Reflections on the PCST 2023 conference
The Local Organising Committee of the Public Communication of Science and Technology conference, of which I was part, evaluated the conference yesterday. I reflect on my personal highlights of the conference.
Yesterday the LOC of the PCST 2023 (Public Communication of Science and Technology) evaluated the conference that took place on 11-14 April in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and hosted 700 participants. I have so many fond memories of the people I met, the conversations I had, the inspiring sessions I attended and I am proud of the big steps we as a LOC together with the PCST Network took to make the conference as inclusive as possible, true to its theme 'Creating common ground'. Some personal highlights:
💡 I am happy with the positive response that I got on my talk 'Defusing deficit thinking in science communication practise'.
💡 I am proud of the session 'Research infrastructures: connecting scientific facilities to society' that I co-organised with Marjolein Oorsprong because of the excellent talks by Tabea Rauscher (EMBL), Emma Sanders (CERN), Anton Binneman (SARAO) and Elise Brouwer (ASTRON).
💡 It was an honour and an inspiration to be a member of the LOC, which included people from all parts of the science communication community in the Netherlands.
💡 I am proud of having led the great team that was responsible for the communications of the conference: Carolina Pereira Marghidan, Marieke Baanand Barry van der Meer. And I am grateful for the help of our tireless coordinator Anne Dijkstra and co-chairs Caroline Wehrmann and Laurens Landeweerd.
💡 I still enjoy reading the visual summary that the incredibly talented Carolina Pereira Marghidan made of the conference, which can be downloaded on Zenodo.
💡 I look forward to the next PCST Conference in Aberdeen in 2025! Keep an eye on their website for updates.
