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.