There are many organizations tackling a diversity of problems in science access and development. The core issue revolves around the what, the who, the where, and the why for the organizations and initiatives that are involved. In these talks, speakers will provide an insight into the problems their organizations are tackling, some of the results, the challenges, the future, and so much more. We have 2 speakers for the first lunch talks. Below are the abstracts:
Jessica Polka
ASAPbio is a scientist-driven nonprofit working to promote innovation and transparency in life sciences publishing by promoting the productive use of preprints and published peer review. While these innovations require technical changes, they rest more seriously on changing behaviors and attitudes among scientists. In this discussion, we’ll review some of the literature on the establishment and modification of norms and discuss how this knowledge can be applied to improving the practice of science.
Elizabeth Wu
Scismic aims to create the best scientist-to-job match to increase scientific innovation. Our goal is to help all scientists find workplaces that empower them to do their best work. In this talk, we will share how our 3 cofounders in science journeyed into entrepreneurship, and our approach and challenges in creating our online career tools to serve the scientific community.
Come prepared with questions. There will be some light snacks.
Learn more about ASAPbio here: http://asapbio.org/
Learn more about Scismic here: https://scismic.com/
