ScienceOnline2010 - introducing the participants

As you know you can see everyone who's registered for the conference, but I highlight 4-6 participants every day as this may be an easier way for you to digest the list. You can also look at the Program so see who is doing what.

Rick MacPherson is the Director of Conservation Programs at Coral Reef Alliance, and a blogger. I interviewed Rick last year. At this conference, Rick will co-moderate the session on Broader Impact Done Right.

Pamela Blizzard is the Executive Director of the Contemporary Science Center, this year's institutional partner of the conference. She is also on Twitter.

Eric Roston is a journalist, a writer, a Senior Associate at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions of Duke University, Washington office and author of The Carbon Age: How Life's Core Element Has Become Civilization's Greatest Threat. He blogs on The Climate Post and Carbon Age and tweets.

Sarah Crespi is a science journalist and the Multimedia Science Communications officer for the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Jeremy Yoder is a PhD student in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Idaho. He blogs and tweets.

Sonia Stephens is a biologist and a student in the Texts and Technology Program at the University of Central Florida where she is studying the role of writing technologies on the development of science.