WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015
June 8 - 12
COEX, Seoul
WORLD
CONFERENCE OF
SCIENCE
JOURNALISTS
2015
W e l c o m e
We live in a time where science has fundamentally shifted our lives and public interest in
science is at an all-time high. This, in turn, has placed great demands upon science journalists, who are tasked with verifying and relaying information on the ever-expanding body
of scientific knowledge.
This World Conference of Science Journalists 2015 will provide a forum for science journalists and scientists from around the world to discuss how science journalism can meet the
demands of these changing times, while broadening the horizons of knowledge for all of us.
I look forward to welcoming you with open arms to this World Conference in Seoul, which I
hope will be a precious and unforgettable time for all of us.
Thank you in advance for your support and participation!
Chairman of WCSJ 2015 Organizing Committee
President of KSJA
Science Journalist for the Seoul Shinmun
Jae-eok Shim
Science has established the framework for contemporary civilization, and everyone shares
in the benefits it creates. Thanks to a strong dedication to science development, Korea
accomplished the ‘Miracle on the Han River’ to rise from the complete devastation of the
Korean War, serving as an example of how science can change the world.
We are eager to see all of you, and are confident that the World Conference of Science Journalists 2015 in Seoul will offer you many unforgettable moments during your stay.
President of WFSJ
Science Journalist for the Chosun Ilbo
Chul-joong Kim
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Get a bunch of scientists of different nationalities into the same room, and (most of the
time) politics will take a back seat to the science. The same is true for science journalists.
Day in and day out, we cover developments that propel society forward, or hold it back.
The news we chase often transcends national borders. That means when we get a bunch of
science journalists from around the world into the same room, we have a lot to talk about.
Please join us in Seoul this June for the 9th World Conference of Science Journalists. You’ll
be exposed to riveting reporting experiences related by your comrades-in-arms from the
far corners of the globe, and new tools you can use for covering science in a changing publishing landscape. We’ve put together a diverse programme that should appeal to science
journalists at all stages in their careers, from cub reporters on up to grizzled editors. You’ll
also witness a remarkable scientific phenomenon: South Korea punches well above its
weight in science, and the post-conference field trips will offer a source of immediate and
long-term journalistic projects. WCSJ 2015 will be a memorable and valuable experience:
be a part of it.
Chair of Programme Advisory Committee
International News Editor for Science Magazine
Richard Stone
Perhaps more than any other human endeavor, sports, science and journalism are all
highly international phenomena. Seoul has hosted the Olympics, so it is fitting that in
2015 it will host scientists and journalists at the World Conference of Science Journalists.
The conference will be an important opportunity for reporters and editors to gather to engage and improve their craft.
In many ways, science journalism is undergoing a renaissance, with new specialized outlets and voices constantly springing forward. The WCSJ is a perfect place for everyone,
from a reporter new on the beat to a veteran editor, to capture the enthusiasm of this
renaissance and to share lessons learned. Journalists have left eight previous WCSJs more
energized and well-informed, with notebooks full of story ideas and new skills in their
toolboxes. Come to Seoul in June, as this WCSJ will be no exception.
Vice-Chair of Programme Advisory Committee
Vice President/Global Editorial Director - MedPage Today
Co-founder of Retraction Watch, a blog on research ethics
Ivan Oransky
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THE HISTORY
OF THE WORLD
CONFERENCE
OF SCIENCE
JOURNALISTS
1992
The largest global event in the science and journalism community, the WCSJ launched as a discussion
of the role of science journalism in Tokyo by some
300 science journalists from 15 countries.
2002
At the third WCSJ in Brazil, science journalists from
around the world launched the World Federation of
Science Journalists in a show of international solidarity to facilitate knowledge exchange.
1992
1st Tokyo, Japan
1999
2nd Budapest, Hungary
2002
Launched
3rd Sao Jose dos Campos,
Brazil
2004
4th Montreal, Canada
The WCSJ is held once every two years,
and is the world’s largest science and
journalism conference, attended by
specialists in the science field from every
corner of the world.
2007
5th Melbourne, Australia
2009
6th London, England
2013
The 8th Conference held in Helsinki was a huge success, with many participants from more than 70
countries. In addition, the WFSJ selected Seoul, Korea, as the venue for the 9th WCSJ 2015.
2015
The 9th WCSJ to be held in Seoul will be the first one
held in East Asia since the WFSJ was established.
