PCST Japan Symposium 2025

The Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo will host the PCST Japan Symposium 2025, to be held from 11–13 November 2025. This joint international symposium marks the first time the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Network brings a symposium to Japan, and the seventh conference of the Japan SciCom Forum (JSF).
The symposium will bring together researchers, practitioners, educators, and policymakers from across Asia and beyond to explore the strategic development of science communication in non-Western contexts. It is organised around two central questions that guide its themes: how can we establish formal and informal education and training programmes in Asia to professionalise science communication and how can we bridge the gap between science communication research and practice to engage with diverse audiences.

12:00-13:00

Registration

13:00-14:00

Opening Panel: Setting the scene

14:00-15:00

Contributed Talks Session 1

15:00-15:30

Coffee Break

15:30-16:30

Contributed Talks Session 2

16:30-17:15

Big Idea Keynote

18:00-19:30

Movie Screening

09:00-09:30

Morning Coffee

09:30-10:30

Japan/Asia Panel: Past, Present, Future of SciComm

10:30-12:30

Working Group Session 1

12:30-14:00

Lunch

14:00-16:00

Working Group Session 2

16:00-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:15

Big Idea Keynote

17:45-20:00

Dinner

09:00-09:30

Morning Coffee

09:30-11:30

Working Group Session 3

11:30-12:30

Concluding Panel: Moving Forward

14:00-15:30

EurekAlert! Japan User Meeting

15:30-17:00

Practitioner Workshops (in parallel)

Please refer to PCST Symposium web page for more details.

Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI)

• JSF - PCST Symposium Tokyo, Japan

• Access
• Ookayama Campus

• Earth-Life Science Institute