Get involved

Do you want to organise a dialogue event on nanotechnologies?

Are you a scientist, social scientist or policymaker interested in finding out more about public views of nanotechnologies?

Are you a member of the public interested in taking part in a discussion of nanotechnologies?

Then you should get involved in Small Talk.

What do event organisers and speakers get out of Small Talk?

Guidelines on good practice for running dialogue events
Suggestions for areas of interest or concern raised in previous debates about nanotechnologies to discuss in dialogue events
Information on the lessons learned from the successes, failures and outcomes of previous dialogue events on nanotechnologies
Resources on nanotechnologies and access to key organisations, reports and appropriate speakers
Support in finding and briefing speakers
In-built evaluation of their event and mechanisms for feedback from participants, organisers and speakers
The chance to contribute towards a widespread exploration of attitudes towards nanotechnologies that will be shared with the science community and policymakers

What do event participants get out of Small Talk?

An interesting dialogue event on nanotechnologies
The chance to share their aspirations and concerns about different areas of nanotechnologies
The chance for the public and scientists to get together and learn more about what each other thinks and how they discuss things
The opportunity for their ideas to be incorporated into a larger report to be shared with policymakers and the science community

What does Small Talk get out of your event?

Feedback from participants, speakers and organisers on the aspirations and concerns of scientists and the public about nanotechnologies to help us develop the future debate
Evaluation of the event’s success from participants, speakers and organisers to give us ideas and strategies to help produce further successful dialogue events
A diverse group of dialogue events to draw upon and science communicators to work with to increase the impact of Small Talk, and a variety of audiences to share their views on nanotechnologies

If you are interested in organising your own Small Talk event, attending a Small Talk event or would like any more information about Small Talk, please contact

Melanie Smallman (Project Director)
Email: melaniesmallman@think-lab.co.uk

Adam Nieman (project manager)
Email: adamnieman@think-lab.co.uk