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The ‘why’ of science communication

• Ivo van Vulpen

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Bèta in Bestuur & Beleid

• Marcel Kouwenhoven (AMOLF)

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Introduction of Participants Room: Colloquium

Recognitions & Rewards Room: Colloquium

Out of the box inspiration: ETEC / MaGIC

• Gideon Koekoek

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Hands-on workshop: social media

• Clara Nellist

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Improbable Research, dead animals, drunken worms and the Ig Nobel Prizes

• Kees Moeliker
• Tristan du Pree
• Tess Heeremans

Room: Colloquium Some scientific studies make people laugh, and then think. The most surprising and amusing ones win an Ig Nobel Prize. Highlights from 35 years of this prestigious award include research into ‘Why woodpeckers don’t get headaches’, ‘How a roller-coaster ride cures asthma’, ‘Pressure produced when penguins poo’, ‘Creating diamonds from tequila’, ‘Airborne wasabi as a fire alarm’, ‘The effect of country music on suicide’ and ‘Self-colonoscopy in the sitting position’. Kees Moeliker explains what it takes to win this much-coveted prize and what it means. He will elaborate on his own Ig Nobel winning achievement – discovering and documenting the first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard duck – and how this dead duck turned him into a global expert on animal behaviour that textbooks politely ignore. He will also discuss how certain dead animals can unexpectedly become stars of science communication. Featuring special performances by Tristan du Pree (the particle physicist who salvaged the electrocuted [and very dead] stone marten – a weasel like animal – that shut down the Large Hadron Collider) and Tess Heeremans (2024 Ig Nobel Chemistry Prize winner, for ‘using chromatography to separate drunk and sober worms’).

Research on science communication

• Maartje Raaijmakers

Science communication in Media

• Martijn van Calmthout

Science Communication in Books / Women in Physics

• Margriet van der Heijden

Out of the box inspiration on bigger stages: Science & Cocktails

• Jay Armas

Tour of Nemo & Science Communication at Nemo

Hands-on workshop: improvisation/storytelling (TBC)

Funding & Visibility

• Maureen Voestermans

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Strategical, sustained effort

• Nicos Starreveld

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Out of the box inspiration: Visiting school classes

• Jordy de Vries

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Science Communication at Nikhef

• Vanessa Mexner

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Discussion: "Opportunities" and "How to get involved?" Room: Colloquium

Closing Room: Colloquium