Duncan Hull, Geoffrey Bilder, Michael Habib, Reynold Guida
ResearcherID, Contributor ID, Scopus Author ID, etc. help to connect your scientific record. How do these tools connect to your online identity, and how can OpenID and other tools be integrated? How can we build an online reputation and when should we worry about our privacy?
All of the attendee slots for Science Online London 2009 are now filled and registrants are being placed on a waiting list. If you didn’t register in time or can’t travel to London on the day, you can still attend! The conference will be streamed live by Nature Publishing Group (NPG) into the virtual world Second Life and attendees worldwide are welcome to attend.
We will be streaming all the talks from the main hall into Second Life. From NPG’s Elucian Islands in Second Life, you can watch, ask questions of the speakers and chat with other attendees from your own home. All you need is a computer and Internet connection. The registration fee is 10 GBP.
Details on how to register will be posted here and to our website soon.
Arfon Smith, Savita Custead, Mike Peel
How can citizens be involved in doing and communicating science? We’ll take a look at practical examples from Galaxy Zoo, BioBlitz Bristol, and Wikipedia and discuss the obstacles and potential.
Lee-Ann Coleman, Katharine Barnes, Enrico Balli
Is the traditional paper format derived from the printed paper still appropriate today? How can new kinds of content such as audio, video, 3D structures, etc. be integrated into a research paper? Can a scientific paper contain just datasets or descriptions of a method? And how does free access to a paper change the way we use the information contained in a paper?
Petra Boynton, David Allen Green (“Jack of Kent”)
Science blogging exists within a ethical and legal framework. This session, presented by two prominent bloggers, will chart the legal and ethical boundaries of blogging and what you can – and cannot – blog about.
Topics to be covered include professional obligations, confidentiality and privacy, and libel and copyright. The session will also address your personal wellbeing in the face of any potential complaints and legal threats, and also how to engage with blog comments in a professional manner.
Cameron Neylon, Chris Thorpe, Ian Mulvany
Google Wave is a new tool for communication and collaboration on the web that will be released later this year. For this session we plan a live demo of the prerelease version of Google Wave to show off the potential for scientists.
Cat Herding: The Challenges and Rewards of Managing Online Scientific Communities
Panelists: Arikia Millikan (formerly of Scienceblogs.com), Corie Lok (Nature Network), Ijad Madisch (Researchgate)
This session will provide you with an inside look into how online science communities are built and maintained. We will discuss how to manage expectations, social/cultural issues, the role of moderation, differences between science communities and ‘other communities’, and how to encourage diversity/debate whilst maintaining some sort of order. You’ll come away with tips on how to successfully build community and maintain it throughout flame wars and other tribulations.
We asked Jorge Cham over at Piled Higher and Deeper of why we need a conference like Science Online London. His answer is much better than any blog post we might have come up with:
This comic was originally posted at Piled Highr and Deeper on 5/18/09, reproduced with kind permission by Jorge Cham.
Speakers:
Dave Munger, Editor-in-Chief of researchblogging.org and blogger on Cognitive Daily
Daniel MacArthur, Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK and blogger on Genetic Future
Can blogging help your next grant proposal and if so, how? How can
blogging be used to increase the visibility and impact of published
research? Tips and tools on how to balance the competing demands of
blogging and a scientific career, and how best to use blogging as a
career-boosting activity.
