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SA Science reporting conference opens this week

Deputy Minister of Science, Derek Hanekom, is to open the 2008 Reporting Science Conference "Making Science Headlines"

The Deputy Minister for the Department of Science and Technology, Mr Derek Hanekom, will open the Reporting Science Conference, taking place on 10-11 November 2008 in Johannesburg.

Bob Scholes, a leader of the ecosystem processes and dynamics research group, and a Fellow of the CSIR will be the keynote speaker at the second Reporting Science Conference which will host a number of local experts in the fields of Nanotechnology, Climate Change, Alternative Energy, Food Security and Astronomy and Space Science.

Science reporting is a research-intensive skill that sets journalists apart and has unlimited potential in the world of news. The conference will strive to equip journalists and science communicators with information and skills to analyse and make sense of available scientific information allowing them to report on and communicate from a knowledgeable basis.

A cocktail function will take place at the Observatory on Monday 10th with a finger supper and Ubom Industrial Theatre performance. Transport will be provided from the conference venue to the Observatory for all delegates.

More information:

 Date: 10 & 11 November 2008
Venue: HackleBrooke Estate, Craighall Park, Johannesburg
Cost: R 1938 (incl VAT)
For more information and registration details please go to www.frayintermedia.com  or contact Debby Kramer on 011 341 0767 or email dkramer@frayintermedia.com 

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