Below is a Storify archiving the tweets from the last panel on Day 1 of Science Online London. The topic of debate was, “Incentives – What’s in it for us?” The panel aimed to pull together a diverse array of opinions from both the commercial and non-profit stakeholders, funders and researchers.

You can also find links to blog posts and other related coverage in the storyboard. Do let us know if we have left anything out

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

The format of Science Online London this year included community-sourced breakout sessions on the first day. Attendees were able to choose from four simultaneous breakout sessions, each an hour long. Delegates could select the breakout of their choice, with one in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Below is a Storify storyboard collating all of the tweets from the third set of breakouts.

Relive your experience, or check out what the other sessions were like:

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

The format of Science Online London this year included community-sourced breakout sessions on the first day. Attendees were able to choose from four simultaneous breakout sessions, each divided into hour long sessions. Delegates could select the breakout of their choice, with one in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Below is a Storify storyboard collating all of the tweets from the second set of breakout sessions. Relive your experience, or check out what the other sessions were like:

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

The format of Science Online London this year included community-sourced breakout sessions on the first day. Attendees were able to choose from four simultaneous breakout sessions, each divided into hour long sessions. Delegates could select the breakout of their choice, with one in the morning and two in the afternoon.

Below is a Storify storyboard collating all of the tweets from the first set of breakout sessions. Relive your experience, or check out what the other sessions were like:

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

Below is a Storify archiving the tweets from the first panel at Science Online London on Linking with the Literature – the #arseniclife Story. The panel’s aim was to discuss how to engage with peer-reviewed literature, exploring strategies for fellow researchers, science journalists and bloggers.

You can also find links to blog posts and other related coverage in the storyboard. Do let us know if we have left anything out

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

The first day of Science Online London got off to a flying start with a keynote from physicist, author and Open Science advocate, Michael Nielsen.

Below is a Storify archiving the tweets from his talk, you can also find links to blog posts and other related coverage in the storyboard. Do let us know if we have left anything out.

Don’t forget to check out the Science Online Wiki that links out to all related Science Online blogging coverage.

This year’s Science Online London conference begins tomorrow, Friday 2nd September. Co-organised by nature.com and Digital Science and taking place at the British Library, this year’s two day event will present a range of stimulating lectures and engaging debates, as well as talks with internationally acclaimed scientists and journalists. There are also fringe events today, tomorrow and Sunday, which are open to all.

If you are not attending Science Online London, you can follow the #solo11 hashtag on Twitter as well as watch live-streams of the sessions from the main auditorium, as well as many of Friday’s breakout sessions. Keep an eye here for blog posts and links to other content too.

To add to the jam-packed programme, for the very first time Science Online London is hosting a selection of lively workshops that will form the schedule for the Saturday.

There will be four simultaneous workshops, each divided into 90 minute sessions. Attendees are able to select two of these workshops, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, the afternoon workshops will be more advanced and attendees may continue with the same workshop to dive deeper into the content. Each workshop will use information relevant to SMA research and at the end of the day each workshop will present the output from their sessions.

At this year’s Science Online London Lou Woodley and Laura Wheeler will be running one of Saturday’s workshops on Online Communication tools. With help from Alan Cann, Daniel Mietchen and Mike Peel, the workshop will start with how to get the most out of online communication tools such as Google+, Twitter, and 3rd party twitter tools such as Storify and Dipity. We’ll also mention account management tools including CoTweet and Tweetdeck. We’re able to cover all angles from how to practically use the tools most beneficially in an institutional or academic environment, to how to measure their impact via statistics and online “kudos” tools. If you still need a G+ invite, do send Alan an email.

You can find out more about the sessions below:

Data visualisation – tutorial material by Jer Thorp, data artist in residence, New York Times A tutorial in Processing.js, showing how even non-programmers can visualise information (in this case, relevant to rare and neglected disease) in new and novel ways using Processing – an open source visual programming language. NOTE: Due to unforseen circumstances, Jer will be unable to join us in person. He’s providing us with a step-by-step tutorial with examples to work through, and we’ll have Processing users on hand to help troubleshoot.

Beyond scholarly publication – led by Martin Fenner, (PLoS blogger, Hannover Medical School) with Eva Amsen (The Node); Brian Mossop (PLoS); Mike Peel; Bora Zivkovic; and Scott Edmunds This workshop will tie together a number of concepts raised at last January’s “Beyond the PDF” conference, looking at how we can move beyond a static PDF journal article and can redefine both our writing tools and the format of the scholarly paper. This workshop will showcase Scholarly HTML and participants will learn to use blogging tools to write content that is interesting, enriched with multimedia, collaborative, and semantically enhanced.

Online Communication Tools – led by Lou Woodley, nature.com with contributions from AJ Cann and Mike Peel. To include social media/online tools e.g. Twitter, Google +, and 3rd party apps and how to track the impact of your online activities. Will also look at how we can add another layer of value and interest to science writing, integrating data and other tools to enhance how we look at information and how we tell stories.

