3. What is a Science
Café?
“Science cafés are live—and lively—events that take
place in casual settings such as pubs and
coffeehouses, are open to everyone, and feature an
engaging conversation with a scientist about a particular
topic.”
 Encourages conversation, debate, and interaction.
 Reaches out to all audiences.
 Science on Tap,
 Science Pub,
 Ask a Scientist,
 café Sci.
http://www.cafescientifique.org/
http://www.scicafe.eu/
Sipping Science with a Science café
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/
http://www.sigmaxi.org/index.shtml

5. Science Cafes &
Arizona SciTech Festival
Science Cafes networked throughout
Arizona support the Arizona SciTech
Festival as a year-round theme.
Festival: February -March 2014;
Monthly;
Recur same day of the month;
Local venue.

6. Materials
Volunteers
Coordinator
Moderator
Venue
Speakers
Audience
What?!
Topic?
Social!

7. Volunteers
Coordinator
Register with ScienceCafes.org
“Point person” keeps in touch with AZ SciTech Fest (Eileen)
Venue contact
Moderator
“Talk show host”
Jargon
Audience advocate
Speakers contact
PR
Social Media
Traditional Media
Festival, venue, speakers streams

8. Venue
Not on campus!
Accessibility
Public Transit
Audience
Monthly availability

10. Speakers
AzSciTech Fest contacts
Local institutional sponsor
City Economic
Development Office
Chambers of Commerce
Industry

11. Audience
What?!
Topic?
Social!
PR
Your social media
streams
Sponsors’, Venues’ &
Speakers’ streams
Charlotte Hodel &
Eileen Kane
Meetup.com

12. PR
Facebook,
Google+,
Twitter, or
Meetup
oh, my!
@sciencearizona

13. Follow Up
http://azscitechfest.asu.edu/collaborator-portal
Eileen@ScienceArizona.org
http://sciencearizona.org/

14. Upcoming Science Cafes
Chandler Science Café
at Gangplank Hack Night, first Wednesday
STEM Student Science Café
at Bookmans, Mesa, first Tuesday
Books & Beakers
Lawn Gnome Publishing
restarts Fall 2013, 2nd Tuesday
Scottsdale Science Café
on hiatus, looking for venue