Category: #CitSci2019

The call for abstracts for individual presentations, lightning talks, and posters for CitSci2019 has been extended until 5 October 2018. For more details, please see the official Call for Individual Presentations. In addition, two new presentations strands are now open for submissions, both via our host institution, the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. These are for Project Slam presentations during the opening reception, and for Citizen Science Festival exhibits during the all-day public event on Saturday. Don't miss the chance to add your voice to the many coming together for this event. The Call for Symposia and Workshop proposals…

Post by Jennifer Shirk, Caren Cooper, and Anne Bowser The CSA is returning to North Carolina for our 2019 Conference after a 2017 boycott of discriminatory laws. Returning is complicated, both politically and financially, and is a decision that our board has discussed extensively these last few years. Here we strive to be up front about the factors at play, and what is in the works to keep our values at the fore. Background In 2016, CSA’s then Chair Greg Newman first explained the decision to move, which was, “... based on our firm believe that our conferences ought to…

The call for symposium proposals is currently open - AND, the submission due date has been extended until August 24th!

In case you missed it, the call for workshops is currently open - AND, the submission due date has been extended until August 17th! Workshops were well-received in the 2017 conference and made up an important part of the conference’s programming.  Many workshops were fully booked in the 2017 conference and many attendees had favorable reviews of the workshops and remarked that they would have attended even more of them if they weren’t run in parallel.  In other words, the 2017 CSA conference had great workshops in the program because of the workshop organizers and participants. We would love for…

We invite researchers, practitioners, educators, community members, and members of the broader citizen science community to submit proposals for the Citizen Science Association Conference (CitSci2019) to be held March 13-17, 2019 in Raleigh, NC, USA. CitSci2019 Symposia: Have a big idea or topic that pushes forward the field of citizen science? For our symposia, we are looking for cohesive, thematic presentations that weave together several perspectives on one common theme. Submission deadline for symposia is August 17th. EXTENDED to Aug. 24th Full details on symposia guidelines and evaluation criteria and a link to the CitSci2019 submission site available here. CitSci2019…

We invite researchers, practitioners, and citizen science community members to prepare proposals for the Citizen Science Association Conference (CitSci2019) to be held March 13-17, 2019 in Raleigh, NC. Keep an eye out for the official call for workshop and symposia proposals in the coming weeks. Some early details are below.   Want to receive regular CitSci2019 Conference updates? Sign up here.   CitSci2019 Workshops: We encourage workshops focused on topics, activities, and participants that can be uniquely addressed at CitSci2019 and, that contribute to our community’s shared knowledge base, research areas, long-term goals (community sustainability), and ethics. Plan to share…

Guest post by Chris Goforth North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences On behalf of the local host planning committee, it is my great pleasure to formally invite you to the next Citizen Science Association (CSA) conference in Raleigh, NC, USA, March 13-17, 2019! We are excited to be the next local hosts of this important meeting that brings together citizen science practitioners from around the world to advance our growing field. The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences (NCMNS) is a short walk from the Convention Center and will be your host for an evening reception and the Citizen Science…

Believe it or not, there are only 18 months left before the 2019 Citizen Science Association Conference (March 13-17, Raleigh, NC), and it is time to start planning! There are many ways to be involved, large and small. If you have any interest in (or even if you want to just explore options for) helping design and run this next conference, we would like to invite you to attend our kickoff meeting (details below). This meeting will introduce you to the structure of the planning committees, reveal a bit more about what kind of work is entailed, and give you…

The Citizen Science Association Board is seeking two leading volunteers to help shape the CitSci2019 Conference - a Program Chair and a Communications Chair. Details below | click here to apply. To ensure our conferences represent a diversity of experiences, we are invested in bringing on new committee chairs for each conference. These chairs have significant opportunities to influence the look, content, and feel of the conference. Conference planning will be a collaborative endeavor, involving CSA board members, a local coordinator, paid conference coordinator, and Working Group members, as well as the Program Chair and Communications Chair sought here. Two…