Fwd: [HOT] 2nd London Citizen Cyberscience Summit

[Spike (Chris Foote)]

Here's an interesting three-day event in London mid-February!

I'm seriously thinking about attending. Anyone else??

Spike

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Subject:	[HOT] 2nd London Citizen Cyberscience Summit
Date:	Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:44:42 -0800 (PST)
From:	Mikel Maron <mikel...@yahoo.com>
Reply-To:	Mikel Maron <mikel...@yahoo.com>
To:	hot <h...@openstreetmap.org>

Could be of interest to HOTties in the UK.

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From: "Haklay, Muki" <m.ha...@ucl.ac.uk>

Dear colleagues,

 

I’m circulating this announcement to you, as you might be interested  in some of the issues that will be discussed during the summit, or know about people that are.

We will welcome submission of presentations and proposals for workshops and activities – so please forward the announcement to relevant researchers. We will be accepting proposals until the end of January

 

Your help in spreading the word, suggesting talks or great speakers, are most welcome!!

 

On your marks…
 
The London Citizen Cyberscience Summit in 2010 brought together for the first time volunteers and scientists from a wide range of Web-based science projects, ranging from volunteer computing (SETI@home,ClimatePrediction.net) to volunteer thinking (GalaxyZoo, Herbaria@home) to volunteer sensing (EpiCollect, NoiseTube) and much more. Historians, journalists, teachers and businessmen all brought their angle on citizen cyberscience to the event. Above all, it was a chance for the some of the millions of volunteers who make citizen cyberscience so successful to tell their story.
 
Get set…
 
The Second London Citizen Cyberscience Summit, 16-18 February 2012, promises to be just as pioneering in its scope, and even more innovative in its format – ranging from classical academic seminar on the first day, through to full-fledged open hardware hackfest on the last. It will take place at the Royal Geographical society (on the 16th) and at UCL (17th and 18th), in London.
 
Go!

On Day 1, we set the scene. (Thursday 16th February 2012, Royal Geographical Society). Meet some of the leading figures in citizen science and explore the process of public engagement and participation, outreach of citizen science to the developing world, and the undertaking of "extreme" citizen science projects, in rain forests, arctic tundra, or urban jungles.

On Day 2, we look beneath the surface. (Friday 17th February 2012, UCL). Experts will discuss the hardware and software that powers citizen cyberscience. There will be a panel discussionwith citizen scientists on why participation and engagement, and a showcase of new and future citizen science projects. In the evening, we'll start planning the next day's hands-on sessions.

On Day 3, we get down to business…together! (Saturday 18th February 2012) This will include further unconference sessions, and a hackfest for development of hardware and software prototypes, demos and mock-ups, with awards for the most innovative creations!

 

Propose talks and demos here http://bit.ly/loncitscisumform

 

Register and buy your ticket here http://lccs2.eventbrite.com/

 

 

 

Muki Haklay: Professor of GIScience Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group

Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering University College London (UCL) Gower St. London WC1E 6BT

T: +44 20 7679 2745 E: m.ha...@ucl.ac.uk W: povesham.wordpress.com

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