Although this is often dismissed or hidden and artificially separated at school, there is no science without communication and no successful scientists without good writing and presentation skills. You may do the best science that exists, if you don't write papers about it - papers that get cited! - and if you don't give presentations that impress people, your science will likely be ignored. Moreover, if you do not write convincing proposals that appeal to non-specialists, you won't get observing time, nor the coveted postdoc position and certainly not the very competitive but needed grants to fund your research. Finally, as a scientist, it is your duty and privilege to communicate your science to the general public, policy makers and the media, and like all the rest, this is something that needs to be learned.

In this lunch session, we will provide best practices on how to get your message across in the various supports you need to use as a scientist.

This session is especially targeted at young astronomers that wish to learn some tricks of the trade, although it is hoped that this will be interesting for many astronomers in all career stages.

Programme

Invited speakers

• Henri Boffin (ESO)
• Diane Black (retired, Groningen, Netherlands)
• Nushkia Chamba (Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Johan Knapen ( Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain)

Scientific organisers

Henri M.J. Boffin (ESO)

Contact

hboffin @ eso.org