Circling the Square Conference Programme

Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Time	Title	Speaker / Panelists
10:00 - 10:45	Registration with Tea & Coffee
10:45 - 11:00	Opening of Circling the Square Conference	Reiner Grundmann (Nottingham)
11:00 - 12:00	Opening Keynote Introduction: Karen Cox (Nottingham)	Brian Collins (UCL)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 14:15	Panel session 1: Research and decision making - The science policy-interface. Chair: Patricia Thomson (Nottingham)	Daniele Fanelli (Montreal) Sheila Jasanoff (Harvard) Beth Taylor (Institute of Physics) Chris Tyler (POST)
14:15 - 15:15	Media Keynote Introduction: Brigitte Nerlich (Nottingham)	Andrew Williams (Cardiff)
15:15 - 16:00	Tea & Coffee
16:00 - 17:15	Panel session 2: A good news story from science? - Researchers facing the media. Chair: Laurie Cohen (Nottingham)	David Colquhoun (UCL) Athene Donald (Cambridge) Felicity Mellor (Imperial) Jon Turney (science writer)
17:30 - 19:00	Reception sponsored by the ‘Making Science Public’ Leverhulme programme

Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Time	Title	Speaker / Panelists
09:00 - 10:00	Opening Keynote Introduction: Paul Heywood (Nottingham)	Ian Boyd (DEFRA)
10:00 - 11:15	Panel session 3: Taking a stance or calming the waters – challenging established science. Chair: Michael Clifford (Nottingham)	Dominic Dyer (Badger Trust) Roger Pielke Jr (Colorado Boulder) Jane A Smith (writer and researcher) Stephen Turner (Florida)
11:15 - 11:30	Tea & Coffee
11:30 - 12:45	Panel session 4: 'Citizen science' and new social media. Chair: Sarah Sharples (Nottingham)	Suzi Jarvis (UCD & Innovation Academy) Neil Lancastle (Leicester) Sylvia McLain (Oxford) Warren Pearce (Nottingham)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch at the Hemsley
15:00 - 17:00	Public film screening: The Machine at the Broadway cinema sponsored by Nottingham Catalyst	David Kirby (Manchester) Jenni Metcalfe (Econnect Communication & Queensland)
19:00	Dinner at East Midlands Conference Centre

Thursday, 22 May 2014
Time	Title	Speaker / Panelists
09:00 - 10:00	Opening Keynote Introduction: Chris Rudd (Nottingham)	Steve Rayner (Oxford)
10:00 - 11:15	Panel session 5: Is it robust knowledge or make believe? - Evidence, uncertainty and the role of values. Chair: Reiner Grundmann (Nottingham)	Angela Cassidy (KCL) Timothy Johnson (Heriot Watt) Stuart Parkinson (Scientists for Global Responsibility)
11:15 - 11:45	Tea & Coffee
11:45 - 13:00	Panel session 6: New directions: how can we circle the square? Chair: Brigitte Nerlich (Nottingham)	Jason Blackstock (UCL-STEaPP) Reiner Grundmann (Nottingham) Philip Moriarty (Nottingham) Kate Roach (writer and researcher)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch

Science, Technology and Society Priority Group