Here’s what happened at the 2008 NC Science Blogging Conference on Saturday, January 19, 2008. See a comprehensive list of 2008:Blog and Media Coverage links.

On the agenda

FRIDAY

For those who wanted to get started blogging, we had a pre-conference blogging skills session; for those who wanted to observe science in action, we arranged tours of local science labs. That night, more than 40 bloggers gathered in Chapel Hill for dinner in Bora’s neighborhood.

SATURDAY

The main conference program was all day Saturday. Note that the NC Science Blogging Conference is based on Dave Winer‘s unconference format, and so everyone who attends the event is encouraged to be an active participant in all of the sessions and discussions.

|_. Sat 1/19|_((. Program| |^. 8am – 9:30|((. <span class=“question”>Registration</span>, get your grab bag of science swag, drink coffee & eat donuts.
Use this time to meet new friends and engage in conversation with fellow scientists, bloggers and educators.| |^. 9:30 – 9:45|((. <span class=“question”>Welcome remarks</span>, ground rules and thanks to our sponsors, donors & volunteers (Anton Zuiker & Bora Zivkovic).| |/5^. 9:50 – 11|((. Breakout sessions| |((. 1. <span class=“question”>Open Science: how the Web is changing the way science is done, written and published.</span> Discussion leader is Dr.Hemai Parthasarathy (former editor at Nature and PLoS). Join the discussion online.| |((. 2. <span class=“question”>Science blogging ethics</span> Discussion leader is Janet Stemwedel. Join the discussion online.| |((. 3. <span class=“question”>Science Journalism: moving from print to the Web (and vice versa).</span> Discussion leader is Adnaan Wasey. Read the discussion recap and join the discussion online.| |((. 4. <span class=“question”>Real-time blogging in the marine sciences.</span> Discussion leaders are Kevin Zelnio, Karen James, Rick MacPherson, Peter Etnoyer and Jason Robertshaw. Join the discussion online.| |/5^. 11:10 – 12:20|((. Breakout sessions| |((. 5. <span class=“question”>Overcoming obstacles to Open Science in the developing world.</span> Discussion leader is Vedran Vucic. Join the discussion online.| |((. 6. <span class=“question”>Gender and Race in science: online and offline.</span> Discussion leaders are Suzanne Franks and Karen Ventii. Join the discussion online.| |((. 7. <span class=“question”>Teaching Science: using online tools in the science classroom.</span> Discussion leader is David Warlick. Join the discussion online.| |((. 8. <span class=“question”>Blogging about the Social Sciences and Humanities.</span> Discussion leader is Martin Rundkvist. Join the discussion online.| |^. 12:30 – 1:30|((. <span class=“question”>LUNCH</span> Use this time to meet new friends and engage in conversation with fellow scientists, bloggers and educators.| |/5^. 1:30 – 2:40|((. Breakout sessions| |((. 9. <span class=“question”>Student blogging panel — from K to PhD.</span> Discussion leaders are Shelley Batts, Sarah Wallace, Anne-Marie Hodge, Anna Kushnir and Brian Switek. Join the <a