6th World Conference of Science Journalists in London, 30 June – 2 July, 2009

Programme's Producers
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Confirmed Speakers

  • Alexander Abutu Augustine - Journalist, Nigeria News Agency
  • Krishna Barat - Founder Google news
  • John Beddington - Chief Scientific Adviser to UK Government
  • Richard Black - Environment Correspondent, BBC News
  • Colin Blakemore - University of Oxford
  • Sarah Boseley - Health Editor, The Guardian
  • Maxwell Boykoff, PhD - Research Fellow and Departmental Lecturer, Environmental Change Institute, School of Geography, Oxford University
  • Franco Cavalli - Immediate past-president of the International Union Against Cancer, Switzerland
  • Matthew Chalmers - Ex Features Ed, freelance journalist, Physics World
  • Suranga Chandratillake - CEO and founder blinkx
  • Laura Chang - New York Times
  • Gordon Conway - Department for International Development
  • Paddy Coulter - Oxford Global Media / Green College, Oxford University
  • David Derbyshire - Environment Editor, The Daily Mail
  • David Dickson - Director, SciDev.Net
  • Tommaso Dorigo - Experimental Physicist and proprietor of blog A Quantum Diaries Survivor, member of the CMS collaboration at CERN, as well asthe CDF collaboration at Fermilab
  • Matin Durani - Editor, Physics World
  • Lesley Fallowfield - Professor of Psycho-Oncology at University of Sussex, UK
  • Cristiane Fontes - British Embassy, Brazil
  • Pallab Ghosh - BBC News
  • James Gillies - Head of Communications, CERN
  • Ben Goldacre - Bad Science Columnist, The Guardian
  • Nalaka Gunawardene - Director and Chief Excecutive, TVE Asia Pacific
  • Rod Harbinson - Panos, UK
  • Roger Harrabin - BBC News
  • Jia Hepeng - SciDev.Net, China
  • Richard Horton - Editor, The Lancet
  • Li Hujun - Caijin Magazine, Beijing
  • Saleemul Huq - Head of IIED's climate change group and a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
  • Calestous Juma - Founding director, African Centre for Technology Studies
  • David King - Director Smith School of Enterprise, University of Oxford
  • Robert Lee Hotz - Wall Street Journal
  • David Leigh - Investigations Editor, The Guardian
  • Prof Gavin MacFadyen - Director, Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • Emma Morton - Health Editor, The Sun
  • Esther Nakkazi & Patrick Luganda - Network of Climate Journalists in the Horn of Africa, Uganda
  • Jeff Nesbit - US National Science Foundation
  • Andre Picard - Public Health Journalist, The Globe and Mail
  • Tim Radford - Freelance, previously Science Editor, The Guardian
  • John Rennie - Scientific American
  • Andrew C. Revkin - Environment reporter, The New York Times
  • Mike Richards - National Cancer Director for England, Cancer World
  • Pamela Roland - Professor, Plant Pathology; Chair, UC Davis Plant Genomics; Program Director, Grass Genetics Joint Bioenergy Institute
  • Pawel Waleswski - Journalist with Polityka, Poland
  • Robyn Williams - Australian Broadcasting Corporation
 

Programme Development (Producers)

The following individuals are working with the programme committee as 'producers' of particular sessions.

  • Claire Bithell - Human Tissue Authority
  • Craig Brierley - Wellcome Trust
  • Peter Calami - Canada Foundation for Innovation
  • Zoe Dunford - Institute of Food Research
  • Jean-Marc Fleury - Bell Globemedia Chair in Science Journalism, University of Quebec
  • Fiona Fox - Science Media Centre, London
  • Ruth Francis - Nature Magazine
  • Eric Glover - Courrier International, France
  • Lyndal Gully - Australian Science Media Centre
  • Phil Hilts - Director, Knight Science Journalism Fellowships, MIT
  • Hepeng Jia - China Co,ordinator, SciDevNet
  • Alison Leigh - Editorial director, World Congress of Science and Factual TV Producers
  • Colin Macilwain - Editor, ResearchResearch
  • Ehsan Masood - Nature magazine
  • Becky McCall - Freelance
  • Lisa Melton - News editor, Nature Biotechnology
  • Martin Moore - Director, Media Standards Trust
  • Oliver Morton - Nature magazine
  • James Painter - Executive editor, Americas and Europe, BBC World Service
  • Philippe Pajot - French Association for Science Journalists (AJSPI)
  • James Randerson - Science Correspondent, The Guardian
  • Kathy Redmond - Editor, Cancer World
  • Cristine Russell - President, Council for the Advancement of Science Writing
  • Kaianders Sempler - American Science Journalist and Illustrator, Board Member of EUSJA (EU Science Journalists’ Association)
  • Mike Shanahan - International Institute for Environment and Development
  • Laura Smillie - European Food Information Council
  • Richard Stone - Asia Editor, Science Magazine
  • Jane Sutton - Royal Academy of Engineers
  • Jacqui Thornton - Freelance health writer
  • John Travis - European News Editor, Science
  • Jon Turney - Freelance science writer
  • Jeremy Webb - Editor in chief, New Scientist

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