Please share with colleagues! HOT's Mikel Maron will be speaking. We are not yet sure about live streaming availability, but please check day of workshop.
*The Role of Citizen Observatories and Crowdsourcing Community in GEOSS: *A Group on Earth Observations Plenary XIV Side Event *Date: October 24, 2017* *Time: 1:00 – 5:30 PM US Eastern Standard Time (EST)* *Location: Meridian Room D/E* *Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center* 1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC Directions provided below. The growth of citizen science is a global phenomenon. In the United States, the scientific impacts of citizen science are recognized by 60 federal agencies and organizations, which coordinate and support hundreds of citizen science projects. In Europe, the European Commission continues to fund Citizen Observatories, beginning with the FP7 Programme and extending through active projects Ground Truth 2.0, LandSense, SCENT, and GROW. Similar initiatives are emerging in other parts of the world. GEO can benefit from these initiatives if standards and best practices in managing (collection, representation, annotation, processing) crowd-sourced data are promoted. There is a need to explore the linkages of citizen data to the GEOSS and its common infrastructure (GCI), identify activities necessary for scaling up (examples are GBIF contributions, Mosquito Alert-UN...), and investigate methods and tools to integrate citizens-generated data with authoritative ones. This should be done in coordination with other GEO initiatives such as GEOBON. In this meeting, we will know more about existing citizen science projects and observatories and will discuss evolving standards and best practices for citizen-observed data management and ways to integrate citizen-acquired with established data sources. *REGISTER HERE: *https://www.earthobservations.org/geo14.php?t=register *PLEASE NOTE, DUE TO HEIGHTENED SECURITY, PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO ENTER THE BUILDING. A PHOTO ID IS REQURED FOR ENTRY. * *LIVE STREAM:* We hope to be able to provide livestream (pending). *Watch the livestream event and submit your questions for the panelists here*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RxYy-IPt28&feature=youtu.be *Tweet your questions to the panelists using hashtag **#GEOCitSci * Also follow the GEO Plenary with *#GEOWeek17* *For more information and archived video (when posted) visit:* https://swfound.org/events/2017/the-role-of-citizen-observatories-and- crowdsourcing-community-in-geoss *Background information: * GEO Week 2017 Website: http://www.earthobservations.org/geo14.php GEO Citizen Science Work Program: http://www.earthobservations.org/ activity.php?id=142 *AGENDA* 1:00 PM *Welcoming Remarks* 1:15 PM *Citizen Science Programs and Observatories: Lightning Talks* Moderator: Dr. Lea Shanley, South Big Data Innovation Hub Speakers: - Maria Krommyda, Institute of Communication and Computer Systems - Mikel Maron, Humanitarian Open Street Map - Laetitia Navarro, GEO BON - Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry - Andreas Matheus, Secure Dimensions GmbH 2:15 PM *Tools, Best Practices, and Standards for Utilizing Citizen Science for GEOSS* Moderator: Krystal Wilson, Secure World Foundation Speakers: - Anne Bowser, Wilson Center - Dixon Butler, Youth Learning as Citizen Environmental Scientists - Max Craglia, Joint Research Center - Steffen Fritz, International Institute for Applied Science System Analysis 3:15 PM *Group Discussion: Prioritization of Citizen Science as GEO Activity* Moderator: Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry 5:00 PM *Closing Remarks and Next Steps* 5:30 PM Adjourn *Workshop Steering Committee:* - Joan Masó, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry (CREAF) - Krystal Wilson, Secure World Foundation (SWF) - Lea Shanley, South Big Data Innovation Hub, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Anne Bowser, The Wilson Center *DIRECTIONS* *By Metro*: Take the blue, orange, or silver line to the “Federal Triangle” station. *From Pennsylvania Avenue at 13th Street*: Walk down Woodrow Wilson Plaza, the north-south extension of 13th Street beside the Ronald Reagan Building. *To reach the Center by car*: Underground public parking is available underneath the Reagan Building at Pennsylvania Avenue and 13 1/2 Street. Take the elevator up to the ground floor and follow signs to GEO Week 2017. All vehicle occupants must have photo identification and the vehicle will be subject to a 100% inspection. Cheers, Lea Lea Shanley, PhD co-Executive Director, South Big Data Innovation Hub http://www.linkedin.com/in/LeaShanley lshan...@renci.org
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