3282 The Role of Science in Society

Saturday, February 19, 2011: 8:30 AM
156 (Washington Convention Center )
Savita Custead , Bristol Natural History Consortium, Bristol, United Kingdom
The presence of researchers and scientific institutions in everyday public environments, like parks, cafés and shopping malls, forms the basis for a discourse on the role of science in society drawing on original research into science and technology festivals world wide.