Invited Speakers: 

Simon Clark: "Once More With Feeling: Emotion and Storytelling In SciComm"

Simon D. A. Clark (they/them) - Simon is the Projects Manager at the European Geosciences Union Executive Office, where co-ordinate and deliver the Union's online events, webinars and workshops. A science communicator with a PhD in climate change and risk, Simon strives to make science accessible by engaging non-expert audiences, including collaborations with multiple museums, artists and, most, recently, they spoke on Climate Action at stage at Superblume Music Festival. Simon also has works at the science-policy interface, having worked for academic, private and (quasi)-non-governmental organizations supporting evidence-based decision-making at the EU-level, including working with the EU Commission and European Parliament.

Lucia Perez-Diaz: "Science (in pictures)"

Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz is a computational geoscientist and author-illustrator based in Oxford (UK). In her scientific work, she creates computer models of large-scale geological processes like the break-up of continents and formation and evolution of oceans (which are, in turn, used to learn about the direct impact of these events on the evolution of life and climate on Earth). Lucia's journey into illustration and design started during her PhD studies as a way to open up scientific discovery to broader audiences and convey complex topics in engaging ways. Having spent the best part of the last decade somewhere in the intersection of science and art, she now spends some of her time teaching scientists about the power of visuals for scientific communication.