Opportunities for CCCA young scientists
Throughout the day, CCCA young scientists can connect with peers and senior scientists to improve their knowledge and skills, get feedback on their ideas/problems and enhance their visibility within the CCCA network.
After a short thematic introduction of the group coaches, the discussion groups provide hands-on advice and sharing of research experiences in groups of 10-15 participants. Participants are invited to bring questions, data or preliminary/unclear results from their own research to the discussion group (however, they need not present their research in detail). After the guest lecture on science to public communication, participants can intensify their learning with practical exercises in working groups (max. 10 participants). As an alternative, they have the possibility to contribute topics to the open space. Finally, participants can increase their visibility within the science community by displaying their short profile at the gallery of CCCA young scientists and engaging in the discussion at the closing plenary.
Opportunities for CCCA members
Throughout the day, CCCA members have the possibility to book meeting rooms for their own project meetings free of charge. They are invited to attend the guest lecture on science to public communication and to use the open space for discussion and networking. They can proactively propose a topic and host a table during the open space in the afternoon.
Open Space
Table 1) Chris Schubert: INSPIRE and Standards – Data formats at the CCCA Data Centre
To share geo spatial information and data sets within a community, a minimum level on standards and requirements on data formats should be applied. OGC (Open Geospatial Consortium) as well INSPIRE as legal framework for Europe providing practical guidelines how to reach interoperability for data sets and services. This session will give an overview and a common discussion about applicable standards for describing metadata and data, transformation processes and the planned portfolio
of the CCCA Data Centre.
Table 2) Johann Stötter: C4Austria – Connecting Climate Change Communicators in Austria
The aim of the project "C4Austria – Connecting Climate Change Communicators in Austria" (starting April 2016, duration 1 year) is to establish long-term networking among stakeholders in Austria who are active in the field of climate change communication in research and practice, in order to generate added value for all those involved. To this end, the relevant stakeholders will be identified in a status quo analysis. This meeting will be used to discuss the approach for the coming year. Possibilities for what long-term networking could look like will be explored.
Table 3) Franz Prettenthaler: Engaging Society in Climate (Impact) Research
Research, no longer conceived as a pure ivory tower, should and must be guided by the needs of specific target groups. This may concern society or policy in general, but can also relate to very specific fields or economic sectors. As a result, applied research today routinely involves stakeholders in the research process in order to produce usable, target-group-oriented knowledge through so-called co-production. Which approaches are successful in this context — and how does research deal with this new closeness to users and the associated responsibility that research findings may have significant impacts on the lives of the stakeholders involved? Consider, for instance, the debate around the effects of snow shortages on those working in tourism. This and further examples will be discussed at this thematic table.
Opportunities for Climate Day participants
Participants of the Austrian Climate Day, who are not affiliated to a CCCA member organisation, are also invited to attend the Pre-Conference Day; however, CCCA members have priority access to groups with limited size. In case they are interested to submit a discussion topic for the open space they are asked to team up with one representative of a CCCA member organisation.
Language
Depending on the participants' needs, selected working groups as well as the guest lecture will be held in English.
CCCA young scientists
We invite Pre-Docs, Post-Docs (max. 2 years at Post-Doc level) and scientists from research facilities and universities to attend our young scientists programme. We also accept Master students to attend, but graduates have priority access to groups with limited size.
Registration
The registration is now closed (Deadline: 23rd March 2016). We look forward to meeting you at the CCCA Networking Day!
The event is free of charge but a registration is required.
Together with the registration, we ask all participants of the young scientists programme to upload their professional profile (short information about their research focus, methods & data, affiliation, etc.) together with a picture by 23rd March 2016. The profile serves as a briefing for the working group coaches. Furthermore, it will be displayed at the 'gallery of CCCA young scientists' in the afternoon, so all participants of the Pre-Conference Day can get an overview of the other young scientists within the CCCA network. To upload your profile, please use the online platform.
Travel allowance
We offer a travel allowance of €60 for accommodation costs to 23 participants of the young scientists programme. This grant will be awarded following the "first come, first served" principle, but attention will be paid to the interdisciplinary distribution of grants among CCCA member organisations. For details please contact the CCCA Service Centre (contact: Angelika Wolf)
