The Rightful Place of Science?

The CSPO conference The Rightful Place of Science? included Tabletop Salons – where the primary work of the conference took place.  Topics were submitted and led by conference attendees.  The salons generated items to be part of the developing research, education and outreach agenda to enhance linkages between scientific and technological research and beneficial societal  [ Read More ]

Here are the recommended agenda items as we go forward, which are the product of the final session of the Tabletop Salons at The Rightful Place of Science? presented by ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. We invite you to keep the conversation going by adding your thoughts, critiques and suggestions.

Here are the recommended agenda items as we go forward, which are the product of the final session of the Tabletop Salons at The Rightful Place of Science? presented by ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. We invite you to keep the conversation going by adding your thoughts, critiques and suggestions.

by Sean Hays (CNS, ASU) During the closing plenary session, a, more or less, representative panel of the conferences participants attempted to provide some final context to the conversation of the last three days. The question of the rightful place of science, still unresolved, served as the backdrop to a conversation that was really about  [ Read More ]

By Shirley Laska, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Center for Hazards Assessment, Response & Technology, University of New Orleans, commenting from the last day of TPRS conference; Laska is one of the six conference Exemplars, and a recipient of the CSPO Prize. Thank you very much for inviting me to this very important conversation about the  [ Read More ]

By Susan Fitzpatrick, Vice President, James S. McDonnell Foundation.  Fitzpatrick is one of the six conference Exemplars and a recipient of the CSPO Prize. I would like to pose a challenge to the community of science who are struggling to help identify the “rightful place of science.”  My challenge is one of taking responsibility for  [ Read More ]

Margaret Davidson, Director, NOAA Coastal Services Center

Laura Helmuth, Senior Editor, Smithsonian

Susan Fitzpatrick, Vice President, James S. McDonnell Foundation

The CSPO conference The Rightful Place of Science? included Tabletop Salons – where the primary work of the conference took place.  Topics were submitted and led by conference attendees.  The salons generated items to be part of the developing research, education and outreach agenda to enhance linkages between scientific and technological research and beneficial societal  [ Read More ]

Here are the recommended agenda items as we go forward, which are the product of the final session of the Tabletop Salons at The Rightful Place of Science? presented by ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. We invite you to keep the conversation going by adding your thoughts, critiques and suggestions.

Here are the recommended agenda items as we go forward, which are the product of the final session of the Tabletop Salons at The Rightful Place of Science? presented by ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes. We invite you to keep the conversation going by adding your thoughts, critiques and suggestions.

What is circuit bending? This video shows how circuit bending is done, and gives an introduction into “the surreal world of sound.” Watch this group play around with changing the connections on a circuit board and creating sounds:

This scene from Woody Allen’s movie Sleeper is a “giant food” fight in the future. That’s a pretty big chicken!

Richard Simmons shows off his new steamer on the David Letterman show:

Join us in the last an all-day chit-chat on anything and everything related to the conference. Comments, opinions, suggestions, or any random ramblings are welcome. The Rightful Place of Science – Day 3

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