The Dissensus Conference took place on June 1st from 08:30-16:30. The programme had four sub-sections:

• Research
• Politics
• Money
• Journalism

Within these sections invited speakers from Denmark and abroad gave their view on the future challenges of research and science journalism. Registration
8.30 – 9.30 Registration and coffee

Opening session
9.30 – 9.35 Lisbet Schønau, Chairman of Danish Science Journalists Association
9.35 – 9.45 Conference Chair: Science writer Birgit Brunsted
9.45 – 10.00 Katherine Richardson, Vice Dean of Science, Copenhagen University: Lessons learned from Galathea 3 – A global research expedition

Today's topics - a general presentation
10.00 – 10.25 Brian Trench, Dublin City University: Looking at science behind the scenes

Research
10.25 – 10.50 Bent Jensen, University of Southern Denmark: Contemporary Historical research and the Game of Politics
10.50 – 11.05 Maja Horst, Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy, CBS: Learning from objections: The Stem Cell Network II - Landscapes of expectations

11.05 – 11.45 Landscapes of expectations + break (introduction by Maja Horst)

Politics
11.45 – 12.10 Niels Høiby, Rigshospitalet: Science versus political correctness - 374 years after the Galileo trial!
12.10 – 12.35 Christian Kock, University of Copenhagen: Not insights, but invoices

12.35 – 13.45 Lunch

13.45 – 13.55 ”Brain gym”

Money
13.55 – 14.20 Paul Costello, Stanford University School of Medicine: When political ideology declares war on science – stem cell research in Bush's USA
14.20 – 14.45 Lone Frank, science journalist, pH.D. in neurobiology, author of the book Klonede tigre (cloned tigers)

14.45 – 15.15 Coffee break

Journalism
15.15 – 15.40 Tammy Boyce, Cardiff University: Bias and balance in the MMR/autism story
15.40 – 16.05 Robin Engelhardt, PhD: Making science personal

Ending session and debate
16.05 – 17.15 Interactive panel debate

17.15 – 17.45 Alfred Hanssen, University of Tromsø: Music technology: where physics, culture, and commercialism intersect

17.45 – 18.30 Drinks and networking

19.30  Conference dinner, Nørrebro Bryghus