SciComm Calendar of Events (from Crastina)

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1	Date	Event/date	Type	Organizer	Country	Place	Description

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3	2017
4	January
5	05/01/2017	ASE Annual Conference	Conference	The Association for Science Education	UK	Reading	“Lectures are given by science researchers to share their work with our audience of science educators”
6	06/01/2017	ASE Annual Conference	Conference	The Association for Science Education	UK	Reading	“Lectures are given by science researchers to share their work with our audience of science educators”
7	07/01/2017	ASE Annual Conference	Conference	The Association for Science Education	UK	Reading	“Lectures are given by science researchers to share their work with our audience of science educators”
8		Knight-Risser Prize opens for entries	Journalism competition	Standford University	USA	California	"Prize is given for journalism in any media best illuminates as environmental issue in western Cananda, the United States, or Mexico".
9		Yves O. Fortier Earth Science Journalism Award	Competition	Geological Association of Canada	Canada	Online	"Award recognizing a journalist in a journalistic presentation of earth science in the newsprint media".
10	11/01/2017	The Little Event				Burmingham
11	31/01/2017	NASA Poop Challenge winners announced	Science competition	NASA	USA
12	February
13	08/02/2017	Keck Futures Initiative		National Academy of Sciences	USA
14	11/02/2017	Brighton Science Festival	Science festival	University of Sussex	UK	Brighton	"A family fun science festival for all ages for parents and children to play, experiment, discover and share the science experience, but mostly for 12-14 year old students." Event from 11 Feb -25 Feb 2017.
15	13/02/2017	SMASHfestUK	Science festival	SMASHfestUK	UK	London	"Free festival for all ages featuring comedy and variety shows, interactive installations, music, film, participatory art and engineering, experiments and theatre, it explores science, technology, engineering and maths through the arts and design." Runs from 11 -13 February 2017.
16	18/02/2017	Maps without Borders: Stories of Civic Science in Action	Storytelling Exhibition	DITOs	UK	London	"This storytelling exhibition showcases powerful aerial maps created by citizens using kites, balloons, and point-and-shoot cameras. We explore how people around the world are harnessing the power of Do-It-Yourself techniques to address local environmental, social and political matters."
17	18/02/2017	20th Annual Salmon Bowl	Science competition	Oregon State University	USA	Oregon	"Salmon Bowl is academic science bowl with an ocean science twist. High school students from all over Oregon and Idaho come to compete, test their ocean know-how, and earn some serious bragging rights - for the win!"
18	24/02/2017	Soapbox Science closes for application entries	Science outreach				"A novel public outreach platform for promoting women scientists and their scientific work."
19	March
20	01/03/2017	Wellcome Image Awards winners announced	Image competition	Wellcome	UK	Internet	(Recognising the creators of the most informative, striking and technically excellent images that communicate significant aspects of biomedical science).
21	03/03/2017	STARTS Prize open call ends	Science competition	European Commission	UK	Linz	"Prize to select the most pioneering collaborations and results in the field of creativity and innovation at the crossings of science and technology with the arts."
22	05/03/2017	Dunbar SciFest 2017	Science festival	Dunbar SciFest	UK	Dunbar	Science festival for the general public showcasing workshos, shows and storytellings.
23	06/03/2017	Dunbar SciFest 2017	Science festival	Dunbar SciFest	UK	Dunbar	Science festival for the general public showcasing workshos, shows and storytellings.
24	15/03/2017	Knight-Risser Prize closes for entries	Journalism competition	Standford University	USA	California	"Prize is given for journalism in any media best illuminates as environmental issue in western Cananda, the United States, or Mexico".
25	15/03/2017	Big Bang Fair 2017 registration open	Science festival	NEC	UK	Burmingham	"The largest celebration of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) for young people in the UK". Runs from 15-18 March 2017.
