Roadshow event No. 2 (Barcelona)
2020-10-16 | online, Spain
Date: 16 October 2020
Location: online event
Agenda:
10-10.10h. Welcome and introduction
10.10-10.40h. Setting the scene – the Tordera river & Storm Gloria
10.40-11.10h. Demonstration of a citizen observatory: overview of the citizen observatory of water (Alto Adriatico Water Authority)
11.10-11.55h. Group work
11.55h-12.45h. Plenary discussion on CO implementation: social and technological dimensions
12.45-13.00h. Recap and closing of the Roadshow event
During the Barcelona Roadshow event, the specific situation of the Tordera river during and after storm Gloria was considered to demonstrate the potential and practical implementation of a citizen observatory for flood risk management. In January 2020, storm Gloria had affected Eastern Spain badly with high winds and heavy rains. The storm caused coastal flooding and heavy damages in the Tordera river basin. It lasted 4-5 days and generated 19-23mm of precipitation which in many regions is half of what it rains in a year. According to civil protection workers, there was a lack of civil protection planning and this resulted in the situation being difficult to control. Infrastructure was affected such as roads, rail network high voltage towers, the desalination plant of the area, and campsites. During the Roadshow event, we discussed the potential of Citizen Observatories in the context of flood risk management and what elements come into play when implementing a Citizen Observatory. The 16 participants included regional policymakers and disaster managers.
In the Breakout Room entitled ‘ In what ways could a CO help you address your info needs during a flood?’, it was highlighted that a citizen observatory could have an amplifying effect in the community to alert and inform citizens with reliable and consolidated information, avoiding scattered sources. The power of social media channels could be used to spread information and reach more people. Citizen observatories were also perceived to play in planning, presenting a complementary source, while maintaining the role of the official administration. Finally, the Agència Catalana de l’Aigua (ACA) will launch a project called AGORA, to set up a citizen observatory that will inform participants about the main landmarks in a flood episode. In this way, people would be able to monitor specific spots and obtain real-time data. Regarding the question ‘What (else) would you like to get out of a citizen observatory (from a technological and/or social perspective)?, participants deemed it important to have information beyond actual protection plans. For example, early warnings, alert sensors (to anticipate effects by the hour), set up warnings downstream, automatic systems of sirens or lights to translate alerts into real alerts to whoever needs them. According to the current regulation, “The citizen has the right to be informed of the risk he has”. Citizen Observatories were seen to help raise awareness of floods in general and of vulnerable areas in particular, while also counterbalancing fake news. In the third Breakout Room, participants discussed challenging aspects of implementing a citizen observatory. The quality and the veracity of collected information were mentioned as main challenges. In some cases, the information may not be reliable or/and it could be fictitious. To prevent that, control systems were deemed necessary. The discussion also pointed to potentially low levels of participation and engagement, issues with use of technology and training participants, and awareness-raising as further challenging aspects. The consensus emerging during the plenary session was that thanks to the citizen observatories, it is possible to have improved access to people who can contribute to reducing risk and vulnerability.
Watch the video here.

How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
2020-10-16 15:00 - 16:15 (Europe/Moscow)
This webinar is organised by the H2020 REINFORCE project, aiming to give an overview of the first of the project’s Large Scale Citizen Science demonstrators which are the key vehicles that the project will utilise in order to bring frontier science and society together, showcasing the issue that the citizens will be asked to help in solving, how this activity will be performed relying on Zooniverse resources and technologies, and how the sonification of data will allow to widen the spectrum of people potentially involved.
In REINFORCE, the citizen science activities will support the optimization of the Virgo detector, allowing citizens to learn the basics of GW detection techniques, and how the noise signals and GW signals look. One of the innovative aspects of the project is that it aims to include diverse and underrepresented groups in science, by providing them with tools to overcome specific barriers, such as the sonification of data for visually-impaired people.
More details about the event can be found here.

