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CAPS 2025 Attendee Recaps

Photo from “Onboarding Research Libraries to Citizen Science” workshop courtesy of Thomas Kaarsted

Curious what others have to say about their experience at CAPS? Check out these reflections from presenters and attendees.

Blog Posts:

Muki Haklay has been sharing about AAPS conferences since our very first Portland meeting in 2012. This year he shared not one, but four!, posts about his time at CAPS 2025. 

  1. CAPS 2025 – uncertain or resiliant future for USA participatory science?
  2. CAPS25 – Responsible, ethical, and trustworthy use of AI in participatory sciences
  3. CAPS25 – respectful and reciprocal callaboration with indigenous communities
  4. CAPS25 conference – iNatuarlist keynote

The SciStarter team put together a recap of the workshop, symposium, talks and posters their team presented on the important role libraries play in helping to facilitate citizen science, a new ambassador program, citizen science month outcomes, and more. Check out this post on the SciStarter blog for more details AND links to all of the posters their team put together.

#CAPS2025 on LinkedIn

Many  have been sharing  about CAPS 2025 on LinkedIn. From photos to more detailed recaps, you can find a smattering of reflections when searching #CAPS2025 (note: we’re not the only ones using this #).

iNaturalist shared a short video of conference attendees responding to the question, “How would you describe participatory science in 3 words.” See what fellow attendees had to say here.

Program committee member James Sprinks shared an articled on LinkedIn about about a symposium on Scaling Citizen Science to Address Global Concerns.

Dilek Fraisl shared a bit about her sessions focused on policy here on LinkedIn– a more detailed written piece on outcomes is coming soon. 

CitSci.org shared a round up of some of their team’s participation, including links to Brandon Budnicki’s award winning poster. 

Linnea Sjöberg share reflections on her presentation on health inequalities.  

Nurfarawahidah Badruesham traveled all the way from Malaysia to share about how academic libraries are partnering with public libraries- her reflections and photos are here. 

The BioBus team shared pics from their workshop, “Establish a Toolkit for Creating Place-Based Programs: Lessons Learned & Strategies for the Future” on Friday. 

Did you catch Tara Cox’s poster about the SciStarter Ambassador Program? Or Sarah Tribelhorn’s about Academic Libraries as Catalysts? They were both shared on LinkedIn!

And many more! 

If YOU attended CAPS and want to share your photos, links to blog posts, or other reflections, head on over to the virtual event page and ad your links in the comments.

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