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2011
7th Doha, Qatar
2013
8th Helsinki, Finland
2015
9th Seoul, Korea
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015
WCSJ 2015
Overview
Date
June 8 ~ 12, 2015
Venue
COEX, Seoul, Korea
Participants
Approximately 1,000 science journalists, editors, writers,
producers, students, and other professionals
Hosted by
World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)
Korea Science Journalists Association (KSJA)
Sponsored by
Seoul Metropolitan Government | SAMSUNG
Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science & Creativity
Pohang University of Science and Technology
National Cancer Center | Korean Hospital Association
Korea Tourism Organization | Seoul Tourism Organization
Korea Press Foundation
Registration
Period & Fees
Category
Early-Bird Registration
(~ April 26)
Pre-Registration
(April 27 ~ May 15)
On-Site Registration
(June 8 ~ June 12)
WFSJ Member
USD 500
USD 590
USD 680
Non-Member
USD 545
USD 635
USD 725
Student
USD 275
USD 320
USD 365
1-Day Pass (WFSJ Member)
USD 275
USD 300
USD 325
1-Day Pass (Non-Member)
USD 300
USD 327
USD 355
Early-Bird Registration
(~ April 26)
Pre-Registration
(April 27 ~ May 15)
On-Site Registration
(June 8 ~ June 12)
Registration
Benefits
Full Participants/Students
1-Day Pass Participants
- Access to official events (Opening & Closing
- Access to sessions (1 day only)
ceremony, Welcome Reception, Official Dinner etc.)
- Lunch coupon (1 day only)
- Access to sessions(Including pre-workshop)
- Coffee break
- Lunch coupons
- Programme booklet
- Coffee breaks
- Participation registration kit (bag, program booklet)
- Tour & events (TBA)
WCSJ 2015
Travel Scholarship
The Organizing Committee of WCSJ 2015 will select a certain number of journalists
from developing countries, which will be granted support for their expenses.
Those who wish to apply should download the application form from the official
homepage of the WCSJ 2015 (www.wcsj2015.or.kr) and submit them in accordance with
the guidelines.
Application Deadline:
Selection
February 23 ~ March 31, 2015
Review: April 1 ~ April 12, 2015
Announcement of Result: April 13, 2015
Airfare
Support
Accommodation
(June 7 ~ 13, 2015 / 6 nights)
Registration Fee
Tour
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Programme
Schedule
* Programme subject to change.
Time
6. 8 (Mon)
6. 9 (Tue)
6. 10 (Wed)
6. 11 (Thu)
Breakfast Session 1 Breakfast Session 2
07:20 ~ 08:50
08:50 ~ 09:00
Break
Break
09:00 ~ 10:30
Workshop 1
Opening Ceremony /
Opening Plenary
Plenary
Plenary
10:30 ~ 10:50
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Press Briefing 1
Press Briefing 3
Break
Break
Press Briefing 2
General Assembly
of WFSJ
10:50 ~ 11:30
11:30 ~ 11:40
Workshop 2
Plenary
11:40 ~ 12:20
Break
12:20 ~ 12:30
12:30 ~ 14:00
Luncheon /
Break
14:00 ~ 14:10
14:10 ~ 15:00
15:00 ~ 15:30
Break
Luncheon Session 1 Luncheon Session 2 Luncheon Session 3
Break
Break
Break
Parallel 1
Parallel 3
Parallel 5
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
Parallel 2
Parallel 4
Closing Ceremony
Plenary
Coffee Break
15:30 ~ 15:40
15:40 ~ 16:00
Meet the Editors
16:00 ~ 17:30
17:30 ~ 18:00
Break
Break
Break
Break
18:00 ~ 20:00
Welcome
Reception
Dinner Session
Official Dinner
Farewell Reception
20:00 ~ 21:00
Networking 1
Networking 2
Networking 3
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6. 12 (Fri)
Tour
(Select 1)
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015
Sessions
Keynote Speaker 1. Professor Shinya Yamanaka
- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University
- 2012 Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of
induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells)
Speaker 2. Dr. Mostefa Souag
- Acting Director General of Al Jazeera Media Network
Speaker 3. Professor Dan Fagin
- The Director of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program
at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, New York University
- Won 2014 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction with his book
"Toms River: A Story of Science and Salvation"
Plenary
1. Into the hot zone: What we learned covering the Ebola epidemic
Producer : Martin Enserink
Sessions may change
2. W
hat are we going to do with data? Lessons from the Kavli Symposium
Workshops
1. Meet the Editors
2. Geojournalism: building stories with layers of georeferenced data and
interactive tools
Producer : Gustavo Faleiros
Tracks
Title (Theme)
Producer
1
The great Asian space race
Dinsa Sachan
2
What makes Asian science news? Pitching and commissioning from Asia
TV Padma
3
Covering GMOs in Asia and Africa
Hristio Boytchev
4
Science journalism: Voices from Asia
Wilson Da Silva
5
Lessons from Fukushima
Dominique Leglu
6
Towards a sustainable fishery
Hajime Hikino
1
Entertainment and rigor: Can they coexist?
