ComSciCon's Flagship Workshop is a highly interactive and cooperative event. For instance, several of the sessions include group workshopping of already-developed science communication pieces.
All accepted attendees to ComSciCon 2023 are expected to complete the following in advance of attending the workshop. Keep checking back for additional details of each requirement.
Create-A-Thon
Through the "Create-A-Thon", ComSciCon attendees develop science communication pieces and workshop them extensively with fellow attendees and science communication experts. Many of these pieces are later published in major science communication outlets. We will be accepting additional submission formats this year (video, comic, podcast, other) in addition to written submissions.
Poster (Optional)
Poster sessions are an ideal way to share a science communication endeavour you're involved with, and they are great opportunities to network and collaborate with other attendees. Many fantastic new projects and initiatives have sprouted from discussions begun at previous ComSciCon poster sessions.
Note that these posters should NOT be on your scientific research. They should be on a project, initiative, or organisation involving science outreach, advocacy, education, etc.
You can see examples of successful abstracts from 2016's program here: http://comscicon.com/files/comscicon/files/comscicon2016_poster_abstracts.pdf.
Accepted abstracts will be notified by Monday June 12, 2023. Please note that there are no charges or fees for submitting or presenting a poster.
If your abstract is accepted, you will be given further instructions. You can present in any format/way you think is best (whether that is through videos, a traditional one-slide poster, multiple slides, or something completely different).
We encourage all ComSciCon 2023 attendees to apply for a poster slot!
Evaluation Surveys
ComSciCon is interested in learning more about how best to improve science communication training. We evaluate our performance through surveys before, immediately following, and 6-months after the workshop.
Details : The pre-workshop survey will be available upon acceptance to ComSciCon 2023.