[AstroNet] PCST 2014: 12 days away from deadline to submit proposals 13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology Conference

[Marina Joubert]

Fourth call for Proposals – PCST Brazil 2014

13th International Public Communication of Science and Technology
Conference
5-8 May 2014, Salvador, Brazil
“Science communication for social inclusion and political engagement”
 
We are 12 days away from deadline to submit proposals of round-tables,
workshops, individual papers to the 13th International PCST (Public
Communication of Science and Technology) Conference that will be held in
Salvador, Brazil, from 5th to 8th of May 2014. The deadline will be due on
23:59 (GMT) of 1st of September, 2013.
This is the first time a PCST Conference – one of the leading foruns on
science communication worldwide – will be held in Latin America.

PCST 2014 is organized by the PCST International Network and hosted by the
Museu da Vida (Museum of Life), a hands-on science museum of House of
Oswaldo Cruz/Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), and the Laboratory of
Advanced Studies in Journalism, at the State University of Campinas
(Labjor/Unicamp). The conference also counts on other organizations as
partners and the support of CNPq (Brazilian National Council for Scientific
and Technological Development), Department of Popularization and
Dissemination of Science and Technology of MCTI (Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation), Fapesb (Bahia Research Foundation), Fapesp (São
Paulo Research Foundation) and Fapemig (Minas Gerais Research Foundation),
and SciDev.Net as media partner.

The PCST International Network and the Brazilian conference hosts have
pleasure in inviting you to submit proposals for presentations at this
major event. Proposals are invited for presentations on science
communication and science-in-society research, science journalism, science
museums, and public engagement with science and technology.

For further information, please visit  <http://www.pcst-2014.org/>
www.pcst-2014.org
Visit and share our Facebook page at:  <http://www.facebook.com/PCST2014>
http://www.facebook.com/PCST2014
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