Webinar: Living Knowledge 2020: a 20th anniversary in lockdown

Despite delaying the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the Living Knowledge Network and 9th International Living Knowledge Conference to 2021, the Network will acknowledge this milestone with a webinar on Friday June 26th, from 14.00 hrs to 17.00 hrs CEST.

Sign up here!

Info on Speakers can be found here.

The provisional time schedule is below:

14:00 Plenary:
Introduction on Science Shops Groningen and the Living Knowledge Network (Henk Mulder)

14.20 Theme: Community-based Research and (post) Corona:

Introductions by Rajesh Tandon (PRIA Participatory Research in Asia, Delhi, India), Beth Tryon (Mid-West Community Based Research Network/University of Maddison, USA), Florence Piron (Francophone Network of Science Shops/Universite de Laval, Canada), María Jesús Pinazo (InSPIRES project/IS Global, Spain).

15.00 Break

15.15 Parallel discussion tables:

You can select one of the themes. Each of these themes has a URL to get you to its main event page. There, all participants will be divided over several sub-groups to discuss any topic within the theme. We hope that this gives you the ‘real’ conference experience, where we all value chats with colleagues over coffee, or open space sessions, without presentations or a very strict agenda. There are no discussion ‘leaders’ in most cases; it’s up to you. 

Three pre-selected themes related to the current pandemic will be discussed, but a fully open theme will also be available. During registration you can indicate any topic you would like to discuss. 

As a participant you are allowed to switch groups during the session.

Themes:

1. How to contribute to epidemic control (medicines, apps, physical distancing)
2. How to continue group work with students and CSOs in (partial) lockdown
3. How to create a sustainable, equitable, liveable post corona society
4. Fully open topics

16.10 Break

16.25 Back to plenary session:

The Past and Future of the Living Knowledge Network
Norbert Steinhaus (Science Shop Bonn) will share some stories on how the Living Knowledge Network came about and inform us on some future developments
The Groningen team will conclude the session with an outlook to LK9 in 2021.

From 17.00: Optional: Drink/chat sessions, for which we can supply parallel rooms, but you can use your own platforms as well, just invite each other via the chat function!