[Talk-GB] Citizen Cyberscience Summit

[Richard Palmer]

Dear all,

	I thought this event might be of interest to list members, one of
	the talks in particular about AfricaMap (volunteer cartography for
	Africa), but the other talks may also appeal if you participate in
	other crowdsourcing projects (or citizen science, whichever term
	you prefer).

London Citizen Cyberscience Summit

2-3 September 2010, King’s College London

The world’s first summit on citizen cyberscience will be held at King’s College
London on 2-3 September.

Citizen cyberscience is a growing trend where ordinary people use their
computers and the world wide web to contribute in meaningful ways to an
increasingly wide range of scientific challenges.

Citizen cyberscience activity takes place all over the world and by its very
nature participants very rarely – if ever – meet. This event will showcase a
cross-section of these projects and will provide a platform for scientists and
citizens to share their thoughts on the impact of citizen cyberscience
face-to-face.

Confirmed speakers include David Anderson, director of the SETI at home project,
Space Sciences Laboratory, University of Berkeley; George Dyson, historian and
philosopher of science and author of ‘Darwin Among the Machines’; and Myles
Allen, head of ClimatePrediction.net at Oxford University.

The Citizen Cyberscience Summit will take place on 2-3 September 2010 in the
Anatomy Theatre & Museum at King’s College London’s Strand Campus. To see the
full programme and to book tickets, see

	http://www.citizencyberscience.net/summit

The event will also be webcast.

-- 
Richard Palmer			| Centre for E-Research &
Systems Manager			| Centre for Computing in the Humanities
richard.d.palmer at kcl.ac.uk	| King's College London
Tel: 0207 848 1973