Today’s video is actually about some science communication I did for a YouTube event
in Spain, so I’ll be voicing it in Spanish - but fear not, just hit the closed captions to follow along!
I’ve also got a couple of updates at the end, one for my European audience,
and one for my Spanish-speaking audience!
Well - it was about time that I made a Spanish video huh? Today I’m going to tell you
about my experience at TubeCon, to which I was invited in mid-February, and I also
have some news that you’re going to love at the end of the video so… let’s go!
[INTRO]
TubeCon was a unique experience in my opinion, and a very intense one given all of the activities
took place within a single day! Something that impressed me a lot was the emphasis
that TubeCon placed on science communication. In recent times where perhaps dissemination isn’t as valued
as it should be, I really appreciate that we were granted the space to carry out the diversity
of science communication activities that many channels carried like,
such as VanFunFun, QuantumFracture, El Robot de Platón, C de Ciencia, JJ Priego (Ciencias de la Ciencia),
Javier Santaolalla (Date Un Voltio), Guillermo Suárez (Físicalímite),
Sígueme la Corriente, Unicoos, and me.
The day began early and with impetus, with various rehearsals and sound checks, and we also
had to get used to the map of the WiZink, the ginormous sport’s venue where TubeCon took place. I loved
how they had prepared different sections for all YouTube genres,
from dance and singing, to gaming, beauty, booktube, and of course, science,
which to be honest is what you’re going to see in this video because I spent the entire day doing it!
TubeCon opened up at 2, and started strong with a panel led by
our top science creators, and although not as many people were able to attend as they would have liked
due to being the first activity of the day, there were many questions and we solved it anyway
by having another Q&A panel later on.
After that we hurried on the main stage to take part in “Ilustrious ignorants of science”,
our special adaptation of the program Ilustres ignorantes.
After the main stage, it was time to take part in two education
and science panels respectively, and we covered topics such as how to be rigurous in the sources of our content,
to whether Lamarckism is present in humans (no)
and why there are so few women in science.
And after that I didn’t stop - after the last panel there were threee science talks -.
I was first, and I spoke about the wonderful vision of animals, and Rubén
from Sígueme la Corriente [he challenged me to the battery vid, remember?] followed me speaking about what propelled science to go forwards,
and Guillermo from FísicaLímite with how to build a star
I’m so proud of the work we all did at TubeCon, and it was great to see
so many people interested in widening their horizons and learning new things - and honestly,
I can’t wait for the next time we can all talk science together. And of course, I’m very grateful
to my two friends, Cinta and Javi, who supported me throughout the day, and of course,
to TubeCon for inviting us, and to you for giving a purpose to what we do.
I also have news! Because of this, many of you requested me to make content in Spanish
- and from there a new channel has been born: Inés-table (Unstable).
Its content is separate and complementary to that of Draw Curiosity, and if you speak Spanish, I think you’ll really like it..
If you don’t, don’t worry, Draw Curiosity is going on as usual
And, second piece of news! I am going in April (THIS WEEKEND!) to VidCon Europe, in Amsterdam! So if any of you are coming,
creator or viewer, it would be lovely to meet you. I hear there is a “Fan meetup”
on Sunday 9th of April from 6:15 to 7:15 at the Europe Foyer - though obviously
if you see me before then at the event or just about in general, please feel free to say hi!
I’m excited about all three things I spoke about in this video,
because I think it goes to show how many ways you can make an impact with science communication, !
and I am delighted to be a part of that change.
And as always, thank you so much for watching me, and I’ll see you in the next one, with a science video!
Bye! [Translated by {your name} into {language}]