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The world of science writers has a dual problem that we have confronted recently, involving issues of sexual equality and of sexual harassment. As an initial step toward grappling with these problems, the National Association of Science Writers held a session at its 2013 meeting in Gainesville, the XX Science Question, featuring six panelists and a standing-room-only audience intent on airing these concerns. What was originally planned as a session on women and representation among science writers instead grew into a plenary in which the community brought forward a number of issues. But time was necessarily limited, precluding getting into any single concern in any depth.
Now, the members of that panel have expanded what began at the plenary in Gainesville and are coordinating a conference to address these issues, with generous funding from the National Association of Science Writers. The conference will take place at MIT on June 13-15, 2014, to bring together stakeholders in the community for training, discussion, and finding consensus on solutions. While the team listed below is serving to organize and coordinate, the important contributions at this conference will come from attendees, some invited and others registered through open registration, all with the goal of having as much representation as possible across community stakeholders.
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