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WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS 2015

June 8 - 12COEX, Seoul

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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 jour-

nalists, 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 journal-

ists 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 Jour-

nalists 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 pub-

lishing 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 en-

gage and improve their craft.

In many ways, science journalism is undergoing a renaissance, with new specialized out-

lets 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 WCSJ is held once every two years,and is the world’s largest science andjournalism conference, attended by specialists in the science field from every corner of the world.

1992The largest global event in the science and journal-

ism community, the WCSJ launched as a discussion

of the role of science journalism in Tokyo by some

300 science journalists from 15 countries.

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2nd Budapest, Hungary

3rd Sao Jose dos Campos,

Brazil

4th Montreal, Canada

5th Melbourne, Australia

6th London, England

7th Doha, Qatar

8th Helsinki, Finland

9th Seoul, Korea

At the third WCSJ in Brazil, science journalists from

around the world launched the World Federation of

Science Journalists in a show of international soli-

darity to facilitate knowledge exchange.

2013The 8th Conference held in Helsinki was a huge suc-

cess, with many participants from more than 70

countries. In addition, the WFSJ selected Seoul, Ko-

rea, as the venue for the 9th WCSJ 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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THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE OF SCIENCE JOURNALISTS


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WCSJ 2015

Overview

Registration

Period & Fees

Early-Bird Registration

(~ April 26)

Pre-Registration

(April 27 ~ May 15)

On-Site Registration

(June 8 ~ June 12)

Registration

Benefits

WCSJ 2015

Travel Scholarship

Date

Venue

Participants

Hosted by

Sponsored by

June 8 ~ 12, 2015

COEX, Seoul, Korea

Approximately 1,000 science journalists, editors, writers,

producers, students, and other professionals

World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ)

Korea Science Journalists Association (KSJA)

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

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.

Full Participants/Students

- Access to official events (Opening & Closing

ceremony, Welcome Reception, Official Dinner etc.)

- Access to sessions(Including pre-workshop)

- Lunch coupons

- Coffee breaks

- Participation registration kit (bag, program booklet)

- Tour & events (TBA)

1-Day Pass Participants

- Access to sessions (1 day only)

- Lunch coupon (1 day only)

- Coffee break

- Programme booklet

CategoryEarly-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

Application Deadline:

February 23 ~ March 31, 2015

Review: April 1 ~ April 12, 2015

Announcement of Result: April 13, 2015

Selection Support

Airfare

Accommodation

(June 7 ~ 13, 2015 / 6 nights)

Registration Fee

Tour

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Programme

Schedule

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Time 6. 8 (Mon) 6. 9 (Tue) 6. 10 (Wed) 6. 11 (Thu) 6. 12 (Fri)

07:20 ~ 08:50 Breakfast Session 1 Breakfast Session 2

08:50 ~ 09:00 Break Break

09:00 ~ 10:30 Workshop 1Opening Ceremony /

Opening PlenaryPlenary Plenary

Tour(Select 1)

10:30 ~ 10:50 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

10:50 ~ 11:30

Workshop 2 Plenary

Press Briefing 1 Press Briefing 3

11:30 ~ 11:40 Break Break

11:40 ~ 12:20 Press Briefing 2 General Assemblyof WFSJ

12:20 ~ 12:30

Luncheon / Break

Break Break

12:30 ~ 14:00 Luncheon Session 1 Luncheon Session 2 Luncheon Session 3

14:00 ~ 14:10

Plenary

Break Break Break

14:10 ~ 15:00

Parallel 1 Parallel 3 Parallel 5

15:00 ~ 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 ~ 15:40

Meet the Editors

15:40 ~ 16:00 Coffee Break Coffee Break Coffee Break

16:00 ~ 17:30 Parallel 2 Parallel 4 Closing Ceremony

17:30 ~ 18:00 Break Break Break Break

18:00 ~ 20:00Welcome Reception

Dinner Session Official Dinner Farewell Reception

20:00 ~ 21:00 Networking 1 Networking 2 Networking 3

* Programme subject to change.


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Tracks

Workshops

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

2. What are we going to do with data? Lessons from the Kavli Symposium

1. Meet the Editors

2. Geojournalism: building stories with layers of georeferenced data and

interactive tools

Producer : Gustavo Faleiros

Title (Theme) Producer

Track 1Emerging Asia:

Possibilities and conflicts

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

Track 2Telling the stories of science

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 André Picard

Track 3Technology, society

and journalism

1 Coming of age (and making the rent) in the digital era Mark Zastrow

2From drones to floating smartphones:

How technology is helping science journalists investigateLynne Smit

3 Citizen science and science journalismHanno 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

Track 4Diversity and collaboration

in science journalism

1 Boosting science journalism in Latin America: Regional or global Federico Kukso and Cecilia Rosen

2 Sexism, science writing and solutions: A global perspective Deborah Blum and Christine Russell

3 Biodiversity and adaptation in science journalism Estrella Burgos

4 Global science, different audiences Mohammed Yahia

5 Crossborder journalism: Platforms, funding & cooperation Michael Stang

Track 5Science

1 Climate: En route for a new agreement? Valérie Borde2 Science diplomacy in North Korea Richard Stone

3 Noncommunicable diseases in Asia Ron Winslow

4 Virus hunters of Asia Richard Stone

5 The interface between robots and society Junich Taki

Track 6Ethics and integrity in science

and science journalism

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

Sessions may change

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WCSJ 2015 events are planned and overseen by organizing committee members,

who are leading science journalists. The committee consists of eight

sub-committees and one advisory committee that strive to make

the conference special.

