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After more than a year of hard work to develop SeeingNano novel visualization tools, our third parties are ready to test them. In the months that followed the workshop in London, all the members in the consortium have been working together in refining them. Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia 'Leonardo da Vinci' has been the first to start the piloting phase on February 10.
The intersection of technology, health and medicine is a crossing point that creates a new meeting space, where not only researchers, industry and technologists come together, but citizens as well. Their participation in these new areas brings a breathtaking array of possibilities: creativity, societal interests, participation and collaboration. But also a whole bunch of new questions and tensions: Which social tasks can we humanely delegate to machines? Do we have a right not to be measured, analysed and coached?
Deadline for applications is 1 March
The Let it Grow campaign aims at involving people with their local biodiversity. It is a joint campaign run by Ecsite together with EAZA (European Association of Zoos and Aquaria) and BGCI (Botanic Gardens Conservation International). All our members are invited to join in!
At Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.
Deadline for applications is 10 March
In Milton Keynes, UK. Potential research topics include citizen inquiry activities. Apply by 31 March
Between the 17th and 19th of February, the thriving city of London will be hosting the Train the Trainers, T3 event, that will enable every attendee to further train their communitties about the benefits and the use of the diverse set of tools available at the RRI Toolkit.
After a first successful edition in 2015, the awards are back, with two prizes this year: the Ecsite Strategic Partnership and the Ecsite Political Boldness awards. Open to all Ecsite members - apply by 27 March! All information here
The 1st HEIRRI Conference, Teaching Responsible Research and Innovation at University, scheduled to take place on 18 March 2016 in Barcelona is now open for registration
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