26	21/03/2017	Mediomix Scicomm Boost 2017	Scicomm workshop	Mediomix	Germany	Cologne	A scicomm boost providing creative science writing workshop (21-22 March 2017) and scientific visual storytelling workshop (23-24 March 2017) for graduate students, PIs, PR officers, social media and marketing specialists.
27	23/03/2017	LA County Science & Engineering Fair	Science festival	SpaceX	USA	Los Angeles	"A science fair for students enrolled in the Los Angeles County public and private schools." Runs from 23-26 March 2017.
28	29/03/2017	Athens Science Festival	Science festival	SciCo	Greece	Athens	"The biggest celebrations of science and technology in Greece to explore science in fun, innovative and interactive ways. Held from 29 March - 2 April 2017."
29	31/03/2017	Science Writing Awards in Acoustics calls for entries	Science competition	Acoustical Society of America	USA	New Orleans, LA	"Entries may be newspaper or magazine articles, TV or radio broadcasts, books, or websites that were published, broadcast, printed, or posted between 1 January 2015 and 31 December 2016.
30	April
31	01/04/2017	Edinburgh International Science Festival	Science festival				Held from 1-16 April 2017.
32	03/04/2017	GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium reports and presentations due	World wide science fair	GLOBE program	USA	Online	"Students learn the practices of sciences through hands-on investigations in their communities, sparking curiosity and interest in science."
33	27/04/2017	ASM Agar Art 2017 submission deadline	Agar art competition	American Society for Microbiology	USA	Online	Agar art competition to capture the attention of the general public.
34	May
35	15/05/2017	GLOBE International Virtual Science Symposium scores and badges announced	World wide science fair	GLOBE program	USA	Online	"Students learn to practice science through hands-on investigations in their communities, to spark their curiosity and interest in science."
36	22/05/2017	Josh Awards call for nominations closes	Science communication competition	BIG	UK	Newcastle	"UK's national award established to recognise and support up-and-coming talent in science communication."
37	24/05/2017	Narrating Science: The Power of Stories in the 21st Century	Science conference	Fiction Meets Science	Toronto	University of Guelph	Held from May 24-27, 2017. "Three day discussions and reading about science and their joys, insights and repercussions with scientists, science writers, novelists and scholars."
38	29-30/05/2017	Public Awareness of Research Infrastructures	Science Communications Workshop	MLZ, ERF, ESO, EIRO-Forum	Germany	Garching near Munich	Hands-on forum for communication officers and PR to share their experiences and expertise. Participants will return home with new ideas for their work, by learning how and with which means other research institutions are communicating the importance of science and of research infrastructures to society.
39	June
40	01/06/2017	World Oceans Day	Art contest	NOAA	USA		"Student will create art that illustrates this years theme: "Our Ocean, Our Future."
41	17/06/2017	MRC Festival	Medical Research Festival	Medical Research Council	UK	Cambridge	"A family-friendly hands-on activities, tours of our world-class laboratories and facilities, fascinating talks and the opportunity to talk to our scientists about their cutting-edge research. Raises public awareness and importance of medical research in society." Runs from 17-25 June 2017.
42	29/06/2017	Lancashire Science Festival	Science Festival		UK	Lanchashire
43	30/06/2017	Mathematics of Planet Earth (MPE) competition submission due	Science competition	Imaginary Open Mathematics			(An initiaitive of mathematical sciences organizations around the world designed to showcase ways in which mathematical sciences can be useful in tackling our world's problems).
44	July
45	03/07/2017	Schools Sustainability Challenge	Video competition	Trust for Sustainable Living	UK	Online	"Participating schools are invited to create a short (3 minute) video showcasing their best sustainability-related projects."
46	03/07/2017	International schools essay competition and debate climate action	Global essay competition	Trust for Sustainable Living	UK	Online	"School children around the world are invited to write open letters to the newly-elected UN Secretary General, outlining their ideas for practical climate action in this global essay competition."
47	22/07/2017	Storytelling workshop	Storytelling workshop	Sci Comm Camp	USA	Los Angeles, CA	Storytelling with Brian Wecht -- "Sharing a personal story with total strangers."
