Schedule

Open only to students funded by WCSJ2017 student travel fellowships. All U.S. and international student travel fellows will attend a mandatory half-day orientation and skills workshop to preview their assignments... Read More

A preconference workshop sponsored by the Research Councils UK and produced by the World Federation of Science Journalists Advanced registration required. Description This half-day workshop will cover elements of the... Read More

Advance registration required. This hands-on workshop is designed for science journalists who have some experience or training in data journalism and are comfortable writing computer code and working with statistics.... Read More

A preconference event sponsored and organized by The Hastings Center Advanced registration required. CRISPR greatly enhances the ease and affordability of gene editing. It is being used to modify plants... Read More

A sponsored luncheon program offered by AstraZeneca Advanced registration required. Every day, the DNA in our cells is damaged tens of thousands of times by natural and external factors.(1) Fortunately,... Read More

Not since the atomic bomb has a technology so alarmed its inventors that they warned the world against its use. Not, that is, until the spring of 2015, when biologist... Read More

Opening remarks by: Cristine Russell and Ron Winslow, co-chairs, WCSJ2017 Organizing Committee Curtis Brainard, president, World Federation of Science Journalists Enrique Bustamante Martinez, executive director, Fundación Ealy Ortiz S.A.

In 2017, more than 80 percent of the world’s energy supply continues to come from burning coal, oil and natural gas, with complete release of the resulting carbon dioxide. Among... Read More

Awards celebration co-sponsored by American Chemical Society and American Institute of Physics Join us in opening the conference exhibit hall and toasting award-winning science journalists around the world!

A sponsored breakfast program offered by 10X Genomics Drop in to enjoy coffee with scientists and learn about the new Human Cell Atlas initiative. Open to all attendees, no registration... Read More

With facts and truth increasingly under assault, many interest groups have enlisted data visualization to support all manner of spin. Because digital images and graphics are inherently sharable and can... Read More

The Fifth Annual CASW Patrusky Lecture The scientific world is facing its greatest challenge in centuries. A facts-based, data-driven way of operating is being rejected as elitist. With this change... Read More

A luncheon event organized by eLife, with support from additional sponsors Advanced registration required. This hosted luncheon event will explore how changes in science publishing are affecting how research is conducted,... Read More

Hosted event sponsored by 23andMe and Johnson & Johnson Innovation Advance registration required. Update November 6: Results of the audience survey taken at the luncheon are now posted. Download “Audience... Read More

In his address, Thierry Zomahoun will emphasize that history matters. Storytelling sets the tone for global perceptions of reality, which in turn influence the behavior of one group of people... Read More

Sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Innovation, WCSJ2017 Diamond Sponsor Tonight, we celebrate the conference with a reception at the stunning California Academy of Sciences. The evening’s theme, Farm–>Table, will showcase California’s... Read More

From moment to moment, our immune system maintains a remarkable state of equilibrium, a tightrope act that is vital to our survival. On the one hand, the immune system must... Read More

Two internationally known book authors—Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, and Ed Yong, author of I Contain Multitudes—join fellow author and moderator... Read More

A sponsored luncheon program offered by Bayer Advanced registration required. Even though 70 new therapies have been launched during the past five years, cancer is still the second leading cause... Read More

Pseudoscience deceives millions of people every day. Although scientists and journalists try to expose baseless assertions, governments around the world often will make decisions based on such claims or on... Read More

WCSJ2017 will coincide with the exciting Bay Area Science Festival. The festival has reserved a discounted block of seats to enable WCSJ2017 participants to attend a special Saturday night show,... Read More

The panelists in this late-breaking plenary, organized to address the recent spate of natural disasters, will discuss the challenges of covering earthquakes, hurricanes, wildfires, and other events.

