MEDIA FOR science conferences

Your conference creates news stories

Conferences are an opportunity to get your research field in front of the press

You’ve invested time and energy on getting top thought leaders together in one place. We can help you to make the most of it, from winning a bid, through to connecting journalists with speakers during the conference.

Conference organisers face special pressures that we understand. We led successful bids to bring two international conferences to Australia and then ran one of them: the World Conference of Science Journalists

We’ve supported over 20 major science and technology conferences

We’ve helped conferences large and small.

Highlights include generating over two hours of national television and 15 hours of radio features and talk for the 19th Congress of Genetics in 2003, and announcing the discovery of the Higgs Boson in conjunction with the International Conference on High Energy Physics, where we handled over 150 media requests.

Conference organisers face special pressures that we understand. We led successful bids to bring two international conferences to Australia and then ran one of them: the World Conference of Science Journalists, which attracted 620 delegates.

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23rd Congress of Genetics

1,600 delegates, and over 100 speakers. We created 40 stories, delivered through 14 media releases. Coverage highlights include The Australian, The Age, The Guardian, and across ABC radio and online. STORIES

26th World Mining Congress

3,000 delegates. We delivered 12 media releases, resulting in over 340 pieces of coverages across TV, print, online and radio. STORIES

United Nations DPI/NGO Conference “Advance Global Health”

2,000 delegates from 300 NGOs. We created and coordinated the media program in collaboration with the UN media team. STORIES

36th International Conference on High Energy Physics

800 delegates. Coinciding with the announcement of the Higgs Boson at CERN, resulting in thousands of stories including 3 front pages, TV news coverage & 150 interview requests. STORIES

Stories from conferences

How will climate change affect mining? – Professor Ian Lowe

Emeritus Professor Ian Lowe AO op ed The potential impacts of climate change are not well known or understood by the mining industry, despite them being clearly identified in the sixth volume of the IPCC report released in 2021-23. Addressing impacts of climate change is a global problem. Industries that operate globally must be part…
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Transformation in Mining – Sinead Kaufman, Chief Executive, Minerals, Rio Tinto

Speech to the 26th World Mining Congress Brisbane, 28 June 2023 Slide 1: Heading slide Thank-you Jillian, it is great to be able to talk to you this morning from my hometown here in Brisbane.  I would like to begin by acknowledging the Traditional Owners on both sides of the river – the Jagera and…
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Big names in mining team up to demonstrate remote semi-autonomous dozer technology

Big names in mining team up to demonstrate remote semi-autonomous dozer tech Thiess, Caterpillar and Hastings Deering deliver off-site remote operation of Cat® MineStarTM Command for dozing live at the World Mining Congress in Brisbane (27–29 June 2023). Global mining services provider Thiess has teamed up with original equipment manufacturer Caterpillar and local Cat dealer…
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Rushing to extract critical minerals could compromise sustainable development

The urgency to provide metals for the energy transition is putting pressure on the legal safeguards and approval processes governing mining, according to University of Queensland (UQ) researchers, and the consequences could compromise sustainable development. In a report commissioned by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and produced by UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI), researchers…
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New planning tool offers miners in dry regions a shared water supply solution

The financial, environmental and social feasibility of mining in some of the world’s driest regions could be unlocked through shared water supply networks according to a new project led by The University of Queensland’s (UQ) Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI). Dr Liliana Pagliero, who will present the findings and details of the tool at the World…
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How can we help you?

Niall Byrne +61 417 131 977 | niall@scienceinpublic.com.au

Sarah Brooker on +61 413 332 489 | sarah@scienceinpublic.com.au

Our team are located in Adelaide, SA and Melbourne, VIC.