Marie-Pier Elie
2
Is science journalism becoming irrelevant? (Debate)
Peter Vermij
3
Using podcasts to tell a science story
Deborah-Fay Ndlovu
4
What are we going to do with data?
Ruth Francis
5
Social media
1
Coming of age (and making the rent) in the digital era
2
From drones to floating smartphones:
How technology is helping science journalists investigate
Lynne Smit
3
Citizen science and science journalism
Hanno Charisius, Richard Friebe
and Sascha Karberg
4
Reporting on risk
Mikihito Tanaka
5
Let me draw that for you: Video and animation for science journalism
Bruno van Wayenburg
1
Boosting science journalism in Latin America: Regional or global
Federico Kukso and Cecilia Rosen
Track 4
2
Sexism, science writing and solutions: A global perspective
Deborah Blum and Christine Russell
Diversity and collaboration
in science journalism
3
Biodiversity and adaptation in science journalism
Estrella Burgos
4
Global science, different audiences
Mohammed Yahia
5
Crossborder journalism: Platforms, funding & cooperation
Michael Stang
1
Climate: En route for a new agreement?
2
Science diplomacy in North Korea
3
Noncommunicable diseases in Asia
Ron Winslow
4
Virus hunters of Asia
Richard Stone
5
The interface between robots and society
Junich Taki
1
Reading and reporting medical studies without being fooled
Hans van Maanen and Ivan Oransky
2
Challenges for science journalists in uncovering research misconduct
Mico Tatalovic
3
Fifty shades of scientific fraud: Understanding and reporting on fraud
Dinsa Sachan
4
Working with science journals
Alice Henchley
Track 1
Emerging Asia:
Possibilities and conflicts
Track 2
Telling the stories of science
Track 3
Technology, society
and journalism
Track 5
Science
Track 6
Ethics and integrity in science
and science journalism
André Picard
Mark Zastrow
Valérie Borde
Richard Stone
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WCSJ 2015
WCSJ 2015 events are planned and overseen by organizing committee members,
Organizing
who are leading science journalists. The committee consists of eight
Committee
sub-committees and one advisory committee that strive to make
the conference special.
Chair of Organizing Committee
President of WFSJ
Jae-eok Shim
Chul-joong Kim
The Seoul Shinmun
The Chosun Ilbo
Secretrary-General
Head, Operation
Advisory Committee
Secretary,
Programme Committee
Eun-sung Kim
Young-in Ahn
National Research
Council of
Science &Technology
SBS
Head, Planning Committee
Head, Finance Committee
Keun-tae Park
Myung-jin Jung
Head, Intnl.
Relations Committee
Chosun Biz
Financial News
Tae-won Min
The Kookmin Ilbo
Eun-jung Lee
KBS
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Head, Govt.
Relations Committee
Head, Govt.
Relations Committee
Head, Academic Committee
Yang-joong Kim
Tae-hun Kim
Yonhap News
Kil-won Kim
The Hankyoreh
The Korea Economic Daily
Head,
Academic Committee
Head, Social Activities
Committee
Head, Social Activities
Committee
Keon-hyung Park
So-hyung Lim
Jun-hyeok Lee
The Chosun Ilbo
The Hankook Ilbo
The Korea Economic Daily
Head, Public Relations
Committee
Head, Public Relations
Committee
Head, Asia Conference
Committee
Seong-su Go
Choong-heon Lee
Byoung-mun Lee
Naeil Shinmoon
KBS
Maeil Business Newspaper
WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015
WCSJ 2015
The Programme Advisory Committee(PAC) works with organizing committee to
Programme Advisory
plan programs which will spotlight important topics, select themes that cover
Committee
the breadth of public interest, and oversee operations for the conference.
