Where's the Science? A Conversation on the Role of Science in Public Policy

Tuesday, May 10, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm, Marquee Theater • UW-Madison Union South • 1308 West Dayton Street

Policymakers and scientists see uncertainty in different ways. For policymakers, uncertainty is often the inability to control outcomes. Uncertainty can also create vulnerability, allowing powerful interest groups to manipulate public uncertainty for private gain. For scientists, uncertainty is the frontier of discovery. Breakthroughs and new technologies often arrive from the open, creative exploration of uncertainty.  

How, then, can we progress in both science and policy while accounting for these two ways of seeing uncertainty? Find out at Where's the Science? A Conversation on the Role of Science in Public Policy, a special Wisconsin Academy event featuring three Wisconsin Academy Fellows:

Steve Ackerman—director, UW-Madison Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies; Steve Carpenter—director, UW-Madison Center for Limnology; Patty Loew—professor, UW-Madison Department of Life Sciences Communication

Free with advance registration, this event is brought to you by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters with support from Isthmus Publishing Company. If you have any questions about the event or registration, please contact Aaron Fai at 608-263-1692 ext. 14.