How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
2020-10-16 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Moscow)
The sensitivity of Gravitational Waves detectors is limited by several types of noise, called glitches, whose presence affects the quality of the data. The glitches can have various origins, having a stationary nature (e.g. a noise signal with a stable frequency) or being transient on various timescales. In order to optimize and run the interferometers it is fundamental to identify the sources of noise and reduce or eliminate its origin.
In this framework, citizen scientists can play a fundamental role by looking at chunks of data and identify the presence of noise, creating the basis to train machine learning algorithms that will automatically recognize and isolate noise in GW data, thus providing a monitoring of the noise with an unprecedented detail. Citizen scientists’ support will be crucial also to isolate astrophysical signals that cannot easily be modeled with the general relativity equations, and whose shape is unknown, such as supernovae ones.
In REINFORCE, the citizen science activities will support the optimization of the Virgo detector, allowing citizens to learn the basics of GW detection techniques, and how the noise signals and GW signals look. One of the innovative aspects of the project is that it aims to include diverse and underrepresented groups in science, by providing them with tools to overcome specific barriers, such as the sonification of data for visually-impaired people.
The webinar aims to give an overview of the first of REINFORCE Large Scale Citizen Science demonstrators which are the key vehicles that the project will utilise in order to bring frontier science and society together, showcasing the issue that the citizens will be asked to help in solving, how this activity will be performed relying on Zooniverse resources and technologies, and how the sonification of data will allow to widen the spectrum of people potentially involved.
To register to the webinar, please visit here. See below the agenda of the webinar.
AGENDA
15:00-15:05 – Welcome – Chris Lintott (Zooniverse)
15:05-15:12 – Broad overview – Stavros Katsanevas (EGO, Project Coordinator)
15:12-15:25 – REINFORCE Gravitational Wave Noise Hunting Demonstrator – Massimiliano Razzano (University of Pisa, WP3 leader)
15:25-15:40 – The use of sonification in REINFORCE – Beatriz Garcia (CONICET)
15:40-15:50 – Virgo and international GW network – Julia Casanueva (Virgo)
15:50-15:55 – Introduction to the European Gravitational Observatory – Francesca Spagnuolo (EGO, EU Program Coordinator)
15:55-16:05 – GW and Citizen Science for education – Emmanuel Chaniotakis (EA)
16:05-16:15 – Q&A and wrap-up

UN World Data Forum 2020
2020-10-19 - 2020-10-21
A UN World Data Forum will be held virtually on 19–21 October 2020. The forum is designed to bring together representatives, users and producers, from various sectors working with data to support the implementation of Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). WeObserve participates in the Forum, aiming to demonstrate examples and methods of monitoring SDGs through citizen-science enabled frameworks and Citizen Observatories.

Integrating Citizen Science into the Official SDG Monitoring Mechanisms and A Proposal to Use Unofficial Statistics for SDG Reporting (to Deal with Crises) – October 19: WeObserve shared experiences with respect to the activities of the “Citizen Observatories and SDGs Community of Practice” while also discussing key aspects on the combination of citizen-generated data with conventional data sources and mechanisms for SDG monitoring and reporting.
Tools to enable UN Member States at national and local level to use Earth observations to help deliver SDG 11 and the New Urban Agenda – (pre-recorded session): WeObserve partners participated in the discussion around the contributions of citizen science data in support of Goal 11 and the New Urban Agenda (NUA). Additionally, examples of relevant applications were presented, such as the CityOases project; a partnership between city of Vienna and IIASA that aims to improve the database of open urban spaces and identify people’s perceptions about them, helping inform indicator 11.7.1 (open public space in cities).

The detailed programme is available here.

LandSense Mapathon
2020-10-19 - 2020-12-31
Connecting citizens and satellite data for land use mapping across the EU
Using OpenStreetMap and Sentinel 2 satellite imagery LandSense project created a citizen-powered land use map of the EU. As part of the European Week of Regions and Cities a mapathon (https://landsense.eu/Mapathon) is taking place aiming to help validate the OSMLandUse product created at the GIScience Research Group in Heidelberg.
You can contribute in up to four themes (Urban, Agriculture, Nature and Expert) and your responses are anonymously checked against other volunteers to ensure data quality standards.
The results of this mapathon will be made openly available for public use.
JOIN & CONTRIBUTE

