[HOT] OCT 24 Workshop: The Role of Citizen Observatories and Crowdsourcing Community in GEOSS:

[Lea Shanley]

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
lshanley at renci.org
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