Communications Panel

Operating as a collaborative network of marine communicators across Europe, MBCP aims to mutually assist its members in promoting and communicating marine science across Europe and exchanging ideas on events, communications methods and best practice. 

MBCP Joint Activities

• EurOCEAN 2007: The MBCP contributed to the wide dissemination of the Aberdeen Declaration (22/06/07, Aberdeen – UK).
  Press Release here
• ESOF 2008: The MBCP session “Revealing the hidden map of Europe” (21/07/08, Barcelona – Spain), brought together professional science communicators across Europe to present how scientific findings from the deep are used to science communication efforts. The debate was moderated by Holger Wormer, Professor for Science Communication at Dortmund University and former science editor of Germany biggest daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung Munich.
  Press release here
  Leaflet here
• EGU 2009: The MBCP session on “The Significance of Marine Technology in Science Communication – Challenges and Opportunities” (21/04/09, Vienna – Austria) allowed fruitful discussions moderated by Heike Langenberg, Nature Geoscience Editor (see subsequent related editorial here).
  Presentations here
  Report here