Environmental researchers, educators ‘speed date’ to build partnerships

At the emcee’s signal, participants flock to different tables. They quickly get down to discussing their common interests, intent on discovering whether to meet up again soon.

This is speed dating, of a sort. But while participants indeed search for new partners, romantic matches aren’t the goal.

Over appetizers on a cool fall afternoon at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Arboretum, dozens of scientists and environmental educators are hashing out collaborations that can advance research, build new partnerships, and improve the experiences of hundreds of thousands of visitors to educational sites across South Central Wisconsin.

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Ken Notes: The medical field has been doing this for years in clinical research. Many companies right here in Madison are major players in this field, Forte and EPIC come to mind. We should have a green research data base that would allow researchers to consolidate efforts and results.