WCSJ 2015

Organizing

Committee

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Chair of Organizing Committee

Jae-eok Shim The Seoul Shinmun

Secretrary-General

Tae-won Min The Kookmin Ilbo

Secretary,

Programme Committee

Young-in Ahn SBS

President of WFSJ

Chul-joong Kim The Chosun Ilbo

Head, Operation

Advisory Committee

Eun-sung Kim National Research

Council of

Science &Technology

Head, Planning Committee

Keun-tae Park Chosun Biz

Head, Intnl.

Relations Committee

Eun-jung Lee KBS

Head, Social Activities

Committee

Jun-hyeok Lee The Korea Economic Daily

Head, Academic Committee

Kil-won Kim Yonhap News

Head, Asia Conference

Committee

Byoung-mun Lee Maeil Business Newspaper

Head, Social Activities

Committee

So-hyung Lim The Hankook Ilbo

Head, Govt.

Relations Committee

Tae-hun Kim The Korea Economic Daily

Head, Public Relations

Committee

Choong-heon Lee KBS

Head, Finance Committee

Myung-jin Jung Financial News

Head, Govt.

Relations Committee

Yang-joong Kim The Hankyoreh

Head, Public Relations

Committee

Seong-su Go Naeil Shinmoon

Head,

Academic Committee

Keon-hyung Park The Chosun Ilbo


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WCSJ 2015

Programme Advisory

Committee

The Programme Advisory Committee(PAC) works with organizing committee to

plan programs which will spotlight important topics, select themes that cover

the breadth of public interest, and oversee operations for the conference.

Chair of Programme Advisory Committee

Richard Stone

US

International News Editor for Science Magazine

Jae-eok Shim

Korea

President of KSJA

Chair of Organizing Committee

The Seoul Shinmun

Chul-joong Kim

Korea

President of WFSJ

The Chosun Ilbo

Vice-Chair of Programme Advisory Committee

Ivan Oransky

US

Vice President/Global Editorial Director - MedPage Today

Co-founder of Retraction Watch, a blog on research ethics

Jean-Marc Fleury

Canada

Bell Globemedia Chair in Science Journalism, UniversitéLaval (Québec)

Mariko Takahashi

Japan

Senior Staff Writer,

Asahi Shimbun

Martin Enserink

Netherlands

Contributing News Editor,

Science Magazine

Deborah Blum

US

Professor of Journalism,

University of Wisconsin

Ron Winslow

US

Deputy Bureau Chief Health/

Science, Wall Street Journal

Estrella Burgos

Mexico

Science Writer and Editor,

“¿Cómo ves?” Science Magazine

Ulla Järvi Finland

PhD, Medical Journalist and

Secretary General of

The Finnish Association of

Science Editors and Journalists

Valeria Román

Argentina

Science and Health Journalist,

Clarin

Volker Stollorz

Germany

Science Journalist for

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Kil-won Kim

Korea

Yonhap News

Osama Abu El Rub

Qatar

Health and Medicine Editor

Al Jazeera Network

Hyong-ha Kim

Korea

Korea Research Institute of

Standards and Science Principal

Research Scientist

Keon-hyung Park

Korea

The Chosun Ilbo

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Korea Science Journalists Associationhttp://www.koreasja.org

The Korea Science Journalists Association was founded in 1984 as the ‘Science Journal-

ists 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 me-

dia.

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 interna-

tionally. 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.

World Federation of Science Journalistshttp://www.wfsj.org

The World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ) is a not-for-profit, non-governmen-

tal 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 glob-

ally through initiatives such as the World Conference of Science Journalists, mentoring

schemes, twinning of associations, and other professional opportunities.

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KOREA SCIENCE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION

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Seminars and forums to discuss scientific and medical issues at home and abroad

A global network for international exchange for science journalists around the world

International training support for talented local science journalists

The World Conference of Science Journalists and related forums to expand science journalism

Bi-annual networking event to promote science journalism community

Education and training opportunities for science journalists in developing countries


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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 compe-

tencies 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 intel-

lectual horizons in Seoul.

Visit Seoul in June 2015, for the World Conference of Science Journalists, the world’s largest science and journalism event

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Hosted by |

Sponsored by |

KOREA SCIENCE JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATION


June 8 - 12COEX, Seoul

www.wcsj2015.or.kr

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

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