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9th International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE 2019)
2019-03-20 08:00 - 2019-03-22 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Leuven, Belgium, Leuven, Belgium
The 2019 9th International Conference on Environment Science and Engineering (ICESE 2019)will be held during March 20-22, 2019, in Leuven, Belgium. ICESE 2019 is to bring together innovative academics and industrial experts in the field of Environment Science and Engineering to a common forum.

The primary goal of the conference is to promote research and developmental activities in Environment Science and Engineering. Another goal is to promote scientific information interchange between researchers, developers, engineers, students, and practitioners working in Belgium and abroad. The conference will be held every year to make it an ideal platform for people to share views and experiences in Environment Science and Engineering and related areas. Find out more here.

CitSci 2019
2019-03-13 08:00 - 2019-03-17 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Raleigh, North Carolina
In 2019, citizen science.org celebrates and explores the deep roots and broad branches that form the strong core of this field and invites you to be part of their growing Family Tree by bringing your ideas and questions to CitSci2019.
Join citizen science.org on March 13-17th in Raleigh, NC – the City of Oaks – to connect with other leaders and learners from many backgrounds.

Register in CitSci2019 here

According to the conference’s schedule, there will be three special tracks:
Problem-driven Citizen Science – confronting challenges to collecting the data, and building the trust, needed to address specific management questions.
Environmental Justice – data collection to improve human and environmental health, discussed by community-based organizations and engaged partners.
Education – planned for educators, by educators, exploring citizen science both in classrooms and out-of-school.
The Preliminary Program is now available here.
If you find it interesting and you would like to contribute in CitSci2019 Conference, the following opportunities are still open to share your work:
Call for Posters: Rolling submissions
Poster proposal submissions will be reviewed on a rolling basis through early 2019. For more details view the call for poster abstracts.
Call for Citizen Science Festival exhibitors: open until filled.
If North Carolina residents can participate in your project, you can reach 10,000 of them during this full-day, high-profile family event at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences. Free for conference registrants, but must commit to staffing the booth all day on Saturday. Details here.
No abstracts are required to host an exhibit booth during the main conference. Hosting a booth is a great low-cost and low-stakes way to share your materials and host targeted conversations during all of the down-time of the event. Booths are prominently located in the promenade between presentation rooms, and give you great visibility and a home-base for your project to make connections throughout the event. Details here.
Travel support is also available for CitSci2019 in three categories: community-based environmental science, K-12 educators, and university students.
For travel scholarships in support of community-based environmental science, click here for details and to apply.
For travel scholarships for K-12 classroom educators, apply by 15 January 2019. Details and the application are available here.
Limited travel support is available for registered university students. Recipients have been notified by email. Details and the application are available here.

Find the full information concerning the CitSci 2019 by clicking here.

Roadshow event No. 1 (Vicenza)
2019-03-07 | Vicenza, Italy
Date: 7 March 2019
Location: Vicenza, Italy (Face-to-Face event)
Agenda:
7.30-7.40h. Welcome and introduction
7.40-8.00h. Overview of the citizen observatory of water (Alto Adriatico Water Authority)
8.00-14.00h. Practical demonstration & hands on experience (on location/in the field)
14.00-15.00h. Lunch
15.00-17.00h. Plenary discussion
17.00-17.10h. Recap and closing of the roadshow event

The first WeObserve Roadshow event was held in Vicenza in collaboration with the beAWARE H2020 project and its Italian pilot. During this one day event, a simulation re-enacting the Vicenza floods of 2010 was performed and a range of relevant tools developed by the BeAware H2020 project were tested as part of the hands-on experience with a citizen observatory.
Almost one hundred people took part in the Roadshow event: local authorities from the municipality of Vicenza and the Veneteo Region; emergency managers, civil protection office representatives, AAWA , Genio Civile, Land Reclamation ConsortiaGenio Civile, Land Reclamation Consortia participants; regional and national policy makers; civil protection volunteer teams and citizens.
This Roadshow event consisted of the outdoor, practical demonstration in the morning, followed by a debriefing session and discussion in the afternoon. Key topics discussed included the cultural background and experience in flood emergency management; feedback on the pilot demonstration and tested technologies; and the role of citizens in similar contexts.

