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Portal to the Public: Face-to-Face With Scientists

January 1, 2008 | Media and Technology, Public Programs, Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks
The First Synthesis Meeting was held in January 2008, at the front end of the Portal to the Public grant period. For this meeting, forty-three experts, stakeholders and members of the project team came together at Pacific Science Center for two days of dialog and reflection. Participants brought diverse knowledge and experience, and represented public, research scientist and informal science education perspectives. The First Synthesis Meeting's goal was to facilitate in-depth conversation to identify current initiatives, best practices, and future directions regarding activities in the field that support partnership and collaboration between research organizations and informal science education institutions, involve face-to-face interactions between scientists and public audiences, and involve professional development that prepares scientists to work effectively when face-to-face with public audiences.

TEAM MEMBERS

  • Dennis headshot   close in   June 2018
    Former Co-Principal Investigator
    Pacific Science Center Foundation
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    Project Manager
    Pacific Science Center
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    Funders

    NSF
    Funding Program: ISE/AISL
    Award Number: 0639021
    Funding Amount: 2020245
    Resource Type: Report
    Discipline: Education and learning science | General STEM | Nature of science
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals | Scientists | Evaluators
    Environment Type: Media and Technology | Websites, Mobile Apps, and Online Media | Public Programs | Museum and Science Center Programs | Professional Development, Conferences, and Networks | Professional Development and Workshops | Resource Centers and Networks

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