What Next For Science Activism in the New Media?

We'll be talking at te Barley Mow pub in Westminster. Further details here: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=203939300182. Be there, or be quadrilateral, dude. Oh, and buy me a pint if you see me, there's a good chap.

The rise of science blogging and the effective exploitation by activists, scientists, and science writers, of online communication has been a significant but fairly recent phenomenon.

This meeting, which is an unofficial sequel to the Science OnLine conference in London earlier this year, will focus on the strengths a...nd weaknesses of this phenomenon, both now and in the future.

A stellar panel of Martin Robbins, Petra Boynton, and Hauke Riesch, as well as the writer of Gimpyblog and a writer from Evidence Matters, will set out their views on the current problems and challenges facing science bloggers, activists, and online communicators.

They will reflect on what has so far been achieved and also offer thoughts and insights on what can - and cannot - be achieved next. This will then lead into a general discussion and Q&A session.