ESOF 2010 Proposal on Science 2.0
Next Euroscience Open Forum will take place on 2 to 7 of July, 2010 in Torino, Italy. I think it is the ideal forum to talk also about new science communciation tools.
That why I am proposing here a session on young researchers and Science 2.0. for the Career Programme of ESOF 2010.
We still need include names of interested experts to join the discussions with Second Life, Friendfeed or similar services in the proposal. The deadline for proposals for ESOF is September, 30.
The exact time within the frame of 2-7. July 2010 will be fixed later, taking into account the availabilities of the participants. It will be an one hour session. So is anybody interested to join the discussions?
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Title:
What would science look like if it were invented today?
The way researchers debate and publish scientific results, the way quality assurance works, the way research performance is assessed and funding granted has not changed substantially within the last decades. Researchers use digital media now - conventional mail has been replaced by email, conventional slides by screen presentations. It is faster and more convenient now, but structurally it is still the same. The transition into the digital age did not go with a mainstream reflection on how to make best use of new tools which are available now. In this workshop, we will debate how blogs, wikis can enrich scientific communication, how post-publication peer review and article based metrics based on open access beyond the journal impact factor can work.
Special focus will be put on how young researchers can benefit from Open Access and Science 2.0 tools. In the same time, the session will be a showcase on how those communication tools for scientific interaction work in practice. Experts will be connected online from all over the world to Torino to communicate with the participants which are physically present.
Comments
You can help to draft the proposal for a science 2.0 session
Thank you, Wolfgang. I have embedded an editable version of the text below, so that anyone who is interested can contribute to it.
UPDATE: In order to avoid spam, the link now points permanently to the last version used in drafting the proposal. The history of the document remains accessible via the Time Slider.
What kind of experts are you looking for?
I wouldn't mind joining the live discussion - preferably not via Second Life.
Re: What kind of experts are you looking for?
Persons who have a certain experience with Science 2.0. tools and developments, who have an idea on advantages and disadvantages. The main aim is to raise awareness, and to trigger a discussion with the audience. And we don't want to restrict to a only one channel (such as Second Life). So I'll add you to the list.
Re: What kind of experts are you looking for?
Steve, you can go for Mumble, Teamspeak or Skype if you prefer - what we would need is people who could demonstrate to the physical (and to some extent possibly even the virtual) audience some aspects of what Web 2.0 has to offer for science. Each of these virtual attendees can choose their own communication channel(s), as long as we can establish a connection from Torino. The workshop itself would certainly have to prioritize a bit between different channels to present, but it is hard to tell now which ones will be the most useful next summer.
Update: Proposal was submitted
Today, on time.
Good luck with the proposal;
Keep us posted on how it goes.
The ESOF 2010 site
is not linked from here yet, so I paste the link below:
http://www.esof2010.org/ .
Update: Session accepted
Details via http://ways.org/en/blogs/2009/nov/11/open_science_session_accepted_for_e... .
congrats!
This is a very nice step forward, Daniel! I missed the editable etherpad opportunity for commentary, but like how that technology was embedded here. If you need feedback for drafting what you will say, perhaps you can try for another open etherpad option! Congratulations on this. This will be a nice opportunity for you!