Presentation from "Dialogue LIVE!" at the 2013 Science Communication Conference organised by the British Science Association - slides by

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Dialogue Live!
Sci Comm Conference 2013
16 May 2013

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Roland Jackson
Executive Chair of Sciencewise
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Sciencewise
 Sciencewise Expert Resource Centre for
Public Dialogue in Science and Technology
 Funded by the Department for Business
Innovation and Skills (BIS)
 It aims to help policy makers commission
and use public dialogue to inform policy
decisions in emerging areas of science and
technology
 Launched in 2008
To help improve
policy-making in
science and technology
through the use of
public dialogue and
engagement

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Pippa Hyam,
Dialogue and Engagement
Specialist, Sciencewise
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Public Dialogue is -
 engaging with the public about ethical and
societal issues in order to understand their
views and concerns.
 about the policy makers being prepared to
change their minds.
 about gathering public and different
perspectives to help explore issues,
aspirations and concerns as a part of the
policy development process.
 helping policy makers make better policy
decisions.

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Innes Newman,
Member of the Sciencewise
Citizen Group
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Edward Andersson,
Sciencewise Dialogue Manager
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Dialogue Taster Toolkit
Developed by Sciencewise to:
• Provide experience of public dialogue to people
who are new to the area
• Provide training opportunities around facilitation
skills.
Simulated dialogues:
• Based on real dialogue material
• Assumes knowledge and skill among
organisers
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Public Dialogue Exercise
• You will work on actual material discussed by
citizens during the RCUK Open Data Dialogue.
• You will have a twenty minute discussion at
your table, facilitated by a table host.
• We want to you to discuss how open data
should be applied (if at all) in the scenario
presented.
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Table discussion I
Look at the open data principles on your table.
As citizens discuss:
•What matters most to you when it comes to
open data?
•Try to identify the three or four most important
principles for you as a group
•Is anything missing from the principles?
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Table discussion II
You will see a hypothetical scenario:
1. If you had been involved in the original
research, how would you feel about your data
being passed on to Puffalot?
2. Is it important how the data is used?
3. What about timing of release of information?
4. What about the costs involved in opening up
the data?
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Table discussion III
Consider:
• Does the scenario change how you think about
open data? If so, how?
• Would you choose different principles after
seeing this scenario?
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Plenary discussion
• What was the experience of a deliberative
small group discussion like for you?
• What did you learn through doing the exercise?
• Can you see situations where you could either
use dialogue or the toolkit?
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Questions and Answers
Edward Andersson
Roland Jackson
Suzannah Lansdell
Innes Newman
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Using the toolkit
• At events
• As part of away days
• As a training and learning tool
Sciencewise is happy to help you think through
how best to make use of the toolkit.
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Next Steps with Sciencewise
Sciencewise can help you with:
1. Monthly Digest
2. Social Intelligence & Research
3. Training and Mentoring
4. Dialogue Specialists
5. Project funding and support
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