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Shaaron Leverment

Acting CEO, ASDC

Dr Stephen Breslin

Chief Executive, Glasgow Science Centre

Dom McDonald

Science Engagement Consultant

Tudor Gwynn

Operations and Projects Director, Eureka! Science & Discovery

Katherine Mathieson

Chief Executive, British Science Association

Gill Riches

Director of Programmes, British Science Association

Ruth Smith

Founder of Sustainable Results Lab

Andy Keenan

Head of Widening Participation, Winchester Science Centre

Ben Ward

CEO, Winchester Science Centre

Rachel Baker

Widening Participation Officer, Winchester Science Centre

Dr Kris De Meyer

Neuroscientist, Director at UCL Climate Action Unit

Tim Rogers

CEO, Yorkshire Space & Satellite Centre

Alice Mills

Co-founder & Co-director, Exeter Science Centre

Savita Wilmott

Chief Executive, The Natural History Consortium

Angela Saini

Award-winning British Science Journalist & Broadcaster

Fiona Slater

Head of Access & Equity, Science Museum Group

Christopher Whitby

Audience Research Manager, Science Museum Group

Bridget McKenzie

Flow Associates

Ian Simmons

Science Centre Consultant

Chris Dunford

ASDC Environmental Sustainability Chair

Duncan East

Head of Sustainability, Marwell Wildlife

Emily Stone

Climate & Sustainability Business Development Manager, Edinburgh Science

Bernard Donaghue

Director, ALVA

Lenna Cumberbatch

Diversity & Inclusion Strategist

Vanessa Mignan Jenkins

Vanessa Mignan Jenkins, Trainer & Social Inclusion Consultant for Science Engagement Institutions

Henry McGhie

Consultant, Curating Tomorrow

Natalie Whitehead

Co-founder & Co-director, Exeter Science Centre

Liz Peniston

Content & Experience Director, Eureka! Science & Discovery

Dr Emily Dawson

Dr Emily Dawson, Associate Professor, Department of Science and Technology Studies (STS), UCL

Laura Southall

Head of Learning, Science Museum

Kate Chatfield

Exhibitions Interpretation Manager, Science & Industry Museum

Clare James

Climate activist & grassroots campaigner

Barbara Streicher

Executive Manager, Austrian Association Science Centre Network

Donna Speed

CEO, We The Curious

Cheryl Simpson

Co-founder & CEO, Space4Austim

Danielle Bryers

Learning Producer, Schools & Families, Science & Industry Museum

Roddy Skinner

Roddy Skinner, Sustainability Futures Innovator, We The Curious

Hannah Lacey

Senior Public Engagement Programme Manager, NERC (UKRI)

Ellie Fraser-Marsh

Live Science Team Manager, We The Curious

Andrew Farrer

Head of Programmes & Delivery, Cambridge Science Centre

Jen DeWitt

Senior Research Fellow, UCL

Emma Woodham

limate Change Programme Manager, Glasgow Science Centre

Caroline Hickman

Psychotherapist & Lecturer, Universtiy of Bath

Linda Conlon

CEO, International Centre for Life

Sally Colvin

Programmes Manager, Museums Association

Ben Johnson

Director, Graphic Science

Clare Davy

Education Manager, The Francis Crick Institute

Siôn Edwards

Communications Manager, The Venture

CJ Bishop

Community Manager, National Space Centre

Jennifer Crook

Producer Dreamachine

Dr Olivia Jones

STFC Webb Fellow, Royal Observatory Edinburgh

Sarah Douglas

Director, The Liminal Space

Alexis Mannion

Liv Taylor

The Liminal Space

Dr Ben Spencer

MP

Ben Rutherford-Orrock

Public Engagement Officer, International Centre for Life

David Jones

Community Liaison Manager, International Centre for Life

Kirsty Shakespeare

Int. Education for Sustainable Devt (ESD) Manager, Trust for Sustainable Living and Living Rainforest

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Royal Astronomical Society

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Oxford University Museum of Natural History

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Glasgow Science Centre

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Francis Crick Institute

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Techniquest

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International Centre for Life

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