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One of the goals of the Microbestiary is to reach out into the broader community outside the University of Wyoming. One way that we can do this is by attending and presenting at science festivals and meetings.

MAX 2019 Space Festival

Erin Bentley and Sara Griffithattended the MAX 2019 Space Festival in May of 2019 with the goals of figuring out how to put together a festival (so that in the future the Microbestiary could put together their own) and seeing how to integrate Native American populations into outreach projects through examining how MAX had done it with their "Star Stories" exhibition with Lakota youth.

San Francisco Report

Abroad Festivals

There are several large science festivals that are held throughout the world. Taking the bestiary to one of these conventions could draw international attention to the bestiary and it's associated grants. There are two so far that are large scale and could potentially be a good fit for our bestiary work. The festivals at Edinburgh and Abu Dhabi would be good festivals to look into presenting at.

  • Emily Armitage (Unlicensed) look into how we get a vendor application for the Edinburgh festival in 2020
  • Sara Griffith Look into the Abu Dhabi festival to see if it's a good match for the bestiary and how we apply to present


AAAS 2020

This exhibition seems like the most promising. It's held in the United States and has a clear application process. The theme is "Envisioning Tomorrow's Earth", snippets from the statement about the conference include:

"This Annual Meeting celebrates the scientific position on appreciating and addressing the future of planet Earth by considering and collaborating with advances across disciplines, and the ways in which scientists are building networks with policymakers and the public to work more effectively and best take advantage of the many new developments that science and technology is introducing at an ever-increasing pace."

Topics of focus that they are looking for that the bestiary could potentially fit into:

  1. Biology at the molecular, cellular and organism levels, and how discoveries in this area may lead to further human well-being
  2. Determining the value and means of maintaining natural ecosystems and biological diversity in a changing plane
    • The whole group should take a look at this and see what they think as far as attendance and discussion



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