European Science Engagement Conference
2020-10-29 - 2020-10-30
The European Science Engagement Conference annually unites the international community of science communication and public engagement professionals. EUSEA2020 offers all practitioners in the field a Pan-European platform to expand their networks and enhance their skills via inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions and co-creative workshops.
The conference shares and discusses relevant topics, funding programs and formats mainly related to the areas of public engagement and science communication. In 2020 the conference will be held in Cork, Ireland.
You can find the detailed program and the registration form here: https://eusea.info/eusea-annual-conference/programme/

European Science Engagement Conference (EUSEA 2020)
2020-10-29 08:00 - 2020-10-30 17:00 (Europe/Moscow) | Online
#EUSEA2020 Goes Online!
The European Science Engagement Conference annually unites the international community of science communication and public engagement professionals. EUSEA2020 offers all practitioners in the field a Pan-European platform to expand their networks and enhance their skills via inspiring keynotes, interactive sessions and co-creative workshops.
The conference shares and discusses relevant topics, funding programs and formats mainly related to the areas of public engagement and science communication. In 2020 the conference will be held in Cork, Ireland.
You can find the detailed program and the registration form here: https://eusea.info/eusea-annual-conference/programme/

About the organizer
EUSEA is an international knowledge-sharing platform and accelerator of innovation in the fields of public engagement. The association addresses experts involved in the design, organisation and implementation of public engagement activities across Europe. Eusea is an active consortium member in projects funded by the European Commission and supports partners in European funding policies.
In times of rapid changes in scientific institutions and society at large, science festivals and public engagement activities offer much more than “edutainment”. Collaboratively designed events can build bridges – between science and society, researchers and citizens, policy makers and innovators.
The formats are as diverse as the institutions behind them: All across Europe you will find Science Festivals, Researchers’ Nights, Science Parliaments or Maker Faires, organized by universities, municipalities, science centers or cultural institutions. Many such events have evolved all over Europe: from Slovenia to Sweden, from Portugal to Poland, from Israel to Iceland – and more are on the way.
EUSEA initiates and supports many of these activites as a strong partner striving to develop science festivals and public engagement activities that make an impact across Europe.

Website
https://eusea.info/

GEO Week 2020
2020-11-02 - 2020-11-06
Join GEO Week for a week-long showcase on the impact of open Earth observations on 2-6 November 2020

The GEO Week will take place online on November 2 – 6, 2020. Focused on the key priorities of boosting the digital economy, delivering on GEO’s Engagement Priorities, promoting sustainable development, supporting national initiatives, and highlighting approaches to open data, this week-long series of online events is intended to engage leaders from across the GEO Community to share lessons and advance policies and programs to impact our planet.
A highlight this year will be the Industry Track focused on exhibiting Earth observation solutions and services from across the world. A dedicated Networking Platform will bring together development practitioners, governments, and the private sector with a special focus on supporting Small and Medium Micro – sized Enterprises (SMMEs) to advance their access to knowledge, markets, and partners. With virtual talks, match making between business to business and business to government (B2B and B2G) in virtual rooms, the Space Tech Challenge competition announcement, and giveaways, this online event aims to build momentum for an in-person Industry Track in Port Elizabeth, South Africa next year. For updates regarding the event, please sign-up here.

Workshop on Citizen Sociolinguistics
2020-11-03 14:00 - 2020-11-04 16:30 (Europe/Moscow)
In recent years, Citizen Science (CS), that is engaging citizens or lay people in doing scientific research, has gained momentum in a wide range of disciplines, including sociolinguistics. CS has a long tradition within natural sciences, and its primary impacts are seen in biological studies of global climate change, in biological changes in natural habitats.
This workshop explores what citizen science is, and particularly what Citizen Sociolinguistics is. It presents examples of different CS initiatives and discusses the epistemological rationale for CS, and particularly CS projects within humanities. Important topics for discussion concern the quality of citizen data, the ability of citizens’ protocol to produce valid data, the level of citizen involvement in the research process, as well as the extent to which and how CS can lead to empowerment and democratisation as stated in many recent international research policy papers. The workshop also includes the role of CS as part of an open science policy.
Find out more here.

Data-driven Urban Mobility Planning and Citizen Science
2020-11-05 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Paris)
Mobilising Mobility: Data-driven Urban Mobility Planning and Citizen Science: a match made in heaven – WeCount and ClairCity
How can data be used to contribute to sustainable urban mobility planning? What are the most cost-effective tools for public authorities? Can citizen-science contribute for this effort? As COVID-19 creates new and complex challenges for urban mobility, and policymakers face tighter budgets, these are key questions which must be addressed.
The webinar will draw from the experience of two EU-funded initiatives, WeCount and ClairCity, to examine the potential for citizen science to deliver data-driven urban mobility planning.
Register and find out more!

