Science Online London 2009: the sessions
24 August 2009I attended Science Online London 2009 on Saturday.
As I mentioned before, I’m disappointed that I wasn’t able to make the social events before or after. Because I don’t actually work in science it’s not so important for me to network, but it is fun.
The sessions I did attend were interesting, though. Highlights for me:
- Legal and Ethical Aspects of Science Blogging. I’d heard a lot of this before at a London Bloggers Meetup last year, but it’s always good to hear real-life case examples.
- Online communication of science by institutions and organizations. I liked hearing what the Nobel org, Cancer Research UK, and Ask a Biologist do to overcome organisational inertia and measure what success is for each of their online ventures.
- Citizen science – How the web enables anyone to be a scientist. Good talks from people from Wikipedia and GalaxyZoo on how most contributors are amateurs who like being part of something original.
- Some participants attended via Second Life, and this worked better than I thought it might.
You can get some other views on the conference from Nature Network or from checking out Twitter.
