ScienceOnline2012 – The power of the Scientific Community
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I want to share some of my personal experiences from the past meetings of the Science online unconference as someone who have participated and attended the conference. I have attended Science Online twice: I have held a session on Open access e-resources in the networked world (2009) and held a workshop – Social Media for the Scientists (2010); interacted, being overwhelmed with positive energy, had wonderful conversations with scientists, journalists, educators, bloggers, Web developers, and scholars.
And it all started several years ago, thanks to the initiative and organization of Bora Zivkovic and Anton Zuiker, in Bora’s words:
“…upon my return from a bloggercon of some kind, I was enthused by the atmosphere at the event and thought to myself how nice it would be to have something similar but with a focus on science. I posted my thoughts on the blog and received many enthusiastic comments and e-mails. But I did not really have a good concept or ideas how to actually make it happen.
Enter Anton Zuiker. At one of our regular monthly blogger meetups which he organized at the time, Anton took me aside and suggested we work on this project together. It was do-able, he thought, if we did it smart.
Several months later, the first conference became a reality.
And people loved it and made sure we understood that this was not going to be a one-time event, but something we’ll have to organize every year. So we did.
Cite this article:
Radovanovic D (2012-01-13 10:23:16). ScienceOnline2012 – The power of the Scientific Community. Australian Science. Retrieved: Apr 17, 2024, from http://australianscience.com.au/science-2/scienceonline2012-the-power-of-the-scientific-community/
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