48	23/07/2017	SciArt Nanolab Summer Institute	Summer program	ArtSci Center, California Nanosystem Institute, Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA	USA	Los Angeles, CA	(A 2 week program for high school students to make connections between cutting edge scientific research, popular culture and contemporary arts). Takes place from 23 July - 4 Aug.
49	August
50	17/08/2017	Einstein's Garden Science Stalls 2017	Science festival	Green Man	UK	Wales	"Einstein’s Garden is Green Man festival’s area of science and nature where art and science collide to bring an exciting and unique line up of performances, workshops and installations that use creativity, play and participation to engage people with science and research in unexpected ways. Runs from 17 -20 August 2017.
51	31/08/2017	Sanctuary Photo Contest submission deadline	Science photo contest	NOAA	USA	Online	"In celebration our National Get Into Your Sanctuary events, NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries is hosting a photo contest. From July 1 through August 31, send us your best photos of the National Marine Sanctuary System and help us celebrate the beauty and importance of these special places."
52	September
53	10/09//2017	14th International Conference of Mathematics Education for the Future Project			Hungary
54		MASS Conference	Science conference				"Science teaching community to participate in the education conference 'Motivate and Attract Students to Science' to share ideas and enhance motivation of students for STEM"
55		GLOBE at My School Picture Contest deadline	Photo contest	GLOBE program	USA	Online
56	21/09//2017	ScienceComm 2017	Science communication conference	Science et Cité	Switzerland	Solothurn	"This conference is a platform for exchanging on current themes of science communication. It’s a great opportunity to take part in professional exchanges. The convention is addressed to all the people directly or indirectly interested in science communication." Takes place 21 Sept - 22 Sept 2017.
57	26/09/2017	Youth Grand Challenge CREST competition closes	STEM competition				"A STEM Competition aims at ages 11-19 to see how science and technology can by deployed to tackle global health issues."
58	30/09//2017	European Researcher's Night: exploring science whilst having fun	Science meet
59	October
60	02/10/2017	Early Career Physics Communicator Award 2017 submission deadline	Science Communication award	IOP	UK	London	"The IOP Physics Communicators Group invites applications from people at the start of their careers in physics who have undertaken activities that support and encourage excellent communication of physics."
61	13/10/2017	10th Imagine Science Film Festival	Science film festival	Imagine Science Films	USA	New York	"Transgenics. Cybernetics. Interdisciplinary cross-pollination. The Imagine Science Film Festival was created in the hybridization of art and science and mixing subjects, genres, and even fact and fiction, is still at the core of all of our interests."
62	19/10/2017	PyData Warsaw Conference	Science conference	PyData	UK	Warsaw	"The PyData community gathers to discuss how best to apply Python tools, as well as tools using R and Julia, to meet evolving challenges in data management, processing, analytics, and visualization."
63	26/10/2017	Bay Area Science Festival	Science Festival	UCSF	USA	San Francisco, CA	"To celebrate Bay Area's scientific wonders, resources and opportunities by exploring the role of science, engineering, technology locally and in the world. Runs from 26 Oct - 11 Nov 2017."
64	26/10/2017	World Conference of Science Journalists	Science conference	National Association of Science Writers	USA	San Francisco, CA	"The 10th World Conference of Science Journalists brings 1,200 journalists from around the world to San Francisco for professional workshops and science programs." Runs from 26-30 October 2017.
65	31/10/2017	Visual Arts Contest submission deadline	Arts contest	American Geosciences Institute	USA	Online	An visual arts competition for grades K-5 with the theme: "People and the Planet".
66	November
67	15/11/2017	Science Centre World Summit 2017	Science conference	SCWS	Japan	Tokyo	"A global meeting of professionals of science centres/museums and their networks from around the world." Held from 15-17 November 2017.
68	27/11/2017	PyData New York City Conference	Science conference	PyData	USA	New York
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