The World Science Festival is an awesome event that brings together scientists, communicators, and the public for fascinating conversations and eye-opening presentations. The downside: It’s in New York City (also, most of the sessions are already sold out.)
But all is not lost: Several sessions from the conference will be webcast—some live, some after-the-fact—and, as a bonus, the webcasts come with audience interaction and running commentary delivered by science journalists from the staff of Scientific American and, also, by me!
The webcasts start tomorrow (with Sci Am’s Philip Yam hosting a panel on dark matter and dark energy) and run through Saturday. The full webcast schedule is online.
I’ve been asked to host the panel that inspired my recent blog post about tornadoes, uncertainty, and the risks of climate change. “The Illusion of Certainty: Risk, Probability, and Chance” will feature mathematicians Marcus du Sautoy and Amir Aczel, psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer, physicist Leonard Mlodinow, and cognitive scientist Josh Tenenbaum. The actual panel happens on Thursday night. The webcast, with my commentary, starts on Friday at 4:45 Eastern. I’ll also post the webcast to BoingBoing on Saturday.