Communicate 2005
Added to website: 05 September 2005
Bristol Natural History Consortium - improving the way we communicate about the natural world through innovative public events, professional development and international dialogue.
Following the success of last year’s conference and in response to growing public concerns about environmental and conservation issues, Communicate will be held annually. This year’s symposium aims to spend more time in discussion and learning from each other. The theme is to better understand our audiences and the resources and tools available for reaching them.
Participants will hear from key communicators both from our sector and from outside the world of conservation communication and begin to understand the international context of communicating conservation issues. Delegates will also be at the forefront of shaping and influencing major events and initiatives for 2006.
The symposium will also reveal the results of recent research undertaken by DEFRA and Communicate that identifies skill and resource gaps within the sector and supports a more joined-up approach to finding the most effective means of sharing information, experience and resources. The results from this symposium will help us to share forward strategies and prevent duplication.
CONTRIBUTORS:
The following contributors are just some of those who will share their knowledge and experience in communication conservation issues:
- Sir David King - the UK Government’s Chief Scientific Advisor
- Dax Lovegrove - Business Relations Manager - WWF-UK
- Paul Manners - Project Executive BBC - Breathing Space
- Paul Bonomini - the artist responsible for the WEEE man sculpture
- Jame Friel - Black Environment Network
In order to ensure a global dialogue on communicating conservation issues, the following International Ambassadors will be contributing to the programme:
- James Jeta - Education Officer for the Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund in Africa
- Sarah Frazee - Director, Southern Africa Hotspots at Conservation International in South Africa
- Shekar Dettatri - Wildlife and Conservation Filmmaker in India
- Lihong Shi - Director, Wild China
International Ambassadors are co-ordinating workshops based on the Communicate 2005 themes in their respective countries - we will hear the outcomes during September.
DISCUSSION GROUPS:
The Symposium will support a series of discussion groups based on identifying the most effective tools, best practice and effective evaluation for engaging with specific audiences including young people, policy makers, ethnic minority groups, corporate audiences, warm audiences and the voluntary sector. The outcomes from these discussion groups will be presented in an electronic format and having been peer reviewed will form an on-line communications toolkit. Delegates must select to attend one discussion group during Communicate 2005 which must be selected at the time of booking.
Register now!
Communicate 2005 is an opportunity to network, be at the forefront of communicating environmental issues and experience one of the most important events in the 2005 conservation calendar.
Communicate 2005 will take place on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th September in Bristol, UK.
Delegate places are limited and discussion group maximum numbers are fixed, so book now online to avoid disappointment or call the Communicate information line on +44 (0) 117 915 7117.
Delegates include filmmakers and producers, charities, government officers and scientists, representatives from education, corporate organisations and NGO’s. Communicate attracts a unique mix of delegates.
