Workshop on the Future Directions of Citizen Science

The Kohn Centre at The Royal Society,
6-9 Carlton House Terrace,
London
SW1Y 5AG

Programme

Time	Session details
10.00	Registration and Coffee
10.30 – 10.35	Introduction and aims of the day: David Wallom, Oxford eResearch Centre
10.35 – 12.05	Current examples of citizen science projects, principles operation and lessons learnt: ClimatePrediction.net - Myles Allen, Principle Investigator Galaxy Zoo – Karen Master, University of Portsmouth and Rob Simpson, University of Oxford Social Machines – Nigel Shadbolt, University of Southampton and David De Roure, University of Oxford
12.05 – 12.10	Introduction to breakout groups
12.10 – 13.00	Breakout Groups (to be decided pre-event) 1. What makes a citizen science project successful? What are the barriers to citizen scientists? 2. What are the success factors? Why did these projects work? 3. The technologies available and how to use the data. 4. Academic culture, breaking down the resistance to the amateur. 5. How to enthuse the public and engage with it.
13.00 – 13.45	Lunch
13.45 – 14.30	Continuation of breakouts
14.30 – 15.15	Reporting back and summary
15.15 – 15.45	Final plenary and closing keynote (tbc)
15.45 – 16.30	Coffee and networking