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clock | October 23, 2009
The registration for the ScienceOnline2010 conference in now open!
To register, click here. Just complete the registration form and hit Enter. Registration includes a small fee that will help us make the conference as good as you expect. Thank you.
Then come back and see who has registered so far. Check out the Program (which is almost finalized - the times and rooms will be assigned soon). Get information about travel and hotel and organize carpooling and room-sharing with other attendees.
clock | October 10, 2009
I realize it's been a while since the last blog update on ScienceOnline2010, though bits and pieces showed up on Twitter, FriendFeed and Facebook over the past few weeks. You should follow the updates on the News and Updates page and also on the Blog and Media Coverage page on the wiki in order to stay up to date.
There are two new important pages on the wiki for you to check out: Travel and Hotel Information page has the relevant information (the exact rate for the hotel rooms will come shortly, probably Monday) on how to get here, where to stay, and how to get around. If you are driving in…
clock | September 30, 2009We are very excited to announce a new sponsor for ScienceOnline2010! It is National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). Among some other ways they will help the meeting get bigger and better than ever, the good folks at NESCent are also going to help two bloggers with travel costs to the conference. Read carefully how you can get one of these two grants:
Application deadline: December 1, 2009  Â
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Are you a blogger who is interested in evolution? The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent) is offering two travel awards to attend ScienceOnline2010, …
clock | September 27, 2009Anton and I will be on the radio, WXDU Durham Duke University Radio, tonight at 7pm. We will be interviewed by Christopher Perrien about ScienceOnline2010, science blogging, etc. This is a part of the Science In The Triangle series and the podcast will be available on iTunes early next week.
clock | September 17, 2009
Just a few updates on the progress in the organization of ScienceOnline2010 to those of you who do not follow me (or scio10) on Twitter.
The main event - the actual sessions of the conference - will be held, like last two years, in the beuatiful building of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society (and publisher of American Scientist). The main conference program will occur on Saturday, January 16th and half of Sunday, January 17th, 2010. Breakfast, lunch, tea and coffee will be catered there on both days.
As we did every year, we will have an Early Bird Dinner on Thursday night. This is…
clock | September 8, 2009I know everyone in the sci-blogosphere is swooning over Carl Sagan. But as a kid I never cared much about him - I usually fell asleep halfway through each episode of 'Cosmos'. But I would not miss for anything an episode of 'The Underwater Odyssey of Commander Cousteau' with Jacques-Yves Cousteau. That was breathtaking. And what he and the crew of Calypso did was truly ground-breaking, both in terms of scientific discoveries and in terms of under-water filming. And those discoveries and breakthroughs were shared with us, the audience, in an intimate and immediate manner.
That was a long time…
clock | August 23, 2009
We are off to a good start.
We now have a Twitter account I started last night (yes, that is a Saturday night) and already at 35 followers (also follow the #scio10 hashtag).
Our FriendFeed room has 30 subscribers.
On our Facebook Event page, 96 people indicated they are 'Attending' and 174 are 'Maybe Attending', with majority of both groups (unusual for Facebook) quite serious about trying to really get here.
And the activity on the wiki is already lively - the Program Suggestions page is already full of great ideas - go there and discuss them and add more.
clock | August 16, 2009
It is official - ScienceOnline2010, the fourth annual conference on science and the Web, will be held on January 15-17th, 2010 in the Research Triangle Park area (the exact location to be announced).
Please join us for this three-day event to explore science on the Web. Our goal is to bring together scientists, physicians, patients, educators, students, publishers, editors, bloggers, journalists, writers, web developers, programmers and others to discuss, demonstrate and debate online strategies and tools for doing science, publishing science, teaching science, and promoting the public…