Crowd4SDG Final Conference at CERN

Friday, March 17, 2023 - 8:30 AM
CERN (80/1-001)

        : Sessions
    /     : Talks
        : Breaks
Mar 17, 2023
AM
8:30 AM
Registration and badge collection (until 9:00 AM)
9:00 AM Opening remarks - Enrica Maria Porcari (Head Of Information Technology Department, CERN)  
9:05 AM Welcome - Pablo Garcia Tello (Section Head, New Projects and Initiatives, CERN)  
9:10 AM EU and citizen science - Gabriella Leo (Citizen Science Policy Officer, European Commission)  
9:15 AM Citizen science data for tracking progress towards sustainable development - Dilek Fraisl (Research Scholar, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Managing Director, Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP))  
9:30 AM
Session 1: Citizen science for monitoring the SDGs - Trine Schmidt (Manager of Geneva SDG community at SDG Lab, UNOG) (until 10:25 AM)
9:30 AM National Statistical Offices and citizen science data for national sustainable development priorities - Elena Proden (Senior Specialist, SDGs and Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, UNITAR)  
9:40 AM Enhancing citizen science tools with AI to improve data quality and leverage social media - Barbara Pernici (Professor of Computer Engineering, PoliMi)  
9:50 AM Democratic and economic risks and opportunities for innovations generated by citizen scientists for the SDGs - Martin Brocklehurst (Chairman of the Board, Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP); Board Member, European Citizen Science Association (ECSA).)  
10:00 AM Panel discussion - Barbara Pernici (Professor of Computer Engineering, PoliMi) Martin Brocklehurst (Chairman of the Board, Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP); Board Member, European Citizen Science Association) Elena Proden (Senior Specialist, SDGs and Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, UNITAR) Trine Schmidt (SDG Lab, UNOG)  
10:25 AM --- Coffee break and poster session with student projects and citizens science tools ---
10:45 AM How to mobilise disenfranchised youth for climate action - Camila Haux (General Manager, Yoma)  
11:00 AM
Session 2: Mobilising youth for citizen science and climate action - Trine Schmidt (Manager of Geneva SDG community at SDG Lab, UNOG) (until 12:00 PM)
11:00 AM An open source tool kit that makes digital citizen science accessible for everyone - Rosy Mondardini (Managing Director at Citizen Science Center, ETH/UZH)  
11:10 AM How social media can be used to mobilise youth for the SDGs: the case of Goodwall - Omar Bawa (co-founder and COO of Goodwall)  
11:20 AM How challenge-based youth projects can produce impactful outputs for the SDGs - Laura Wirtavuori (Innovation Space activity manager, CERN)  
11:35 AM Panel discussion - Trine Schmidt (Manager of Geneva SDG community at SDG Lab, UNOG) Rosy Mondardini (Managing Director at Citizen Science Center, ETH/UZH) Omar Bawa (co-founder and COO of Goodwall) Gabrielle Egwu (Crowd4SDG)  
PM
12:00 PM A message from the European Commission - Katharina Buse (European Research Executive Agency (REA))  
12:05 PM Closing remarks - Francois Grey (Professor, UNIGE and Coordinator EU Crowd4SDG project)  
12:10 PM Introduction to hackathons  
12:15 PM --- Lunch break with poster session on student projects and citizen science tools ---
2:00 PM
Hackathons (until 7:00 PM)
2:00 PM Future Citizen Debates: Envisioning, designing and creating open deliberation processes - Jose Luis Fernandez-Marquez (Senior Lecturer, UNIGE and Coordinator EU Crowd4SDG project) Jesus Cerquides (Scientific Researcher, IIIA-CSIC) Johannes Wedenig (Convener Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF) Oguz Mulayim (Postdoctoral Researcher, IIIA-CSIC) Juan Antonio Rodriguez (Researcher, IIIA-CSIC)  
2:00 PM Leveraging citizen science for data-driven policies on sustainable development - Anais Zodeougan-Quist (UNITAR) Madina Imaralieva (UNITAR) Elena Proden ((Senior Specialist, SDGs and Strategic Implementation of the 2030 Agenda, UNITAR)  
2:00 PM Using crowdsourcing tools and digital currencies to transform public participation in climate resilience research. - Barbara Pernici (Professor of Computer Engineering, PoliMi) Mirella Bärnthaler (Project Leader, Caliber Consult GmbH) Rosy Mondardini ((Managing Director at Citizen Science Center, ETH/UZH)) Carlo Alberto Bono (PhD candidate, PoliMi)