WeObserve CoP-SDGs, UN Sustainable Development Goals and Citizen Observatories
2018-11-29 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/Moscow) | Palazzo Labia, Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, Venice, 30121, Italy
The WeObserve team launched its first face-to-face session for CoP-SDGs: UN Sustainable Development Goals and Citizen Observatories at the COWM Conference on 29/11/2018, 09:30-12:30, in Venice. CoP-SDGs, led by Dilek Fraisl from IIASA, brought together stakeholders to discuss the potential and challenges of using data acquired through citizen science in the successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Within this forum, the WeObserve coordinator, Steffen Fritz, spoke about how citizen science can contribute to UN processes, while the participants had the opportunity to discuss the potential benefits and challenges of applying citizen science data in the SDG process and draw on information derived from a recent workshop on SDGs at IIASA.
The session was held at the Palazzo Labia, located in Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, 30121 VENICE (ITALY).
To sign up for a CoP, please sign up here.
To register for the whole COWM Conference, register here.
To register for individual days at COWM to attend CoP events, register here.

WeObserve CoP-impact, Impact and Value of Citizen Observatories for Governance
2018-11-28 15:30 - 18:30 (Europe/Moscow) | Palazzo Labia, Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, Venice, 30121, Italy
The WeObserve team ran the second face-to-face session, CoP-impact, Impact and Value of Citizen Observatories for Governance at the COWM Conference on 28/11/2018, 15:30-18:30, in Venice. An Impact CoP World Cafe session chaired by Uta Wehn from IHE Delft explored the impact and value of Citizen Observatories for governance. With one group working on inventorizing methods for capturing impacts of Citizen Observatories on governance, and a second one on how to capture impact stories, participants discussed potential socio-economic and environmental impacts of community-based environmental monitoring for public authorities and decision-makers. CoP-impact brought together incentives and barriers for participation, engagement strategies and citizen-science ethics, collected among various stakeholders and projects, in order to develop a common methodology.
More specifically, CoP-impact had the following specific objectives:

To provide an inventory of ‘tried and tested’ methods for capturing the impacts of COs on governance;
To capture CO impact stories/examples of best practice from citizens, public sector and policy perspectives;
To provide guidance on CO impact assessment for the CoP-impact members and beyond

The Forum was held on the Palazzo Labia which is located in Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, 30121 VENICE (ITALY).
To sign up for a CoP (1-4), please sign up here.
To register for the whole COWM Conference, register here.
To register for individual days at COWM to attend CoP events, register here.

WeObserve CoP-engage, Co-designing citizen observatories and engaging citizens
2018-11-28 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Palazzo Labia, Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, Venice, 30121, Italy
The WeObserve team ran the second face-to-face session, CoP-engage, Co-designing citizen observatories and engaging citizens, at the COWM Conference on 28/11/2018, 09:00-12:00, in Venice. CoP-engage, led by Uta Wehn from IHE Delft, aimed to bring together incentives and barriers for participation, engagement strategies and citizen-science ethics, collected among various stakeholders and projects, in order to develop a common methodology.
More specifically, CoP-engage had the following objectives:

To identify and define strategic engagement practices and CO co-design aspects and elements;
To capture lessons learned (from success and failure) from the implementation of strategic engagement practices and CO co-design versions and tools in differing conditions;
To share these methods and lessons learned in CoP-engage, via the WeObserve Cookbook on Citizen Observatories and via other means.

A key focus of the discussion was an inventory of citizen science-related tools, especially those for co-designing citizen observatories and engaging stakeholders. The session was held on the Palazzo Labia which is located in Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, 30121 VENICE (ITALY).
To sign up for a CoP , please sign up here.
To register for the whole COWM Conference, register here.
To register for individual days at COWM to attend CoP events, register here.

WeObserve CoP-interoperability, Interoperability and Standards for Citizen Observatories
2018-11-27 14:50 - 17:50 (Europe/Moscow) | Palazzo Labia, Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, Venice, 30121, Italy
The WeObserve team ran the second face-to-face session, CoP-interoperability, Interoperability and Standards for Citizen Observatories, within the COWM Conference on 27/11/2018, 14:50-17:50, in Venice. The CoP-interoperability, led by Joan Maso from CREAF, aimed to improve interoperability among citizen science data and services. It conducted Interoperability experiments under the OGC umbrella, and had its first experiment underway. The discussions in the session considered aspects and challenges for standardizing data and tools for citizen observations. Activities and demos were presented from the four working groups of the Interoperability Experiment (vocabularies, data sharing, data quality, and single sign-on).
More specifically, CoP-interoperability session addressed the following topics:

Standard vocabularies for Citizen Science, including project description metadata;
The use of OGC standards (e.g. SWE4CS) to support data integration among CS projects, and with other sources, esp. authoritative data;
The integration of CS projects/campaigns in Single Sign-On system (SSO) federation;
Data quality assessment and documentation

The agenda and minutes are available here .The session was held on the Palazzo Labia which is located in Campo San Geremia, Cannaregio 275, 30121 VENICE (ITALY).
To sign up for a CoP , please sign up here.
To register for the whole COWM Conference, register here.
To register for individual days at COWM to attend CoP events, register here.

