Speakers

Good speakers are vital to the success of Cafes Scientifiques. We need inspiring and enthusiastic scientists, especially those in the early stage of their careers, from all disciplines, able to promote student interaction and get students thinking critically about the science in their lives and willing to develop talks on topics outside their day-to-day work.

We'll provide support in two ways; through a speaker pack with full information about the aims and methodology of JCS and through speakers' orientation workshops, to introduce you to the aims, objectives, style and format of Cafe Scientifique and help you develop communication skills for presenting effectively to school students.

We need speakers in the pilot areas of Manchester, Leeds/Bradford and Newcastle but as cafes spread across the north of England (and maybe further afield) we'll need to increase our speaker base.

If you'd like to find out more about being a Cafe Scientifique speaker please explore the speakers' links on the left (also available as a pdf downloadable pack), and to register your interest in taking part, please complete and return the speakers' information form.

• To complete the speakers' information form on-line, click here.

• To download the form (Word document) click here.

• To download the complete speakers' pack in PDF format, click here

• NEW - to download notes from the first speaker's workshop (PDF format) click here

Feedback

We want to know how the experience of being a cafe speaker worked for you, learn from our mistakes and see what we can do better. So we'd be grateful if you'd give us some feedback.

• To complete the speakers' feedback form on-line, click here.
• To download the form (Word document) click here

NEW - Cafe Scientifique Forum

New forum for anyone interested in cafe scientifique. Public forum for general interest and private area for cafe organisers.