If you are signed up to go to UC Berkeley, use the Mission Street entrance to board buses. Please arrive at 9:25 in order that we can line up, load the... Read More

If you are signed up to go to UCSF, use the Mission Street entrance to board buses. Please arrive at 9:50 sharp in order that we can line up, load the... Read More

Advanced registration required. Through decades of lobbying, the tobacco industry has provided a blueprint for using, or even corrupting, scientists to muddle evidence and meddle in public policies around the... Read More

Joe DeRisi never rests in his pursuit of new technologies for finding and fighting mystery diseases. As a teen in the 1980s, DeRisi watched the AIDS epidemic catch the medical... Read More

California leads the United States in responding to global climate change as it tries to create a clean-energy economy, ameliorate the effects of global change and promote green businesses for... Read More

GENERAL REGISTRATION FOR SUNDAY EVENTS AT UC BERKELEY HAS CLOSED. If you have registered, you may edit your choices of on-campus events through October 12. Please be sure to make... Read More

UC San Francisco (UCSF) is one of the premier health sciences universities in the world.  It receives more funding from the U.S. National Institutes of Health than any other public... Read More

Advanced registration required. So you finally got your hands on some data. After sending requests and cajoling sources for months, an email finally arrives with a link. You click it... Read More

WCSJ2017 will close with a celebration and reception at the Exploratorium on Pier 15 of San Francisco’s historic Embarcadero. Join us to see why in 2013 The New York Times named the... Read More

Registration fee: $25 (lunch included) Details: Wear comfortable walking shoes Organizer: Kat Kerlin, UC Davis Strategic Communications Sponsored by: UC Davis Strategic Communications NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are... Read More

THE ORIGINAL FIELD TRIP TO NAPA HAS BEEN REPLACED. Due to the recent fires in the Napa Valley area, we regret that we have to cancel the tour of UC... Read More

Registration fee: $25 (lunch included) Details: Wear comfortable shoes Organizers: Stephen Kulieke, UC Davis Institute of Transportation; Alicia Loge, UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center Sponsored by: UC Davis Strategic Communications NOTE: Start... Read More

THIS FIELD TRIP IS FULL. Registration fee: $45 Details: Wear comfortable hiking shoes. Trip organizer/speaker: Lynn Yarris, NCSWA/Todd Dawson, UC Berkeley Sponsored by: UC Berkeley NOTE: Start and end times given... Read More

Registration fee: $45 (lunch included) Organizer: Rob Irion, UC Santa Cruz Sponsored by: Monterey Bay Aquarium NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are the times when the trips... Read More

Registration fee: $25  Lunch: Available to purchase Details: Wear comfortable walking shoes Organizer: Wallace Ravven Sponsored by: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute NOTE: Start and end times given for field... Read More

Registration fee: $20 Details: Wear shoes suitable for outdoor walking on uneven surfaces. Dress in layers. Bring rain gear, water, hat, and sunscreen as appropriate. Organizer: Robert Finn, Univadis.com Sponsored by: US... Read More

Registration fee: $20 Details: Wear clothing and shoes suitable for outdoor walking on uneven surfaces. Bring rain gear, water, hat, and sunscreen as appropriate. Organizer: Robert Finn, Univadis.com Sponsored by: US Geological... Read More

THIS FIELD TRIP IS FULL. Registration fee: $20 (lunch included) Organizer: Donna Alvarado Sponsored by: Alphabet’s X NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are the times when the... Read More

Registration fee: $20  Sponsored by: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are the times when the trips depart from and return to the... Read More

Registration fee: $20 (lunch included) Details: Wear comfortable walking shoes Organizer/speaker: Robert Sanders, UC Berkeley/Richard Allen, Director, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory Sponsored by: Berkeley Seismological Laboratory NOTE: Start and end times given... Read More

Registration fee: $25 (lunch included) Details: Wear shoes suitable for walking outdoors on the beach. Dress in layers. Bring rain gear, water, hat, and sunscreen as appropriate. Organizer: Kathleen Wong, UC... Read More

Registration fee: $20 (lunch included) Organizer: Mary Miller, Exploratorium Sponsored by: Johnson & Johnson Innovation NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are the times when the trips... Read More

Registration fee: $20 (lunch included) Sponsored by: Bayer NOTE: Start and end times given for field trips are the times when the trips depart from and return to the Marriott Marquis... Read More

Registration fee: $25 (happy hour reception included) Organizer: Devon Terrill, The Stanley Foundation Sponsored by:The Stanley Foundation, The James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and... Read More