ECSA2020 Conference: European Citizen Science Association 2020 Conference ONLINE CONFERENCE Trieste, Italy, September 6-10, 2020 |
Conference website | https://www.ecsa-conference.eu/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2020conferrence |
Abstract registration deadline | November 1, 2019 |
Submission deadline | November 1, 2019 |
Encounters in Citizen Science. The online European conference for citizen and participatory science 2020 in Trieste, Italy. This is the bi-annual conference of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), a pan-European organisation that is set up to encourage the growth of the Citizen Science movement in Europe in order to enhance the participation of the general public in scientific processes, mainly by initiating and supporting citizen science projects as well as performing research on citizen science.For generations, Trieste has been a city of scientific interaction; Today is known as a ‘City of Science’, being home to more than 30 national and international research centres.The ECSA conference 2020 will therefore focus on junctures in science: between scientists and citizens; between East and West; between North and South; and between the different fields of science.
Submission Guidelines
Each proposal should be maximum 500 words in length for abstracts (short proposal), and 1000 words for extended abstracts. This means that if you are aiming to submit a paper for the JCOM special issue for the conference, you can have an extended abstract of up to 1000 words in the submission, while the full paper will need to be available by May 2020. If you only plan to suggest a session, or you are not interested in a full paper in the special issue, please submit an abstract of up to 500 words. Each person can only be named as the lead (or co-lead) author for one proposal; there is no limit to the number of times a person can be named as a secondary author.
Please make sure you indicate the type of session you choose (see session formats below) in your abstract submission.
Language: the proposal must be submitted in English, as this is the conference language. We will also consider proposals in italian if they are coming from local communities and groups. If we receive enough proposals in Italian, a dedicated open session will be considered.
Only electronic submissions via Easychair will be allowed: (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2020conferrence)
Session formatsWhile you are welcome to submit a paper to conference (at which point the programme committee will organize thematic sessions of papers), we encourage the development of sessions and proposals for them. Sessions can be proposed in a number of different formats (and we are open to other formats as well).
Presentations sessions: a set of talks, a panel or a discussionThese sessions are comprised of a set of papers presented by speakers (either sequentially, or as a panel that makes a set of short statements), with time included for a short discussion. We expect paper presentations to be 10-15 minutes each.● Time: 60 minutes● Recommendation: 5 panellists
E-poster presentation sessionsThere will be one e-poster presentation session during the conference, on 25 May, 12:00-14.30. The e-posters will be presented as a single page with static text and images shown on LCD monitors in the e-poster pods. Accepted poster authors will receive technical guidelines on how to prepare the PDF document so that it displays properly. Presenters will be assigned the date and time of their presentations, and attendees will find the e-poster schedule in the online programme and the conference app. The amount of time per presentation slot will be determined by the number of e-posters accepted.
Interactive sessionsInteractive sessions provide workshop-style interaction between the participants and panelists, and should be practical, hands-on and/or discussion-based. The panelists will provide an introduction to the framework of the session and act as facilitator(s), while the participants are encouraged to drive thesession discussion.It is also possible to propose a workshop in which the presenters and participants work together on aspecific project or idea.● Time: 60-90 minutes● Recommendations:➢ Around 20-25 participants per session/workshop➢ At least 2 panellists
Dialogue sessionsA dialogue session consists of a set of different themes/projects. The participants choose the projects theywant to learn more about, based upon 2-minute presentations.● Time: 20 minutes in total● Recommendation: around 20-25 participants
Speed-talk sessionsThese are a brief presentation/talk, with focus on citizens (instead of a specialist group) followed by discussions with participants● Time: 7 minutes for each presentation, 7 minutes for discussion
Other session formatsThis list is not exclusive. Please feel free to propose other formats, for example: world cafés, fish bowls,PechaKuchas, barcamps, creative thinking sessions, roundtables, speed-dating sessions, ThinkCamp, etc.
List of Topics
- The current state of citizen science
- Research on citizen science: current trends and future directions
- Inclusiveness, equity and empowerment in citizen science
- From Horizon 2020 to Horizon Europe and national programmes: new opportunities for citizen science
- The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), climate and biodiversity challenges, and citizen science
- Technology-mediated citizen science
- Communities of practice for participants in citizen science
- Citizen Science in fragile contexts
For more details of the topics, check the official call on the conference website (https://www.ecsa-conference.eu/)
Committees
Program Committee
Mara Balestrini - Ideas for Change, Spain
Enrico M. Balli - Sissa Medialab, Italy
Ayelet Baram-Tsabari - Technion, Israel
Györgyi Bela, IDEAS-Hungary and Szent István University, Hungary
Luigi Ceccaroni - Earthwatch Institute Europe, United Kingdom
Joaquín Cochero - Red Iberoamericana de Ciencia Participativa, Argentina
Vickie Curtis - Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Daniel Dörler - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Claudia Göbel - ECSA working group on empowerment, inclusiveness & equity, Germany
Francois Grey - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Muki Haklay - UCL, United Kingdom
Susanne Hecker - Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ | German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig, Germany
Florian Heigl - Citizen Science Network Austria // University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Austria
Soledad Luna - BluoVerda e.V. / Nazca Institute for Marine Research, Germany
Dana Mahr - University of Geneva, Switzerland
Stefano Martellos - University of Trieste, Italy
Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou - APSOHA (Association pour la Promotion de Science Ouverte en Haïti et en Afrique), Cameroon
Jessie Oliver - Australian Citizen Science Association & Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Egle Marija Ramanauskaite - Human Computation Institute, Lithuania
Dorte Riemenschne - ECSA, Germany
Andrea Sforzi - Maremma Natural History Museum, Italy
Isabel Sousa Pinto - University of Porto, Portugal
Mendel Wong - CitizenScience Asia, Hong Kong
Tim Woods - ECSA, Germany
Local Organizing Team
Enrico M. Balli - Sissa Medialab, Italy
Stefano Martellos - University of Trieste, Italy
Francesca Rizzato - Sissa Medialab, Italy
Dorina Stanculescu - Sissa Medialab, Italy
Publication
ECSA2020 proceedings will be published in JCOM (Journal of Science Communication) by Sissa Medialab.
Venue
The ECSA2020 will be held online on 6-10 September
Contact
ecsa2020@medialab.sissa.it