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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201005
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201102
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SUMMARY:WeObserve online course 'Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference'
DESCRIPTION:WeObserve invites you to take part on its updated second Massive Open Online Course entitled ‘Citizen Science Projects: How to Make a Difference’ \n\nAfter a very interesting and successful first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) last November\, WeObserve together with the FutureLearn platform organize a second run of its online course\, starting on 5th of October 2020. The course will last four weeks with flexible hours of study and is addressing everyone interested in citizen science or citizen observatories who is keen on designing a citizen science project. \nWithin the course\, the participants will discover how to lead a citizen science project\, including the best practices for community buildings\, how to identify the most pressing questions for your community\, and tupos on data collection and interpretation. Furthermore\, the learners will find out how to use their findings for educational purposes so as to create a positive change in the environment and their local area. For the learners that took part in the first run of the course\, this final and updated run is a great opportunity to explore new topics\, including new resources and open source downloadable tools. To register to the course\, please visit here. To find out more information about the WeObserve Massive Online Courses visit the page here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/weobserve-online-course-citizen-science-projects-how-to-make-a-difference/
CATEGORIES:Events,WO events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201012
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201014
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20201006T133843Z
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SUMMARY:5th CoPs Forum
DESCRIPTION:The WeObserve CoPs Forum #5 was organised as an online event on October 12-13\, 2020.  The main forum objectives were to: \n\nPromote fertilisation of knowledge\, ideas & insights on Citizen Science and Citizen Observatories across the 4 WeObserve Communities of Practice\nStart process of capturing the ‘WeObserve way’ of consolidating knowledge on citizen science via Communities of Practice\nFinalize collecting the findings of the Interop-CoP and compile them in the Engineering Report.\n\nIn order to make this a fruitful and productive experience\, partcipants were able to work in short sprints with concrete objectives (decided a-priori or at the beginning of the sprint) whilst separate sessions took place\, with opportunities to work alone on some aspects of the discussions and obligation to report progress back in the reporting back session. \nOverall\, the event was made up of 3 distinct online sessions as presented below:  \n\n\n\nTime\nDescription\n\n\nMonday 12\, October\n\n\n13:00-14:00\nWelcome \nWelcome; objectives & detailed agenda for the online event; Tour de Table; Quick updates from each CoP\n\n\n14:00-14:30\nCoffee break\n\n\n14:30-16:00\nSprint One \nCross CoPs Fertilisation: Table issues in Citizens Science and grab the speaker’s corner box\n\n\nTuesday 13\, October\n\n\n10:00-10:15\nWelcome \nWelcome & agenda for the day; Reporting on Day 1\n\n\n10:15-12:00\nSprint Two \nCross CoPs paper: outline & feedback \nInterop CoP: Writing the Engineering Report\n\n\n12:00-14.00\nLunch break \n\n\n14:00-15:30\nSprint Three \nCross CoPs paper: survey design\n\n\n \nInterop CoP: Activities for the 3rt phase of the IE\n\n\n15:30-16:30\nPlenary reporting back from Sprints\, Future CoPs host & Wrap up \n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/5th-cops-forum/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Events,WO events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201014
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20200617T075059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T065635Z
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SUMMARY:Knowledge for Change: A decade of Citizen Science (2020-2030) in support of the SDGs
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid conference – Take part in Berlin or virtually!\n \nA conference entitled ‘Knowledge for Change: A decade of Citizen Science (2020-2030) in support of the SDGs’ is organised in Berlin on October 14-15\, 2020\, aiming to present\, evaluate and discuss the exciting contributions that citizen science makes in framing and achieving sustainable development\, specifically the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The conference will bring together expertise from policy makers\, institutional and citizen scientists\, economists\, NGOs and civil society to implement mechanisms and processes for the transition towards a more sustainable future. \nThe conference addresses topics around citizen science such as: \n\nCitizen science for the UN Sustainable Development Goals\, e.g. good health and well-being\, quality education\, life on land and below water;\nPolicy and scientific methodology of citizen science to implement the SDGs;\nScientific benefit of citizen science networks and platforms and their impact on society\n\nFurther details about the conference are available here. To register\, please visit here. \nWeObserve sessions\nIn the context of the conference\, WeObserve organizes three sessions involving innovative and interactive formats (i.e. fishbowl\, Pecha Kucha\, panel discussion\, etc) while also inviting the submission of contributions from relevant projects and initiaves towards presenting the landscape of Citizens Observatories and citizen science tools and inovations that support sustainable development. The WeObserve sessions are presented below while further details about each session can be found here: \n\nContribution of Citizen Science Data to Monitoring the SDGs \nCitizen observatories: the landscape\, tools and data innovations for sustainable development  (open call for contributions)\nTransformative potential of citizen science and citizen observatories for mobilising action towards achieving the SDGs \n\nWeObserve invites participants to submit their contributions on ‘Citizen observatories: the landscape\, tools and data innovations for sustainable development‘ session. Contributions should be submitted as abstracts which should be no longer than 350 words and include the title of the session. The session seeks speakers and exhibitors who are interested in sharing their experiences\, lessons\, knowledge and expertise from successful citizen science projects about relevant tools\, data and innovations that support sustainable development. \nThe submissions will be open up to July 13\, 2020  July 20\,2020\, 23.59h CET. Please submit your abstract here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/knowledge-for-change-a-decade-of-citizen-science-2020-2030-in-support-of-the-sdgs/
