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March 22, 2013

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION AND POLICY PANEL

Are you passionate about communicating the importance of new discoveries to the public? Do you want to work on policy issues that can have impact on both local and national levels? Join a group of talented science writers and policy associates for a discussion on how you can translate what youve learned in graduate school into a meaningful and fulfilling career.

Morning panel: 11:30pm-12:15pm Robert Sproul HOST

Afternoon panel: 2:00pm-2:45pm Robert Sproul

Silvia Bunge
UC Berkeley Psychology

Michael Ranney
UC Berkeley Education

PANELISTS

Sandra Aamodt
Science Writer

Sandra Aamodt
Science Writer

Ben Rubin
Children Now

Ben Rubin
Children Now

Katja Rose
Neuron

Katja Rose
Neuron

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Morning panel: 11:30pm-12:15pm Robert Sproul

March 22, 2013

Afternoon panel: 2:00pm-2:45pm Robert Sproul

Orville Jackson
The Education Trust

Orville Jackson
The Education Trust

Doug Brown
CA Council on Science and Technology

Doug Brown
CA Council on Science and Technology

An-Chi Tsou
CA Council on Science and Technology

An-Chi Tsou
CA Council on Science and Technology

Hosts Silvia Bunge UC Berkeley Psychology Dr. Silvia Bunge is associate professor, vice chair, and head graduate advisor at UC Berkeleys Department of Psychology, as well as an associate professor and executive committee member in the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute. She is one of 11 members on the National Scientific Council on the Developing Child and a founding member of the Frontiers of Innovation initiative.

Michael Ranney UC Berkeley Education Dr. Michael Ranney is associate professor at UC Berkeleys School of Education and heads Berkeleys Reasoning Research Group. His research explores the nature of explanation and understanding in both formal and informal domains. He was a Spencer Fellow of the National Academy of Education and the Spencer Foundation, and a University of California Regents Junior Faculty Fellow Panelists Katja Brose - Neuron Established in 1988, Neuron is a peer-reviewed neuroscience journal. It has established itself as one of the most influential and relied upon journals in the field. Sandra Aamodt - Science Writer Sandra Aamodt is the coauthor of two books and a former editor-in-chief of Nature Neuroscience, she has read over 5000 neuroscience papers and given talks to

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scientists, parents, students, and lawyers. Her science writing has been published in the New York Times, the Washington Post, El Mundo, and the Times of London. Ben Rubin - Children Now Children Nows mission is to find common ground among influential opinion leaders, interest groups, and policymakers, who together can develop and drive socially innovative, win-win approaches to helping all children achieve their full potential. Orville Jackson - The Education Trust The Education Trust promotes high academic achievement for students at all levels pre-kindergarten through college. They work with educators, policymakers, and community leaders to help improve schools and colleges, analyze local, state and national data to build a broad understanding of opportunity gaps, and participate actively in national and state education policy debates. Doug Brown and An-Chi Tsou - California Council on Science and Technology CCST is a nonpartisan, impartial, non-profit corporation designed to offer expert advice to the state government and to recommend solutions to science and technology-related policy issues. CCST also sponsors the California Science and Technology Policy Fellowships, which place professional scientists and engineers in the California State Legislature for one-year appointments. The fellowships are ideal for qualified applicants who are interested in improving the interface between science and legislative decisionmaking and who want to learn the public policy decision-making process.