Citizen Observatories for Natural Hazards and Water Management
2018-11-27 00:00 - 2018-11-30 00:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Venice, Venice, Italy
The Eastern Alps Hydrographic District is pleased to invite you to the 2nd International Conference on Citizen Observatories for natural hazards and Water Management that will take place in the beautiful city of Venice, Italy.
COWM2018 will focus on the potential of Citizen Science in the European (and beyond) innovation landscape, and in particular in the fields of Environmental Monitoring, Natural Risks management, Land use monitoring and management. The Conference will investigate the role and opportunities for active citizen participation in policy making and the new technologies, methods and advanced modelling to support Citizen Observatories.
The Conference will be the stage for all the ongoing citizen science and crowdsourcing initiatives.
COWM2018 will bring together social scientists, surveyors, engineers, scientists, and other professionals from many countries involved in research and development activities in a wide range of technical and management topics related to citizen observatories and their impacts on society. It will be an opportunity to discover how to maximize the benefit of data emerging from citizen observatories.

ESA earth observation Φ-week
2018-11-12 08:00 - 2018-11-16 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | ESA/ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1, Casella Postale 64, 00044 Frascati, Italy.

GEO WEEK 2018 IN KYOTO JAPAN
2018-10-29 08:00 - 2018-11-02 17:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Join the GEO community in Kyoto, Japan, for GEO Week 2018 and the GEO-XV Plenary.
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5th Edition of EuroSciCon Conference on Environmental Science and Engineering
2018-10-29 08:00 - 2018-10-30 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Mercure Budapest Buda, Budapest, Hungary, Mercure Budapest Buda, Budapest, Hungary
Theme: Sustainable Development of Environmental Science and Engineering towards Earth Science and Environmental Health

Mozilla Festival Workshop
2018-10-28 11:00 - 14:00 UTC | Ravensbourne University, London, United Kingdom
The WeObserve team will be running a Workshop Session at this year’s Mozilla Festival in London – the annual space for hackers, performers, students, activists, scientists, designers and beyond to share the newest tech, wildest ideas, most amazing stories, and brilliant plans to make the Internet even more awesome.
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Build your own Citizen Observatory – A ‘CookBook’ for Air Q, Water Q, Land Use & Biodiversity monitoring

Citizen Observatories are community-based environmental monitoring initiatives, that lead to science or policy outcomes for Air Quality, Water Quality, Sound Pollution, Smell Pollution, Land Use, Biodiversity, and more. They are mostly top-down and invite participants locally – but many communities are starting their own investigations from scratch. In this session we will create a ‘Cookbook’ for DIY Citizen Observatories and prototype or wireframe a website to share that information online. The goal is for anyone interested in such an investigation to find the info they need, and dip into the stage of the DIY CO project lifecycle they are at.
There are a huge range of tools and platforms that can be used for environmental monitoring, and an equally large number of places where data can be found or shared – but it is all very scattered, and a huge research effort if you are concerned about an environmental measure in your own community. Our goal is to co-create a ‘Cookbook’ for building your own Citizen Observatory, sign-posting all of the possible tools and resources, communities and guidelines, and places to aggregate and share the data.
With enough people, we will either wireframe or prototype a website to share this info in a logical & useful fashion. If non-tech we’ll focus on user journey of how to DIY a CO.
The Workshop will be held on the 7th floor of Ravensbourne University in the Openness Space.

5th Global Summit and Expo On Pollution Control
2018-10-25 08:00 - 2018-10-27 18:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Panorama Hotel, Prague, Czech Republic

Copernicus Ecosystem Workshop
2018-10-09 08:00 - 2018-10-10 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Brussels, Brussels, Belgium

INSPIRE Conference 2018
2018-09-18 08:00 - 2018-09-21 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium
The 2018 edition of the INSPIRE conference will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, 18-21 September. The motto of this years’ event is INSPIRE users: Make it work together!
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Citizen Science Interoperability Experiment - kickoff meeting
2018-09-14 08:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Moscow)
On June 6 2018, the EU-funded H2020 Coordination and Support Action, WeObserve, with assistance from NextGEOSS, held a pre-kickoff meeting for the CitSciIE. About 25 people attended the meeting and 2 groups started discussions on data sharing and project description metadata. Details of the meeting are available on the Pre-KickOff meeting webpage.
The official kick-off meeting took place on Friday, September 14th 2018 in Stuttgart, Germany. The goal was to demonstrate the interoperability within citizen science projects and the way PGC standards can be applied to citizen science. In particular, the following topics were addressed:

