On 14-15 November, the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Research hosted the second “Communicating European Research” conference. Based on the very positive experiences from the 2004 edition, the event focused on the manifold aspects of science communication and provided an excellent forum and meeting place for scientists, communication professionals and journalists. The conference also took stock of the progress towards the Seventh Framework Programme.

Promoting successful science communication
Around 2100 participants - including project co-ordinators, journalists and other communication professionals, press officers and representatives from research organisations - met to promote mutual understanding of their respective roles, to share best practice and to define strategies to improve communication, outreach and dissemination of research results to the public and the press at a European level.

Showcasing European research

Throughout the event, latest research results and current scientific activities were presented to the media in press conferences and media briefings. A huge exhibition featured selected research initiatives as well as the communication strategies of research organisations. Dissemination networks, media associations, relevant publications and editorials together with companies and service providers in the field of information and communication presented their products and services.

AD4 presented the project results and a live demostration of a mock-up of the system at the exhibition room ,demonstrating its capabilities of visualizing and navigating a 3D representation of the airspace. Positive feedback came from people involved in the ATM field. Furthermore we were interviewed by the EuroNews satellite television (http://www.euronews.net) as well as by other media channels.