Webinar - Indigenous and Community Monitoring
2020-11-09 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/Paris)
The event is part of the INECE webinar series aiming to explore current and potential uses of citizen/community science initiatives to improve environmental monitoring, compliance and enforcement around the world.
This session will explore how Indigenous and local communities are using community science to uncover environmental injustice and improve environmental protection on their lands.
Panelists:

Tom Bewick, Peru Country Director, Rainforest Foundation US;
Ruth Noguerón, Senior Associate, World Resources Institute;
Ellen Pfeiffer, Researcher in Citizen Science, UN IHE;
LeRoy Paddock, Managing Director, INECE Secretariat; Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute, Moderator

Register for the Webinar Here.

Webinar: The Characteristics of Citizen Science
2020-11-12 14:00 - 15:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The field of citizen science is expanding rapidly, and many different actors are becoming involved in harnessing the field for knowledge generation and public engagement with science. However, reaching consensus on a common definition is still a challenge, and perhaps not possible, because the types of activities that can fall under the umbrella of citizen science are so broad, and placed at the intersection of numerous scientific fields.
However, there is often a need to seek a discipline- or context-specific definition (such as for a specific funding call). The EU-Citizen.Science consortium, in building the platform to share Citizen Science projects and resources, has also run into this need to communicate a clear definition, as guidance to those who would like to share their project and resources with the wider community.
A working group was therefore formed of consortium partners, led by ECSA and ECSA’s co-vice chair Muki Haklay, which sought to encompass the plurality of views from citizen science practitioners and affiliated communities, and to identify the common characteristics that practitioners expect from a citizen science project.
This Webinar will present the first outcomes of this process. Find out more and register!

Roadshow event No. 3 (Slovenia)
2020-11-18 | Online, Slovenia
Date: 18 November 2020
Location: online event
Agenda:
9.30-9.50h Welcome and introduction
9.50-10.10h Slovene experience with flooding and other natural disasters
10.10-10.50h Practical demonstration of a citizen observatory
10.50-11.35h Group work
11.35- 12.20h Plenary discussion
12.20-12.30h Recap and closing of the Roadshow event

The third WeObserve Roadshow event was held together with the cross-border project VISFRIM (Vipava/Vipacco and Other Transboundary River Basins Flood Risk Management), co-financed under the Interreg V-A Italy-Slovenia Cooperation Program (https://www.ita-slo.eu/visfrim) whose main goal is to improve flood risk management in cross-border river basins by implementing citizen observatories.
This Roadshow event was addressed to local authorities, regional/national policy-makers, scientists and experts that aim to demonstrate the potential and practical implementation of a citizen observatory for flood risk management. This event had a special focus on the Slovenian context and allowed participants to learn about the basic principles of citizen observatories, providing participants with (virtual) hands-on experience of citizen science and citizen observatories and demonstrating how decision-makers are using the information provided by citizens.
Specifically, the Alto Adriatico Water Authority (AAWA) showcased how their citizen observatory effectively helps in the management of the Brenta-Bacchiglione river basin. Based on this experience, participants discussed the potential of citizen observatories in the context of flood risk mitigation and what comes into play when implementing a Citizen Observatory.
Download here the Save-the-date document.
Registration: by invitation only

Webinar on CS financial sustainability
2020-11-19 10:00 - 12:00 (Europe/Paris)
On November the 19th ACTION team will host an online event with experts exploring different path towards financial sustainability.
The event is organised in three parts: in the first part experts will talk about Corporate Social Responsibility, social impact funding, crowdfunding and other possible solutions for supporting citizen science initiatives, especially those focusing on pollution and other environmental issues. In the second part a round table will support the audience in having a clearer picture on how to get benefits out of this sustainability options. The third and last part will be an open discussion among participants.
Learn more and register!

