Science at Sheffield
The Science at Sheffield initiative (formally known as Science on Saturday) presented in partnership with The Wellcome Trust, returns to Doc/Fest 2009 with two sessions, which will focus exclusively on science documentaries with speakers from Britain and around the world including commissioners, scientists and filmmakers. In addition, Scienece at Sheffield will also present two science films.
Voices from El Sayed + Wagah + Q&A
Showroom 2, Thursday 05 November 2009, 12:00
Showroom 2, Saturday 07 November 2009, 12:00
Media Under the Microscope: How Popular Culture could Change the Face of Science
In the past, producers made films about science, but now it seems that dynamic is being turned on its head. Social networking models, massive multiplayer online games like World of Warcraft and even Zombie films are helping inform how viruses spread and are increasing our understanding of how we socialize and form networks. We discuss what it means for scientists and content producers and take a light-hearted look at what happens when the media world is put under the microscope. During the session we will also reveal the final results of the Doc/Fest networking system Flink and find out who were the best and worst networkers in the Docs community!
The Wellcome Trust Broadcast Development Awards Pitching Panel
Come and pitch your science idea to The Wellcome Trust for a 10k prize! Wellcome’s Broadcast Development Awards support the development of broadcast proposals that engage the audience with issues around biomedical science in an innovative, entertaining and accessible way. The pitch is open to innovative documentary, game and online projects that can engage large audiences with the impact of biomedical science on our lives and on society. Our funding will enable these ideas to be developed into high impact, well-researched proposals to be utilised in securing a broadcast platform and/or further funding.