What does good sci­ence com­mu­nic­a­tion look like in a time char­ac­ter­ized by mul­tiple crises and chal­lenges? The aim of the Wis­skomm Con­nec­ted Con­fer­ence, which will take place on Septem­ber 11th and 12th, 2024 at the Ber­lin-Branden­burg Academy of Sci­ences and Human­it­ies in Ber­lin, is to explore this ques­tion and find answers to it.

The con­fer­ence will bring togeth­er stake­hold­ers from sci­ence and prac­tic­al field to dis­cuss cur­rent approaches, top­ics and solu­tions in sci­ence com­mu­nic­a­tion. Both them­at­ic­ally and struc­tur­ally, the con­fer­ence pro­gram is broadly based. A wide vari­ety of top­ics and formats will be offered in order to enter into an exchange with each oth­er. For example, double key­notes, work­shops and dis­cus­sion pan­els offer the oppor­tun­ity to talk about top­ics such as sci­ence com­mu­nic­a­tion in rur­al areas, deal­ing with dis­in­form­a­tion or AI in sci­ence communication.

The con­fer­ence is organ­ized by the Trans­fer Unit Sci­ence Com­mu­nic­a­tion, a joint pro­ject of Wis­senschaft im Dia­log and the Ber­lin-Branden­burg Academy of Sci­ences and Human­it­ies, which is fun­ded by the Fed­er­al Min­istry of Edu­ca­tion and Research.

The RHET AI Cen­ter will be rep­res­en­ted at the con­fer­ence by Markus Gott­schling. He will be part of a pan­el dis­cus­sion on the top­ic of "Künst­liche Intel­li­genz in der Wis­senschaft­skom­munika­tion – Poten­ziale und Heraus­for­der­ungen". Ges­ine Born (Bil­der­insti­tut), Nic­ola Kuhrt (MedWatch.de, Table.Media) and Dr. Esth­er Greuss­ing (Tech­nis­che Uni­versität Braun­sch­weig) will join Markus Gott­schling in the dis­cus­sion. The pan­el dis­cus­sion will take place on Septem­ber 11 from 2 to 3 pm. More inform­a­tion about the con­fer­ence and the pro­gram can be found on the con­fer­ence web­site.