CITIZEN SCIENCE CONFERENCE 2020
2020-11-20
Strengthening ties between science, education and society is one of the major topics in University of Twente’s new strategy Shaping2030, and there are many ways to achieve this, with citizen science being one of them. The term citizen science refers to an equal basis for collaboration in tackling societal challenges using scientific methods.
University of Twente organises the Citizen Science conference, which takes place on 20 November 2020, with the ambition to join forces with all those that are interested or involved in Citizen Science.

Workshop on VGI for Land Cover/Use
2020-11-24 - 2020-11-25
An online workshop entitled ‘The use of volunteer Geographic Information for producing and maintaining authoritative land use and land cover data’ is organized on behalf of EuroSDR (A European Spatial Data Research network organization linking national mapping and cadastral agencies with research institutes & universities), the LandSense project (A Citizen Observatory and Innovation Marketplace for Land Use and Land Cover Monitoring) and IGN (The French National Mapping Agency). LandSense delivers innovate technologies for data collection, change detection, data quality assessment, offering tools and systems to empower different communities (e.g., private companies, NGOs, NMAs, research, public authorities) for land use and land cover (LULC) monitoring and reporting.
The major areas of interest include the following topics:

Feature-based LULC data production
Feature-based LULC update
LULC Change detection
LULC Monitoring services
Collection and Use of VGI to produce LULC data
VGI and authoritative LULC data integration
LULC data quality assessment
LULC data infrastructure
LULC data policies.

Submissions are encouraged (1 page maximum) from participants willing to share their experiences, algorithms, research approaches, use-cases, future planning linked to the listed topics by October 11 2020.
Participation in the workshop is free of charge. However, advance registration will be strictly required. Registration will be opened till November 11 2020.
More infromation about the workshop can be found here.

Art Pluriverse: A Community Science Series
2020-12-03 - 2020-12-23
The Biennale of Western Balkans opens a month-long online programme of collective actions for intangible cultural heritage and open knowledge. The programme focuses on empowering communities of practice in the Balkan region, documenting their cultural knowledge in cooperative, ethical and accessible ways. The 1st edition aims to uplift local knowledge and intangible cultural practices related to textiles, through the development of FAIR community archives and research-based art creation.
More info: https://bowb.org

3rd Annual Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival
2020-12-06 - 2020-12-12
How is democracy changing? How can citizens participate in this change? These are the themes of the 3rd Annual Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival. The global COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted societal and policy challenges amid uncertainty. People need solutions that go beyond business-as-usual policy. Open to all, the Citizen Engagement and Deliberative Democracy Festival is the chance for people of diverse backgrounds to gather and tackle some of the pressing issues of our time.
An open call for citizen engagement projects to be showcased in the festival virtual exhibition. Projects can bring novel approaches to citizen engagement, focused on ideas of deliberation or of co-creation, which can span art, science, and technology. Proposals from organisations from all over Europe that show the potential of citizen engagement projects on matters that concern EU citizens are welcomed. The call for proposals is open until 10 November!
Register and find out more!

CoAct Webinar
2021-01-27 16:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris)
Participatory evaluation is an approach that aims at giving voice to the stakeholders of an intervention in its evaluation design, process and results. This webinar will shed light on the specificities of this methodology, as well as challenges and opportunities related to its application in citizen science.
The aim of the webinar is to furthermore provide an overview on co-evaluation as a strategy and to discuss which respective approaches and options have been available for a long time in participatory research and citizen science, how they have been received, what opportunities they have opened up, what obstacles have been overcome, but also what we can learn from them for the future.
Find out more here.

Add yourself to the map!
2021-02-01 - 2021-07-31
Are you running a Citizen Observatory, or a community-based environmental monitoring Citizen Science project? We would love to profile your initiative and raise your visibility amongst the citizen science community. Please add yourself to the map! In this form you can describe your institution, your initiative, and be part of the landscape of citizen-science actors in Europe and even beyond!

Webinar - Lessons from the LandSense project
2021-02-03 14:00 - 15:30 (Europe/Paris)
The LandSense project, which recently ended, was hugely successful, with a number of useful lessons and outcomes. On 3 February, 14:00-15:30 (CET), the team behind the project will be sharing some of their experiences and findings at an ECSA/EU-Citizen.Science webinar.
Attendance is free, and the event will be held in English. You can register for the event now.

