Thursday, October 1
Welcome to the Summit! Stop by the Check in table to make it official.
This dinner event is for researchers, educators, and artists who are currently participating or have participated in the Polar STEAM program as Fellows.
How has our knowledge of polar regions — from the 19th century to today — been challenged by climate extremes? We’ll start the Summit with an evening of short film and conversation with environmental humanities professor Hester Blum as she reflects on the production of polar knowledge and the power of storytelling. A participant in the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan, the world’s last surviving wooden whaleship, Bloom has served as a historian on voyages in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. She is the author of The News at the Ends of the Earth: The Print Culture of Polar Exploration.
Event start 7:00 p.m. Cash bar at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are included in Summit registration. Learn more about this event here.
Friday, October 2
Welcome to the Summit! If you didn’t check in on Thursday evening, this is your time to stop by the check in table.
Grab your coffee and tea, have conversations, and get ready for the day!
Welcome to the Summit!
The OSU Story Lab pairs student storytellers with researchers to capture narratives about research impact. David Baker, OSU Story Lab’s Creative Director, and student producer, Will Delaney, embarked on a Polar STEAM documentary project to share the stories of four Polar STEAM Fellows. Through the voices of a researchers, educators and artists, we’ll follow how the
blending of their experiences and backgrounds have shaped their understanding of their respective disciplines. From wide-eyed newcomers to the polar landscapes to seasoned researchers, we’ll explore a range of perspectives that shape polar exploration and understanding.
Following the showing of the short film, David will host a panel with student filmmaker Will Delaney and Fellows to delve deeper into their Polar STEAM and documentary film experiences.
These 75-minutes sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
Break for lunch and gallery tours
These 75-minute sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
Data Jam is a pedagogical approach where learners analyze authentic, real-world scientific datasets and communicate their findings through art modalities. Groups will be lead by researcher – artist pairings. Participants will analyze a subset of the researcher’s scientific data and communicate their findings creatively using a selected art modalities with the guidance of an artist or art educator.
In September, we will share the researcher/artist pairings. Participants will be asked to rank their preference and will then be assigned to a group in advance. This event will conclude with a sharing of work.
- For educators, Data Jam supports learners with the development of data literacy, scientific content knowledge through engagement with real-world science, science communication skills, and arts-based skills and knowledge.
- For researchers, Data Jam can be used to support broader impacts – helping learners engage with your science – and support your experience curating your data for general public engagement with your research.
- For Artists and Polar Enthusiasts, Data Jam can showcase how different art modalities can be used to creatively express trends in data.
This dinner event is for researchers, educators, and artists who are currently participating or have participated in the Polar STEAM program as Fellows.
Our evening performance will feature a ground-breaking collaboration between Irish music icon Seamus Egan and lauded New York-based Scots-Irish harper Maeve Gilchrist. Using their common language of traditional Celtic music, Egan and Gilchrist explore one of the most extraordinary palettes imaginable: the Antarctic. The pair immerse us into the world of Ernest Shackleton’s 1914-17 Trans-Antarctic Expedition through a myriad of traditional instruments alongside electronic manipulation, sound design, poetry and spoken word. Step into the environment of ice, camaraderie, austere beauty and human ego — all set against the backdrop of Europe in World War I and an Irishman far from home.
Event start 7:00 p.m. Tickets are included in Summit registration. Learn more about this event here.
Saturday, October 3
Grab your coffee and tea, have conversations, and get ready for the day!
This is a fast-paced, engaging opportunity for scientists to highlight their research and communicate why it matters. Presenters will each give a 4-min presentation using one static (non-animated) slide. Presentations should respond to the prompt: Why Should We Care? A Science Worth Sharing.
The focus is on compelling communication rather than technical detail. Storytelling, clarity, and impact are encouraged. At the conclusion of the Science Share session, winners will be selected by popular vote from the audience.
These 75-minute sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
Break for lunch and gallery tours
These 75-minute sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
These 75-minute sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
These 75-minute sessions integrate one or more of the conference themes of storytelling, art integration, and science communication and may engage participants in working with scientific data, developing narratives, experimenting with visual or written forms, exploring innovative strategies for outreach, education, and public engagement and more. You will walk away with ideas, skills, techniques, and/or strategies to implement into your work/practice.
Check back in later this summer for more detailed information about the sessions.
We will gather at the Plaza in the town of Corvallis to celebrate our new insights, friendships, and collaboration possibilities.
Event start 6:00 p.m. Dinner provided.
Want to facilitate a session or share your research at the Science Slam? Learn about opportunities and apply using the Summit Form by July 10.
Made possible with funding by the U.S. National Science Foundation Award #2221990. The information contained here is those of the author(s) and does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.