrne Conference Director and Chair of sponsorship committee
*Sarah Brooker Executive Officer and Chair of promotion committee
*David Ellyard Treasurer and Treasurer for the Australian Science
Communicators
*Melissa Trudinger Co-Chair program committee,
Freelance writer
*Meg Rive
Chair of events, social and tours committee and Communicator, CSIRO
*Tim Thwaites Co-Chair program committee, Freelance
writer, New Scientist
*Rada Rouse
Medical Observer Weekly reporter and representative of Australasian
Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
Leigh Dayton Science
writer, The Australian
*Jenni Metcalfe President, Australian Science Communicators
Wilson da Silva President, World Federation of Science Journalists and
Editor-in-Chief, Cosmos magazine
Jean-Marc Fleury Executive
Director, World Federation of Science Journalists
Susannah Eliott Director, Australian Science Media Centre
Sonya Pemberton
Director and Executive Producer, Science Consultant, Film and Television
Kim Griggs Freelance and representative of Science Communicators Association
of New Zealand
Deborah Smith Science
editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Alan Finkel Executive Publisher,
Cosmos magazine
*Executive Committee
Program Committee
Melissa Trudinger (co-chair) Freelance writer
Tim Thwaites
(co-chair) Freelance writer, New Scientist and radio
Robyn Williams ABC Radio National,
The Science Show
Deborah Smith Science
editor, Sydney Morning Herald
Wilson da Silva President, World Federation
of Science Journalists and Editor-in-Chief, Cosmos magazine
Leigh Dayton Science
writer, The Australian
Rada Rouse
Medical Observer Weekly reporter and representative of
Australasian Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
Alison Leigh Freelance writer and broadcaster
- TV and magazines
Abbie Thomas ABC Science Online
Kim Griggs Freelance writer & representative of New Zealand Science
Communicators (New Zealand)
Véronique
Morin Freelance broadcaster print,
TV and radio (Canada)
David Dickson Editor, SciDev.Net (UK and developing countries network)
Deborah Blum Freelance science writer (US)
Mariko Takahashi
Deputy Editor, Science News Department, Asahi Shimbun (Japan)
Nadia El-Awady Science Editor, IslamOnline (Egypt)
Diran Onifade Television reporter (Nigeria)
Lisbeth Fog Professor of Journalism (Columbia)
Pallab Ghosh Head of Science, BBC TV News (UK)
Wolfgang Goede Science news Editor,
P.M. magazine (Germany)
Peter Calamai Science reporter,
Toronto Star (Canada)
Sponsorship Committee
Niall Byrne (chair) Science in Public
Sarah Brooker Science in Public
David Ellyard Treasurer, Australian Science Communicators
Jean-Marc Fleury Executive
Director, World Federation of Science Journalists
Janine Young National Youth Science Forum
Jenni Metcalfe President, Australian Science Communicators and Econnect
Communications
Bruce Lewenstein Cornell University and PCST committee
Jan Rydman Finnish Association of Science Writers
Events, Social and Tours Committee
Meg Rive
(chair) Communicator, CSIRO
Frankie Lee ABC Science Radio
Wilson da Silva Editor-in-Chief,
Cosmos magazine
Tim Thwaites Freelance writer,
New Scientist
Gael Jennings ABC TV Promotion Committee
Melissa Trudinger Freelance writer
Janine Young National Youth Science Forum
Sarah Brooker Science in Public
Susannah Eliott Australian Science Media Centre
Jenni Metcalfe Econnect Communications
Deborah Blum Freelance writer Jemima Tonks SciDev.Net
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