The use of OGC standards or (e.g. Sensor Web Enablement (SWE)) to support data integration among CS projects, and with other sources, esp. authoritative data (e.g by following SWE4CS);
How to document critical metadata, including data quality aspects, and generate a data quality label;
The integration of CS projects/campaigns in Single Sign-On system (SSO) federation;
The relationship(s) between OGC standards and data and metadata standards currently used by CS projects

In the kickoff meeting were confirmed the list of topics, were defined the goals and the components and the people that will participate on them. Furthermore, groups were formed to define the tasks and scenarios and the schedule to do them. The practical outcomes were also defined in terms of ER and demonstrations. For more information, please visit here.

EuroGEOSS Workshop 2018
2018-09-12 08:00 - 2018-09-14 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | University of Geneva
The EuroGEOSS Workshop (formerly known as the European GEO Projects’ Workshop) will take place on 12-14 September 2018 at the University of Geneva and the Museum of Ethnography. The event is co-organised by the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, the European Commission with the support of the University of Geneva.
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OGC meeting
2018-09-10 08:00 - 2018-09-14 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart Schellingstraße 24, Building 1 (main building) Stuttgart 70174 Germany, Germany
108TH OGC TECHNICAL COMMITTEE will be hosted by Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart in Stutgart between 10 and 14 of September 2018.
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Geospatial Sensor Webs Conference 2018
2018-09-03 08:00 - 2018-09-05 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Muenster, Germany, Muenster, Germany
This year’s conference “Geospatial Sensor Webs – Sensor Data Analytics” emphasizes the importance of Sensor Web technology in conjunction with tools for processing, visualization and data analysis.
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Launch of the WeObserve Communities of Practice
2018-06-06 09:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
WeObserve launched its first three Communities of Practice! The event took place on 6 June 2018 at the University of Geneva, during dedicated sessions on the Citizen Science Workshop Day of the 2nd International ECSA Conference.It was an exciting opportunity to engage with a wide range of stakeholders on the consolidation of knowledge in the field of citizen science and COs!
The WeObserve CoPs aim to serve as the vehicle for sharing information and knowledge on selected key thematic topics related to Citizen Observatories (COs), strengthening the knowledge base about COs in order to move citizen science into the mainstream of environmental management and decision making. In total, WeObserve will develop five CoPs over the course of the project. Each CoP will receive support and tools for managing the CoP activities (online and F2F) and undertaking dissemination and outreach. The CoPs will exist for as long as they provide value to their members, with WeObserve support to draw on for the coming 2 ½ years. Detailed Terms of Reference for the WeObserve CoPs are available here.
The first three CoPs were launched during the first year and in particular on the Citizen Science Workshop Day on 6 June 2018. They included the following topics:
1) Co-creating citizen observatories and engaging citizens – addressing incentives and barriers for participation, engagement strategies and citizen-science ethics (led by IHE Delft),
2) Impact and value of citizen observatories for governance – defining socio-economic and environmental impacts of community-based environmental monitoring for public authorities and decision-makers including risk evaluation (led by IHE Delft), and
3) Interoperability and standards for citizen observatories – adopting data quality, curation and preservation of citizen-science data, and addressing privacy and licensing for CO sustainability (led by CREAF).

The Communities of Practice (CoPs) addressed people already involved in citizen science and citizen observatory initiatives or citizen science working groups, keen to exchange experiences with like-minded citizen science enthusiasts. The CoPs were intended as a key mechanism to consolidate knowledge on COs inside as well as beyond the WeObserve consortium. As such, a wide range of stakeholders was invited to take part in the CoPs, such as public authorities (local, regional, national, EU), civil society organisations, research and academia, citizens and citizen science working groups. Among the activities that the CoPs aim to undertake within the project’s lifetime include thematic knowledge co-creation, generating new solutions or agreeing on how to use existing ones, and knowledge sharing activities (meetings, events, conferences).
The event brought out the following opportunities that participation in CoPs brings to all participants:

Sharing ideas, knowledge or experiences and work with others (networking);
Leveraging ideas or knowledge;
Working towards concrete solutions in citizen science and optimise relevant resources;
Helping broaden your own and your organisation’s knowledge and horizons (capacity development);
Linking up with relevant initiatives at a global, national, regional or local level

European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) International Conference 2018
2018-06-03 00:00 - 2018-06-05 00:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Salle communale de Plainpalais, Geneva, Rue de Carouge, Genève, 1205, Switzerland
ECSA 2018, the european conference for citizen and participative science will be held in Geneva, Switzerland on June 2018.
