Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Environmental Mapping: Mobilising Trust in Measurements and Engaging Scientific Citizenry

Administration

Description

The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will jointly organize a Workshop on Environmental Mapping: Mobilising Trust in Measurements and Engaging Scientific Citizenry, to take place at ICTP, Trieste (Italy) from 6 to 24 March 2017.

PURPOSE OF THE WORKSHOP

The workshop is intended as a hands-on activity that will provide an opportunity for participants to construct, test and use their own environmental radiation sensor. Participants will develop skills in the use of open-source hardware and software tools and develop geographical information system (GIS) maps.

Throughout the workshop participants will engage with decision makers, leading technology thinkers, scientists and journalists on issues surrounding the collection and use of quantitative and qualitative information in the public domain and the powerful role an active informed citizen can have in society.

PROGRAMME:
The programme will include the following:

construction of a hardware system based on the Safecast.org bGeigie
introduction to low-cost 3D printing and Scientific FabLabs
citizen science environmental mapping projects
lectures and practical training on GIS software tools
lectures, discussions and exercises on issues of science communication

GRANTS: A limited number of grants are available to support the travel and living expenses of selected participants, with priority given to participants working in a developing country and who are at the early stages of their career.

Material

Final list of participants General Information Poster Questionnaire Workshop photos application form group photo

Joint ICTP-IAEA Workshop on Environmental Mapping: Mobilising Trust in Measurements and Engaging Scientific Citizenry | (smr 2858)

Go to day

Monday, 6 March 2017
- 08:30 - 21:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Registration 1h30'
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Welcome to the Workshop 15'
    
    Speaker: Marco Zennaro (ICTP)
  - 10:40 Welcome from IAEA 20'
    
    Speaker: Iain Darby (IAEA)
  - 11:00 Welcome to the SciFabLab 15'
    
    Speaker: Enrique Canessa (ICTP)
  - 11:15 Introduction to Safecast 15'
    
    Speaker: Azby Brown (Safecast)
  - 11:30 Introductions from Participants 30'
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Introduction to Radiation Measurements 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Iain Darby (IAEA)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Safety in the Lab and Introduction to Soldering 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 19:30 Welcome Reception 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
Tuesday, 7 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 3D Printing and FabLabs 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Carlo Fonda (ICTP)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: the bGeigie nano construction 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 LAB: the bGeigie nano assembly 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: the bGeigie nano assembly 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
Wednesday, 8 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 LAB: Laser Cutting 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Carlo Fonda (ICTP)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: the bGeigie nano programming 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 LAB: the bGeigie nano operating 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Seminar: Safecast.org 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Azby Brown (Safecast)
Thursday, 9 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Air Quality Sensing in Denmark 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Sebastian Buettrich (ITU)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Safecast Air Quality sensing 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Azby Brown (Safecast)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Low cost weather monitoring 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Bjorn Pehrson (KTH)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Participant Presentations 1h30'
Friday, 10 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Ionizing radiation detection using organic single crystals 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera (University of Trieste)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Collaborative Monitoring of Air Traffic and RF spectrum: the OpenSky and ElectroSense projects 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Fabio Ricciato (University of Ljubljana)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Open Hardware 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Sebastian Buettrich (ITU)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Participant Presentations 1h30'
Monday, 13 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Safecast upload 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Azby Brown (Safecast)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 An Introduction to Data Visualization 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Tea Tušar (Jozef Stefan Institute)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
Tuesday, 14 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Introduction to Big Data 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Clement Onime (ICTP)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Introduction to Big Data II 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Clement Onime (ICTP)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
Thursday, 16 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Introduction to Machine Learning 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Eric Medvet (University of Trieste)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 In-situ Radiation Measurements 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Roman Padilla Alvarez (IAEA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Presentation of participants' analysed data and discussion 1h30'
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Presentation of participants' analysed data and discussion 1h0'
  - 16:30 Quantitative Exactitude and Trust in Measurements 30'
    
    Speaker: Steve Chan (MIT)
Friday, 17 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 LAB: Internet-based geospatial information visualization tools 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Franck Albinet (France)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Analsying Safecast Data 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Modular open hardware design for electronics and 3D printing 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Luka Mustafa (KORUZA)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Mobile Data Collection: using low cost devices for field research 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giuseppe Borruso (University of Trieste)
Monday, 20 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Social Media and citizen science 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giulia Annovi (SISSA)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Play Decide 1h35'
    
    Speakers: Chiara Saviane (SISSA), Donato Ramani (SISSA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Data collection via social media 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giulia Annovi (SISSA)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Intro to Risk Communication 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giancarlo Sturloni (SISSA)
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Science Governance 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Giancarlo Sturloni (SISSA)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Activities of Nuclear Transparency Watch 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Nadja Železnik (Nuclear Transparency Watch)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 LAB: Using Google Tools to Science Communications 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Elisabetta Tola (Media trainer specialist, Google News Lab)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: Using Google Tools to Science Communications 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Elisabetta Tola (Media trainer specialist, Google News Lab)
Wednesday, 22 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Peter McGrath (IAP/TWAS)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Communicating science through the media 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Gill Tudor (Communication Consultant)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Engaging students: the experience with Physics Without Frontiers and with the Atlas experiment 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Kate Shaw (ICTP)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Introduction to Science Communication 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Nico Pitrelli (ICTP)
Thursday, 23 March 2017
- 08:30 - 20:30
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 The Calflora Database: 20 years of Interactive Citizen Science 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Bob Marsh (Calflora)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 LAB: Recap on Safecast operations 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Joe Moross (Safecast)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Stakeholder Engagement: the Safecast experience 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Azby Brown (Safecast)
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 LAB: Play Decide 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Chiara Savine and Donato Ramani (SISSA)
  - 19:00 Farewell reception 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House - Cafeteria )
Friday, 24 March 2017
- 08:30 - 17:00
  
  Location: Enrico Fermi Building - SciFabLab
  - 08:30 Virtual archeology: advanced 3D imaging in cultural heritage studies 1h30'
    
    Speaker: Claudio Tuniz (ICTP)
  - 10:00 Coffee break 25'
  - 10:25 Next steps and opportunities 1h35'
    
    Speaker: Iain Darby (IAEA)
  - 12:00 Lunch break 1h30'
  - 13:30 Participants Debate 1h30'
  - 15:00 Coffee break 30'
  - 15:30 Review, Closing, Awards and Certificate Presentations 1h30'