Roadshow event No. 4 (Scotland)
2021-02-09 | Online, Slovenia
Date: Tuesday 9 February 2021
Location: online event
Agenda:
10.00-10.20h Welcome and introduction
10.20- 10.50h Presentation: Setting the scene
10.50- 11.20h Presentation: Demonstration of a Citizen Observatory
11.20- 12.05h Breakout sessions
12.05- 12.50h Plenary discussion on CO implementation: social and technological dimensions
12.50- 13.00h Recap and closing of the Roadshow event

The WeObserve Scotland Roadshow took place on 9 February 2021, with a focus on the potential of citizen observatories for flood risk management. The Roadshow was therefore addressed to local authorities, regional/national policy-makers, scientists and experts in Scotland and aimed to demonstrate the potential and practical implementation of a citizen observatory for flood risk management. The event allowed the 38 participants to learn about the basic principles of citizen observatories, providing participants with insights of citizen science and citizen observatories and demonstrating how decision-makers are using the information provided by citizens.
The Roadshow began with an introduction to citizen observatories and the current situation of flood management in Scotland. The Alto Adriatico Water Authority (AWAA) then showcased the impact of Citizen Observatories, by sharing their work with a Citizen Observatory in the management of the Brenta-Bacchiglione river basin.
Based on this introduction, in small breakout groups, the participants discussed key opportunities and challenges for Citizen Observatories in flood management. Key opportunities of COs were perceived to consist of the novel means to engage stakeholders and communities at risk, prioritising flood alleviation efforts, providing data at different scales, and assist with planning and land management. Key challenges of COs were considered to pertain to data quality, consistency and accuracy; data and knowledge sharing across actors; and ensuring stakeholder engagement and participation in the long run.
Following these discussions, a plenary discussion was held on the social and technological dimensions of citizen observatories. Specifically, this discussion highlighted the need to involve relevant stakeholders when developing and running COs; also, what drives community ownership, engagement and momentum will differ from one CO to another and needs to be carefully considered in each case.
Please download here the full report of the WeObserve Roadshow in Scotland.

2nd ACT International Synergy Conference
2021-02-11 09:30 - 2021-02-12 16:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The ACT Consortium invites to the Conference science and innovation leaders, decision-makers, researchers and practitioners ready to collaborate, co-create and co-produce gender equality in R&I. The purpose of this conference is to report on the contribution of the H2020 ACT project to advance gender equality in research and innovation in the EU. The approach developed by ACT is based on the concept of Community of Practice (CoP). ACT created, developed and supported eight CoPs, as well as a range of tools to help CoPs operate at institutional, inter-institutional, and EU-wide levels, and keep advancing best practice for gender equality in R&I.
WeObserve will participate in the event in two sessions. On the first day, 11 February at 10:15 – 10:45, Uta Wehn will present the CoPs and Citizen Science in H2020 WeObserve project. On the second day, 12 February at 10:00 – 11:00 she will also participate on a plenary session where key lessons will be presented on how to create, develop, support and create value for members of a CoP.
More information, as well as the program, is available here.
REGISTRATION is open!

52nd UN Statistical Commission Side Events
2021-02-15 02:00 - 04:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The UNCTAD together with the WeObserve partner, Dilek Fraisl, and colleagues from the WeObserve SDGs Community of Practice are presenting on ‘Contribution of Citizen Science Data to SDG Monitoring’ at the 52nd UN Statistical Commission Side Events. The session will take place on February 15th, 2021, at 2:00 pm CET. To see the full program or find out more, please visit here.

Open Science Conference 2021
2021-02-17 10:45 - 2021-02-19 15:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The Open Science Conference 2021 is the 8th international conference of the Leibniz Research Alliance Open Science. The annual conference is dedicated to the Open Science movement and provides a unique forum for researchers, librarians, practitioners, infrastructure providers, policy makers, and other important stakeholders to discuss the latest and future developments in Open Science.
This year’s conference will especially focus on the effects and impact of (global) crises and associated societal challenges, such as the Corona pandemic or the climate change, to open research practices and science communication in the context of the digitisation of science. And vice versa, how open practices help to cope with crises. Overall, the conference addresses topics around Open Science such as:

Effects and impact of current crises on open research practices and science communication
Learnings from crises to sustainably ensure the opening of science in the future
Innovations to support Open Science practices and their application and acceptance in scientific communities
Scientific benefit of Open Science practices and their impact in society such as coping with crises
Open Science education and science communication to different target groups in the broad public

For registration and programme please visit here.