Chair of Programme Advisory Committee
Vice-Chair of Programme Advisory Committee
Richard Stone
Ivan Oransky
US
International News Editor for Science Magazine
US
Vice President/Global Editorial Director - MedPage Today
Co-founder of Retraction Watch, a blog on research ethics
Chul-joong Kim
Deborah Blum
Estrella Burgos
Korea
President of WFSJ
The Chosun Ilbo
US
Professor of Journalism,
University of Wisconsin
Mexico
Science Writer and Editor,
“¿Cómo ves?” Science Magazine
Kil-won Kim
Hyong-ha Kim
Jae-eok Shim
Korea
Yonhap News
Korea
Korea Research Institute of
Standards and Science Principal
Research Scientist
Korea
President of KSJA
Chair of Organizing Committee
The Seoul Shinmun
Jean-Marc Fleury
Keon-hyung Park
Mariko Takahashi
Canada
Bell Globemedia Chair in
Science Journalism, Université
Laval (Québec)
Korea
The Chosun Ilbo
Japan
Senior Staff Writer,
Asahi Shimbun
Martin Enserink
Osama Abu El Rub
Ron Winslow
Netherlands
Contributing News Editor,
Science Magazine
Qatar
Health and Medicine Editor
Al Jazeera Network
US
Deputy Bureau Chief Health/
Science, Wall Street Journal
Ulla Järvi
Valeria Román
Volker Stollorz
Finland
PhD, Medical Journalist and
Secretary General of
The Finnish Association of
Science Editors and Journalists
Argentina
Science and Health Journalist,
Clarin
Germany
Science Journalist for
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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Host
World Federation of Science Journalists
http://www.wfsj.org
The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization, representing science journalists’ associations globally. The Federation
encourages strong, critical coverage of issues in science and technology, environment,
health and medicine, agriculture and related fields.
It currently has approximately 10,000 science journalists and communicators from 48 full
members which are national, regional or international associations of science journalists
and three associate members of the World Federation of Science Journalists.
The WFSJ undertakes training, mentoring, and education of science journalists globally through initiatives such as the World Conference of Science Journalists, mentoring
schemes, twinning of associations, and other professional opportunities.
A global network for international exchange
for science journalists around the world
The World Conference of Science Journalists and related forums
to expand science journalism
Education and training opportunities
for science journalists in developing countries
Korea Science Journalists Association
KOREA SCIENCE
JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
http://www.koreasja.org
The Korea Science Journalists Association was founded in 1984 as the ‘Science Journalists Club,’ and has a proud history of more than 30 years.
The KSJA is the largest science journalist organization in Korea with approximately 290
members who are reporters in the science, technology and medicine fields for major media.
The KSJA holds bi-annual networking event as well as seminars and panel discussion on
scientific and medical themes that attract significant interest domestically and internationally. In addition, the KSJA takes on research projects and public campaign with the
aim of improving science journalism, gives out a monthly Science Journalist Award, and
support overseas training for science journalists.
Seminars and forums
to discuss scientific and medical issues at home and abroad
International training support
for talented local science journalists
Bi-annual networking event
to promote science journalism community
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WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015
Visit Seoul in June 2015,
for the World Conference of Science
Journalists, the world’s largest science
and journalism event
Korea has been recognized as a key player in the global science and journalism
community, and has made unyielding efforts to expand the foundation of science.
The WCSJ 2015 in Seoul will be a historic event in which renowned scientists and
scholars in the scientific technology sector and key science journalists from around
the world can discuss the newest science issues. Through the WCSJ 2015 in Seoul,
Korea, you will be able to gain an understanding of the current trends in science
journalism. In addition, you will be able to advance and strengthen your competencies by taking part in information exchanges with other science journalists.
Expanding Our Horizons!
We dearly hope that all of you can enjoy a great opportunity to expand your intellectual horizons in Seoul.
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WORLD
CONFERENCE OF
SCIENCE
JOURNALISTS
2015
June 8 - 12
COEX, Seoul
www.wcsj2015.or.kr
Hosted by |
Sponsored by |
KOREA SCIENCE
JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION
WCSJ 2015 Secretariat
#707, The Korea Science and Technology Center,
22 Teheran-ro 7-gil,
Gangnam-gu, Seoul 135-703,
Republic of Korea
Tel. | +82-2-501-3630
E-mail | [email protected]
Website | www.wcsj2015.or.kr