BRING YOUR SCIENCE TO THE PARTY!
LOOKING FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH OPPORTUNITIES, A WAY TO EXPAND YOUR NETWORK, SOME STELLAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND A REALLY GREAT TIME?
BECOME A ROVING SCIENTIST AT BEAKER STREET FESTIVAL, AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER NATIONAL SCIENCE WEEK EVENT FOR ADULTS, 6-13 AUGUST 2024.
Expressions of interest now open
Beaker Street’s Roving Scientist Program is your golden ticket to hone your skills as a science communicator extraordinaire while captivating an eager adult audience. The program is open to PhD candidates, post-docs, academics, science communicators, non-academic scientists, or people working in a STEM field. Our Roving Scientists are the heart and soul of the Festival. You’ll be stationed at bar tables at our lively Roving Scientist Bar, taking over Hobart’s historic Hope & Anchor — Australia’s oldest continually licensed pub. Share your expertise, make some new friends, build your CV, and actually have fun while you’re doing it.
But wait, there’s more! As a Roving Scientist, you’ll get free access to a whole bunch of exclusive events and opportunities, including:
-A Dr Karl science communication workshop just for Beaker Street participants
-An invite to The Collider, a swanky networking event hosted by Robyn Williams and Dr Lila Landowski, where you’ll be rubbing shoulders with policy makers, industry leaders, philanthropists, journalists, and celebs. (And when we say swanky, we mean ridiculously casual and fun, and maybe wear a bedazzled lab coat.)
– The chance to be featured on the 2023 Eureka Prize-winning podcast ‘That’s What I Call Science.’
– Inclusion in our scientist database (shared with national media) and your research profile hosted on our Festival website.
– Special discounts on numerous Festival events, and at Hadley’s Orient Hotel, the best place to stay during the Festival and where all our visiting scientific participants and media will be.
– An amazingly flashy, highly coveted LED-lit name badge.
HERE’S WHAT’S INVOLVED:
- Join us at Beaker Street Festival, in Nipaluna/Hobart, which takes place August 6th to 13th 2024 (you don’t need to come to the whole thing, but you totally should).
- Be a participant in Beaker Street’s Roving Scientist Bar at the Hope & Anchor, evenings of Friday August 9th and Saturday August 10th (you’ll choose your preferred time slot/s once you’re selected). If you’re an Antarctic scientist, you can also take part in Hobartica, which will be running from Tuesday August 6th.
- Chat with punters, answer questions about your research, share some specimens or oddities, be up for having some fun.
- Please note, travel and accommodation are not included as part of the program.
Any questions? Email Tim, our Roving Scientist Coordinator, at [email protected].
Not quite right for you? Why not be a Festival volunteer, or simply come along to all the Festival fun.