'Bridging the gap to facilitate selection and image analysis activities for land surface monitoring' webinar
2021-02-18 15:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The 3rd and final PHIDIAS Webinar of the series, this time dedicated to Use Case 2: Big Data Earth Observations (EO). “Bridging the gap to facilitate selection and image analysis activities for land surface monitoring” is taking place next 18th of February at 15:00 CET.
Optical and radar images observing the Earth’s land surface have become an essential source of information to address and analysis environmental issues. The diversity of Earth observation sensors make it possible to provide new insights into environmental monitoring. But as many recent diagnoses have shown, satellite imagery for environmental monitoring purposes is particularly underutilized by the land and natural resource management communities, the high level of technology and the need for digital resources required to use satellite imagery are the main reasons for this. In other hand THEIA scientific expertise centres have designed and implemented proof of concept of prototypes of new algorithms that meet the information needs of environmental monitoring stakeholders, such as land cover, soil moisture or natural vegetation Biomass.
More information about the event, the agenda, etc. is available here. To register and join the webinar, please visit here.

COS4CLOUD Webinar
2021-02-24 15:00 - 16:30 (Europe/Paris)
Cos4Cloud will be running an ECSA/EU-Citizen.Science webinar to share the project’s progress so far.
This is a chance for the citizen science community, and anyone else with an interest in this project, to find out more and put their questions to the project team.
Attendance is free, and the event will be held in English – although questions are welcomed in other languages, and we will do our best to translate them! More details (speakers, etc.) will be shared soon, but you can register for the evehttps://portal.ogc.org/index.php?nt now.

Third REINFORCE webinar
2021-02-26 03:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Moscow)
The third REINFORCE webinar titled “Discovering the unexplored deep marine environment” will be held on the 26th of February at 3PM CET.
Deep underwater neutrino telescopes as KM3NeT measure neutrino and environmental events that constitute “noise” for the neutrino searches. These environmental events range from biological bioluminescence to acoustic signals from sea mammals. Citizens can support KM3NeTs scientists to increase the efficiency in the neutrino detection algorithms, providing input that will be crucial for two scientific tasks: the classification of noise types, and the identification of the frequency range and typical length of noise signals.
During this webinar, participants will learn how they can help in the advance of ground-breaking research, how a deep underwater neutrino telescope works, and how REINFORCE demonstrator about Deep Sea Hunters will be developed.
For more information, such as the agenda, the speakers’ list and the main takeaways visit here. To register and join the webinar, please click here.

WeObserve CoPs Forum #6
2021-03-15 - 2021-03-16
The WeObserve Communities of Practice (CoPs) Forum #6 will be held ONLINE on 15-16 March 2021 and will consist of plenary sessions, two parallel sessions and a dedicated workshop in order to help us achieve the following objectives:

Fertilisation of knowledge, ideas & insights on Citizen Science and Citizen Observatories across the four WeObserve Communities of Practice
Advancing our storytelling competencies
Capturing the ‘WeObserve way’ of consolidating knowledge on citizen science via Communities of Practice
Collecting the findings of the Interop-CoP and compile them in the 2nd Engineering Report.

The Forum is available to all the members of the WeObserve Communities of Practice! If you want to join the WeObserve CoPs and be part of their ongoing activities, learn more here!

MOOC: A Roadmap to Citizen Science Education
2021-03-22 - 2021-04-29
BRITEC MOOC “A roadmap to citizen science Education” will provide materials and stories of implementation from innovative citizen science education projects. Citizen Science Education is based on the assumption that teachers and researchers can find a common ground of discussion and develop practices that are advantageous both, for the education sector, and the science sector. Therefore, this course proposes a process of collaboration between teachers and researchers. It provides insights from the perspective of researchers that have supported teachers developing STEM learning scenarios that include scientific activities based on the needs of active research projects.
Find out more: https://www.buergerschaffenwissen.de/citizen-science/veranstaltungen/forum-citizen-science-2021
