Livestock Biotech Summit to feature interactive sessions.
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During Livestock Biotech Summit, Sept 16-18, 2014, attendees will hear from expert communicators on strategies to communicate effectively around animal biotechnology. Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science will present session titled "Distilling your Message on Animal Biotechnology." At this interactive plenary session, attendees will learn and practice tools to fine tune how they talk about complicated technology in ways that are meaningful to listeners at various levels of understanding.
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Interactive Science Communication Sessions at 2014 BIO Livestock Biotech Summit
2014 BIO Livestock BiotechSummit
WASHINGTON--The science behind animal biotechnology can be difficult to comprehend but even more difficult to communicate successfully to your intended audience. Delivering your information about science discoveries is as important as the discoveries themselves, so attendees will get the opportunity to hone their communications techniques during specially produced communications programming at this year’s Livestock Biotech Summit. The 2014 Summit will be held September 16-18, 2014, in Sioux Falls, South Dakota at the Sioux Falls Convention Center.
“Attendees will hear from expert communicators on strategies to communicate effectively around animal biotechnology”
“Attendees will hear from expert communicators on strategies to communicate effectively around animal biotechnology,” said David Edwards, director of Animal Biotechnology at BIO. “Consumer confidence relies on good communication and education.”
On Tuesday, September 16, the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science will present the session “Distilling your Message on Animal Biotechnology.” At this interactive plenary session, attendees will learn and practice tools we all can use to fine tune how we talk about a complicated technology in ways that are meaningful to listeners at various levels of understanding.
Additionally, on Tuesday, September 16, Dr. Alison Van Eenennaam, Animal Genomics and Biotechnology Professor at the University of California at Davis and 2014 Borlaug CAST Communication Award winner along with Charlie Arnot, CEO, Center for Food Integrity will panel a session titled “Messaging about Animal Protein.” Here, attendees will have the opportunity to hear from expert communicators on how they communicate information around the rapidly growing appetite for animal protein and what challenges we can expect to face us as we explain to consumers the need for this technology in order to help feed a growing population.
Visit BIO’s Livestock Biotech Summit website for program updates and news on summit registration, events and speakers. The program will consist of three days of cross cutting discussions among industry, academic and government leaders, covering everything from care and use of agricultural animals in research and production to agricultural animals for both food and biomedical applications.
All Livestock Biotech Summit sessions are open to credentialed media. Complimentary media registration is available to editors and reporters with valid press credentials working full time for print, broadcast or web publications. Pre-registration for reporters is now open.
About BIO
BIO is the world's largest trade association representing biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world. BIOtechNOW is BIO's blog chronicling “innovations transforming our world” and the BIO Newsletter is the organization’s bi-weekly email newsletter. Subscribe to the BIO Newsletter.
Upcoming BIO Events
BIO International Convention
June 23-26, 2014
San Diego, CA
BIO Latin America Conference
September 9-11, 2014
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Livestock Biotech Summit
September 16-18, 2014
Sioux Falls, SD
Contacts
Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
Caitlin Kennedy, 202-312-9288
Web: www.bio.org
Blog: www.biotech-now.org
Twitter: @IAmBiotech #BIOLivestock14