Dealing with Data using Synapse – led by Adam Margolin and Nicole Deflaux (Sage Bionetworks), Benilton Carvalho (Cancer Research UK) A hands on data-wrangling session, using Synapse, a data platform crafted by the team at Sage Bionetworks. This workshop will demonstrate the use of Synapse to build predictive models of drug response, using genetic characterization of cell lines from the Broad/Novartis Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia project, and drug response characterization from the Sanger/MGH Genomics of Drug Sensitivity project. can be found at https://scienceonline.sagebase.org

[Drum roll time…] Excitement is in the air, as this year’s most highly charged science communication event is about to strike London. Grounded at the British Library on the 2nd and 3rd of September, ideas will ignite as the electrifying fourth annual Science Online London sparks into action 🙂

What is Science Online London?

Science Online London (SoLo) is an event dedicated to exploring the ways in which the Web has transformed scientific research and communication. Although we can’t guarantee it won’t rain, one thing we can guarantee is a programme full of energising science-inspired activities.

Organised by nature.com and Digital Science, the conference will present a range of lively workshops, stimulating lectures and engaging debates, as well as talks with internationally acclaimed scientists and journalists including Michael Nielsen, Rosie Redfield and Jonathan Eisen. You can find out more about the programme and what to expect here.

How can I get a ticket?

Registration for Science Online London 2011 has officially opened. The first batch of tickets are now available on our Eventbrite page. To give those who are travelling to attend or who are on limited budgets the chance to obtain a discounted ticket, we’ll be releasing the first 50 tickets for £50. Once these spaces have sold out, the remaining tickets will be £75 each. Tickets include breakfast, tea/coffee breaks and lunch for both days of the conference.

How do I get there?

The British Library is at 96 Euston Road next to King’s Cross and St Pancras International stations, which are served by National Rail, First Capital Connect and London Underground.

You can also use the Hammersmith and City, Piccadilly, Northern, Circle, District, Metropolitan and Victoria Underground Lines. Many bus services stop on Midland Road and Euston Road.

View Science Online London 2011 in a larger map

Where can I stay?

This year we’ve arranged a conference hotel to give everyone who needs somewhere to stay the option of doing so at a reduced rate. The Premier Inn on Dukes Road, (marked on the map above) are offering a British Library discounted rate at £130.00 for Bed and Breakfast:

PREMIER INN,

1 Dukes Road

London

WC1H 9PJ

T: +44 207 554 3400 E: 7029

If attendees wish to book a room here, speak to their Groups & Sales Coordinator Ola Buko and quote the rate code ZS162.

Please note that this rate is subject to availability and guests can call and reserve the rooms up to the 31st of August.

I am not based in London, can I get a grant to help with travel costs?

If you are abroad and wish to come to Science Online you can apply for a travel grant to help with your costs. It is worth keeping your eye out for The National Association of Science Writers’ Careers Grant. The dates for the next round of grants will likely be in late August and will appear on their home page.

Sadly we don’t offer any stipends ourselves so it might be worth contacting your University or workplace to see if they offer grants. However if you can’t attend, do not be disheartened as River Valley TV – a UK based typesetting and videography company, will be livestreaming and recording the conference.

Why should I go to Science Online London?

Science Online London hosts keynotes talks, discussion panels, community-driven sessions, workshops and fringe events all providing plenty of opportunities to learn new skills, share ideas and network with with a diverse group of attendees.

We have already heard from Jim Caryl who explains why these events are so useful as you get to meet and network with people from all walks of life:

What we can at least say, is that events like Science Online London, and the unconferences that precede them, are a melting pot of minds, and the ultimate forms of social networking.

To give you even more of a flavour of the events to be enjoyed, check out the coverage of last year’s conference on Flickr, keep posted on the latest news on the Science Online blog and follow the conference on Twitter @soloconf (official hashtag #solo11).

So, make sure you get your diaries out and your online calendars at the ready to mark in London’s science online conference of the year.

Unless you’ve been completely unplugged from the scientific blogosphere, you’ll probably be aware that just over a week ago the ScienceOnline 2011 conference organised by Bora Zivkovic and Anton Zuiker, took place in North Carolina. Over 400 people including bloggers, scientists, journalists and those interested in examining how the internet can be used to disseminate science, assembled at the Research Triangle Park for a packed few days of activities. These included talks, panel discussions, workshops, lab and museum tours, as well as the opportunity to put faces to the colleagues and friends that they interact with online during the year.

Snapshots from Science Online 2011 Flickr – Photo Sharing!.htm

There’s been plenty of online coverage of the conference including video, blog posts, and tweets. Event pictures are now available on Flickr; where you can also upload your own. Furthermore, if you would like to see a list of those who attended the conference, perhaps to reconnect with the new friends you may have acquired, have a look at our twitter list of attendees.

As those who attended are finally getting back to normality after a calendar brimming with activities, we are now preparing for London’s equivalent; ScienceOnline London 2011. Organised by Nature Network’s Lou Woodley, Digital Science’s Kaitlin Thaney, and PLoS blogger Martin Fenner; ScienceOnline London 2011 will be the 4th anniversary of the event and will take place on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd September. We’re pleased to be meeting in the same venue as last year – the British Library – and plan to expand our programme to include several different “streams” in addition to keynotes, panels and fringe events.

You can follow us on Twitter where we are @soloconf and using the hashtag #solo11.

If you have any ideas for panels or other programme suggestions (including volunteering your skills!), please email Lou (l.woodley@nature.com) and if you would like more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kaitlin (k.thaney@digital-science.com).

We hope to see you in London in September!

Don’t forget to mark your calender; ScienceOnline London 2011, at the British Library, Sept 2-3.