Online panel

An overview of Flemish platforms for science communication

Do you want to reach out to the broad audience, but don't you know where? You would be surprised about the many options and formats that are out there! In this panel, you will discover a lot of them, explained by the organizers themselves. The session itself will be in English, but some of the discussed platforms only have events in Dutch - so there's something for everyone! And SciMingo will add initiatives of organisations that are not part of the panel.

Discover the panel members below.
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Mariam Harutyunyan

De expertendatabank

"De expertendatabank" is a platform for researchers in Flanders to offer their expertise to the media. This way, the database helps increasing the quality of scientific reporting and the diversity in experts.

Mariam coordinates the database together with Elke Jeurissen, but she is also Executive Director at A Seat At The Table, fashion entrepreneur, and many more things.

Toon Verlinden

Nerdland Festival & De Wetenschapsbattle

Toon Verlinden organizes Nerdland Festival: the biggest open air science festival in Belgium. Together with Hans Van de Water, he also coordinates the Wetenschapsbattle (science battle), an event where researchers present their work for children in elementary school.

Next to coordinating those events, Toon wrote some non fiction books and trained ten thousands of researchers to communicate about their research.

Matteo Piumatti

Pint of Science

Pint of Science is one of the largest science communication festivals in the world. Hundreds of thousands of people gather in pubs worldwide for three days to listen to scientists explaining their work. PoS Belgium kicked off in 2018 and quickly spread to 14 cities.

Matteo Piumatti is the city coordinator of Brussels. Former scientist with a PhD in neuroscience, he now works full time on science communication.

Ann Van der Jeugd

BeWise

Ann Van der Jeugd is a neurobiologist with a passion for science communication. She is chairwoman of Belgian Women in Science (BeWise) and columnist at EOS magazine. In 2020, she was awarded the year price for science communication of KVAB and the Young Academy.

Ann will tell you all about BeWise, and will share her experience with SoapBox Science.