Alice Roberts keynote - 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference

16 June 2017, Porto, Portugal. Professor Alice Roberts is an anthropologist, author and broadcaster, and Professor of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Birmingham. In this speech she outlines why she thinks universities and researchers should include science engagement in their activities, before sharing highlights from her work on human origins, partly taken from the Australian part of "The Incredible Human Journey" BBC documentary. Alice Roberts' keynote speech at the 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference was sponsored by The Kavli Foundation. Alice Roberts has been a familiar face on British TV since 2001 when she first appeared on 'Time Team Live', and has since presented several landmark series including BBC’s 'The Incredible Human Journey', 'Are We Still Evolving?' and 'Origins of U's - as well as several Horizon programmes and the long-running Digging for Britain series. She’s written seven popular science books, including 'The Incredible Unlikeliness of Being', which was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Book Prize in 2015. 2017 Ecsite Annual Conference, hosted by the Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) and Ciência Viva in Porto, Portugal, on 13-17June 2017. The Ecsite Annual Conference brings together 1,000+ science communication professionals from 50+ different countries each year. Open to all, it offers a vibrant and diverse programme of parallel sessions, workshops, keynotes and social events. More information about the conference: http://www.ecsite.eu/annual-conference.