[open-science] Ideas...Call for proposals for the Euroscience Open Forum 2012.

Wed Jun 22 01:57:20 UTC 2011

I'm definitely in favour, I've attended the last two ESOFs and thought they
were really good. They attract a cross-disciplinary crowd with
representatives from sci comm/publishing/policy/industry etc as well as
researchers. There's usually a lot of early career scientists in particular
because they give a big discount to people under 35. Peter Murray Rust spoke
in 2008 in Barcelona on the topic of open data in science (abstract from
session posted at the end of this email, although it is ridiculously broad!)

Perhaps we could take a look at some exciting things that are being
done/could be done with open data (rather than a general 'why is open good'
discussion), and then examine why it isn't all happening yet. Maybe we could
make this a discussion with the audience as to why they might/might not
consider publishing their data openly? Entirely different suggestions and
further thoughts welcome!

Jenny

PS Fitting into the call:
>From the list of possible formats, I guess the following would be best:
o Workshop: a flexible format, led by a speaker experienced in stimulating
exchanges of views and using practical exercises
or
o Traditional panel discussion: maximum 3-4 speakers (maximum 15 minutes
each) followed by extended discussion with audience

In terms of which theme we would fit into, I think we could argue for
6. Information
Telecommunications; Surveillance; Digitalization of the arts; Search
technologies; Is the World Wide Web going to collapse? Nanosensors; Quantum
computation; Nanotechnologies; Ethics data protection and privacy; Risk
assessment; Social sciences; Is e-
mail the end of history? Storage communication and display technologies

ESOF 2008
Sharing scientific data: who benefits?
Saturday 19 July | 16.30 - 18.00
Room 11, Palau de Congressos de Barcelona
Digital datasets — text-based, numeric, audio, video or image-based — form
the output of all scientific disciplines. How is this data being made
available for sharing? What quality control mechanisms are in place? What
kinds of naming conventions, tags, and metadata are in use and how effective
are they at helping to manage open data? Who is storing, archiving and
curating open data and at which levels? And how is the production and
sharing of open data assessed? What processes are in place for crediting
scientists with making their raw data openly accessible for sharing and use?
To what extent can and should data publication replace traditional forms of
publication of research findings?

ORGANISER
Alma Swan, Key Perspectives Ltd, United Kingdom

SPEAKERS
Peter Murray-Rust, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Open Data: the researcher’s perspective

Philip Campbell, Nature, United Kingdom
Open Data: what publishers can do

Max Vögler, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG Germany
Funding Open Data: some thoughts and challenges on the road ahead

On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 1:25 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>wrote:

> This sounds like a *great* idea and definitely worth doing!
>
> All: what do you think?
>
> J.
>
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:55 PM, maria <adresamariei at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > I stumbled upon a Call for Proposals from ESOF 2012 (Euroscience Open
> > Forum), starring Dublin as the European Capital of Science for 11-15 July
> > 2012- http://www.dublinscience2012.ie/
> > There are two openings for projects, both having the deadline on the 30
> of
> > June:
> > 1. The Scientific Session Proposals - mainly as
> > workshops/presentations/roundtable/conference/Pecha Kucha
> > 2. The Public Engagement Proposal  -  mainly as an activity, creative
> > idea, theatre, film, Interactive
> Dialogue, Exhibition,  Workshop,  Outdoor
> > Event,  Debate and so on.
> >
> > Do you think our working group can develop one (or more) project
> proposals
> > on Open Data in Science/Panton Principles? I would be a great opportunity
> to
> > attend ESOF next year and I would like to invite you for an online
> > brainstorm in the next days. Hopefully, in the best case scenario, by the
> > end of the week we can choose the best ideas, refine them and prepare the
> > proposal for the 30 of June.
> > What do you think? Let's plan something!
> > Best,
> > Maria
> > PS: You can find below some extra info from the official press release:
> >
> > "Dublin City of Science 2012 comprises a year-long series of
> science-linked
> > events,
> > the centre-piece of which will be the Euroscience Open Form (ESOF), which
> > will be
> > held in the Convention Centre Dublin from 11-15 July 2012.
> > ESOF is an interdisciplinary, pan-European meeting, held under the
> auspices
> > of
> > Euroscience, which aims to:
> > Showcase the latest advances in science and technology.
> > Promote a dialogue on the role of science and technology in society and
> > public policy.
> > Stimulate and provoke public interest, excitement and debate about
> science
> > and technology.
> > The event will bring together over 5,000 scientists, business leaders,
> > government
> > officials and international media to discuss the best of European science
> > and to
> > address all of the major global challenges, including Energy, Climate
> > Change, Food
> > and Health.
> > Dublin was awarded the honour of hosting this event following an open
> > competition in
> > 2008. The Dublin bid was led by the Chief Scientific Adviser to the
> > Government, Prof
> > Cunningham, with the support of Forfás and beat off stiff competition
> from
> > Vienna.
> > Prof Cunningham and Forfás are now responsible for planning and
> organisation
> > of
> > ESOF. In addition, they will coordinate other activities and events in
> the
> > Dublin City of
> > Science 2012 programme."
> >
> > Maria
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