CATEGORIES:Events,Other events,WO events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201016
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201017
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20201106T075331Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210426T114014Z
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SUMMARY:Roadshow event No. 2 (Barcelona)
DESCRIPTION:Date: 16 October 2020 \nLocation: online event  \nAgenda: \n10-10.10h. Welcome and introduction \n10.10-10.40h. Setting the scene – the Tordera river & Storm Gloria \n10.40-11.10h. Demonstration of a citizen observatory: overview of the citizen observatory of water (Alto Adriatico Water Authority) \n11.10-11.55h. Group work  \n11.55h-12.45h. Plenary discussion on CO implementation: social and technological dimensions \n12.45-13.00h. Recap and closing of the Roadshow event \nDuring 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.  \nIn 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.  \nWatch the video here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/roadshow-event-test-barcelona/
LOCATION:online\, Spain
CATEGORIES:Weobserve roadshows
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201016T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201016T161500
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
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SUMMARY:How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn 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. \nMore details about the event can be found here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/how-to-help-scientists-in-the-gravitational-wave-noise-hunt-2/
CATEGORIES:COs events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201016T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201016T163000
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20200921T062906Z
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SUMMARY:How to help scientists in the Gravitational Wave noise hunt
DESCRIPTION: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.\nIn 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.\nIn 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.\nThe 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. \nTo register to the webinar\, please visit here. See below the agenda of the webinar. \nAGENDA \n15:00-15:05 – Welcome – Chris Lintott (Zooniverse)\n15:05-15:12 – Broad overview – Stavros Katsanevas (EGO\, Project Coordinator)\n15:12-15:25 – REINFORCE Gravitational Wave Noise Hunting Demonstrator – Massimiliano Razzano (University of Pisa\, WP3 leader)\n15:25-15:40 – The use of sonification in REINFORCE – Beatriz Garcia (CONICET)\n15:40-15:50 – Virgo and international GW network – Julia Casanueva (Virgo)\n15:50-15:55 – Introduction to the European Gravitational Observatory – Francesca Spagnuolo (EGO\, EU Program Coordinator)\n15:55-16:05 – GW and Citizen Science for education – Emmanuel Chaniotakis (EA)\n16:05-16:15 – Q&A and wrap-up
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/how-to-help-scientists-in-the-gravitational-wave-noise-hunt/
CATEGORIES:Other events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201022
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20201021T071828Z
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SUMMARY:UN World Data Forum 2020
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nIntegrating 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.\nTools 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).\n\nThe detailed programme is available here.
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/un-world-data-forum-2020/
CATEGORIES:Other events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201019
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20201021T080703Z
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SUMMARY:LandSense Mapathon
DESCRIPTION:Connecting citizens and satellite data for land use mapping across the EU\nUsing 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. \nYou 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. \nThe results of this mapathon will be made openly available for public use. \nJOIN & CONTRIBUTE
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/landsense-mapathon/
CATEGORIES:COs events
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201029
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
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SUMMARY:European Science Engagement Conference
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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. \nYou can find the detailed program and the registration form here: https://eusea.info/eusea-annual-conference/programme/
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/european-science-engagement-conference/
CATEGORIES:Other events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201029T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Moscow:20201030T170000
DTSTAMP:20260503T134522
CREATED:20200723T105110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201106T065536Z
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SUMMARY:European Science Engagement Conference (EUSEA 2020)
DESCRIPTION:#EUSEA2020 Goes Online!\nThe 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. \nThe 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. \nYou can find the detailed program and the registration form here: https://eusea.info/eusea-annual-conference/programme/ \n\nAbout the organizer\nEUSEA 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. \nIn 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. \nThe 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. \nEUSEA 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. \n\n\nWebsite\nhttps://eusea.info/
URL:https://www.weobserve.eu/event/european-science-engagement-conference-eusea-2020/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Events,Other events
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