Communicating the Future : Best Practices for Communication of Science and Technology to the Public: Conference Proceedings

Communicating science & technology to the public has become an essential enterprise for research univ., government agencies, science museums, foundations & granting agencies, other non-profit scientific organizations, & corp. To advance the state of the art, a conference on Best Practices for Communicating Science & Technology to the Public was held March 6-8, 2002 in Gaithersburg, MD. This report of the conference proceedings includes a summary statement by the conference steering committee, transcripts or other text summarizing the remarks of conference speakers, & abstracts for 48 best practiceÓ communications programs selected by the steering committee through an open competition & a formal peer review process.Porter, Gail is the author of 'Communicating the Future : Best Practices for Communication of Science and Technology to the Public: Conference Proceedings', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756733407 and ISBN 0756733405.