What has the public ever done for us...?
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Cameron Neylon's talk explores the relationship between public funding and scientific communication, emphasizing the need for real engagement and maximizing the impact of scientific work. He critiques traditional publishing and peer review systems as outdated and advocates for open data and processes to improve accessibility and public understanding. Ultimately, Neylon stresses the importance of optimizing communication strategies to enhance public investment in science and encourage widespread contributions.
What has the public ever done for us...?
- 1. What has the public ever done for us? Cameron Neylon - BioGeeks Tech Meet - London - 18 June 2010 http://www.flickr.com/photos/untitlism/22800371 CC-BY
- 2. Disclaimer... The opinions expressed in this talk are the personal views of the speaker given as a private citizen and should not under any circumstances be taken as indicative of STFC, RCUK, or UK government policy or of any current or past discussions of future policy....
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- 4. Preface:
- 6. Why do we do science?
- 7. Why do they pay?
- 8. Why do they pay? http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639/ CC-BY-SA
- 9. Why do they pay? w e http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639/ CC-BY-SA
- 12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/penmachine/2109311458/ ...excitement
- 13. Why do I do it?
- 17. This is a privilege.
- 18. Not a right.
- 20. My aim is to...
- 22. ...through my work or through enabling others.
- 24. and how do you measure it? http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3209939998
- 25. I don’t have a good answer... http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattymatt/3017263513
- 26. But at least focus on...
- 28. I work mainly on technique development and enabling technologies
- 29. I aim to maximise the ability of people to (re-)use my work
- 35. Open process...
- 39. ...at least that’s the aim...
- 40. What about papers... or peer review? http://flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/ CC_BY
- 41. “Publication in traditional journals represents the state of the art for scientific communication...”
- 42. “...if you are using 17th century technology” Michael Nielsen
- 43. £25B on publication? £2B on peer review? http://www.rin.ac.uk
- 44. The web makes publishing easy
- 46. Publishing (broadcasting) is easy
- 47. ...real engagement is harder http://www.flickr.com/photos/missrogue/107787363
- 48. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tranchis/3708549622 Less of this...
- 51. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810 CC-BY ...we are the public...
- 52. ...but...
- 54. 21C rate of information... http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylanroscover/3450505729 CC-BY-SA
- 55. ...with 19C filter systems http://www.flickr.com/photos/daveyll/332723930
- 58. ...build the right tools http://www.flickr.com/photos/wheatfields/3408358703 CC-BY
- 59. Maximise the return on the public investment
- 61. =
- 64. Let’s assume...
- 65. we can communicate and engage... http://www.flickr.com/photos/yourdon/3088582622
- 66. Will we want to? http://www.flickr.com/photos/66164549@N00/2162663143
- 68. Because every time a permanent job is advertised...
- 70. The one with the most Nature papers gets to mate... http://www.flickr.com/photos/t3rmin4t0r/3947963283 CC-BY
- 71. None of this will get you a job or funding...at least not yet.
- 73. ...so who’s going first then? http://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000/3827673841
- 74. We need the right incentives... http://www.flickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/3238300837 CC-BY
- 77. But that has to come from the top... http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/3033524024 CC-BY
- 79. If we get this right... http://www.flickr.com/photos/davidcjones/1422043515
- 83. ...of champions and advocates...
- 85. And if we get it wrong...? http://www.flickr.com/photos/phobia/2308371224 CC-BY-SA
- 87. But this is the media’s fault! http://www.flickr.com/photos/secretlondon/3104523439 CC-BY-SA Nothing to do with us right?
- 89. “It’s too much work to make the information available” “I don’t want it to get into the hands of people who might misuse or misunderstand it” “Properly qualified experts need to look over it first.”
- 90. “It’s too much work to make the information available” From a sc i e ntist? “I don’t want it to get into the hands of people who might misuse or misunderstand it” “Properly qualified experts need to look over it first.”
- 91. “It’s too much work to make the information available” “I don’t want it to get into the hands of people who might misuse or misunderstand it” From a po li t i cian? “Properly qualified experts need to look over it first.”
- 92. “It’s too much work to make the information available” From the CEO of BP ? “I don’t want it to get into the hands of people who might misuse or misunderstand it” “Properly qualified experts need to look over it first.”
- 93. You expect government information to be free.
- 94. You expect public health information to be free.
- 95. You expect company information to be free.
- 96. What made you think your science was any different?
- 98. We need to maximise impact... http://www.flickr.com/photos/meesterdickey/2581274092 CC-BY
- 99. http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391 CC-BY-SA ...and return on investment
- 100. Real public engagement can help with this...
- 103. ...and a lot less of this http://www.flickr.com/photos/tammra/283690669/
- 104. If we’re not willing to optimize our systems of communication....
- 105. ...away from scoring points and towards being useful http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmrosenfeld/3336899689 CC-BY
- 106. If we’re not leveraging the web to get the widest possible range of contributions...
- 107. ...then we are headed for serious trouble http://www.flickr.com/photos/misserion/2275742553 CC-BY
- 108. The argument won’t be whether science budgets go up or down... http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2384490016 CC-BY
- 109. ...but whether there is one
- 110. And to be honest...
- 111. ...its not clear to me that we will deserve one
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