Crowd4SDG Final Conference at CERN

<!--HTML--><figure class="image"><img src="/event/1224762/attachments/2552758/4475619/1920x1080px_CROWD4SDG_Final-Conference-Slide.png"></figure><h2>Key Information about the event:</h2><ol><li><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">The </span></span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/timetable/#20230317.detailed"><span style="color:hsl(0,75%,60%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">TIMETABLE </span></span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">for the conference is available<strong> </strong></span></span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/timetable/#20230317.detailed"><span style="color:hsl(0,75%,60%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">here, please click and scroll down</span></span></a></li><li><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/registrations/89244/"><span style="color:hsl(0,75%,60%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">REGISTER</span></span></a><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;"> to attend the conference in person (you will receive a confirmation upon space availability) OR </span>follow the conference</span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/videoconference/"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"> </span><span style="color:hsl(0,75%,60%);">ONLINE</span></a></li><li><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">For more information on how&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/page/27628-practical-information"><span style="color:rgb(230,77,77);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">TO GET TO CERN</span></span><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;"> (we highly recommend you to use public transportation)</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">,</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">&nbsp;obtain your&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/page/27628-practical-information"><span style="color:rgb(230,77,77);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">BADGE</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">&nbsp;and connect to the&nbsp;</span></span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/page/27628-practical-information"><span style="color:rgb(230,77,77);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">WIFI, </span></span><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">click</span></span><span style="color:rgb(230,77,77);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;"> here</span></span></a><span style="color:rgb(230,77,77);"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">.</span></span></li></ol><p style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);box-sizing:inherit;color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.87);font-family:Roboto, sans-serif;font-size:13px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.4285em;margin:0em 0em 1em;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;"><span style="color:hsl(0,0%,0%);"><i><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">On 17 March doors will open at 8:30 and coffee will be served;&nbsp;</span><span>&nbsp;</span>the event will start at 9:00 sharp. <span style="box-sizing:inherit;">We kindly ask you to arrive in advance.</span></i></span><span style="color:hsl(0,75%,60%);"><i><span style="box-sizing:inherit;">&nbsp;</span></i></span></p><h2 style="background-color:white;mso-line-height-alt:15.4pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-outline-level:2;text-align:center;">Welcome to the Crowd4SDG Final Conference!<img></h2><p style="background-color:white;mso-line-height-alt:15.4pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-outline-level:2;"><a href="https://crowd4sdg.eu/"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Crowd4SDG</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> is an EU project aiming to promote the development of citizen science projects aiming to tackle the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a focus on climate action. The project is soon coming to a close, and a dynamic mix of participants, stakeholders and members of the Crowd4SDG consortium&nbsp; draw together the final strings of the project in this Final Conference.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="background-color:white;mso-line-height-alt:15.4pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-outline-level:2;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">In preparation to the Final Conference we will have two days dedicated to coaching sessions with select teams from across all three Crowd4SDG GEAR Cycles, spanning three years of the project, and will be held at IdeaSquare, CERN’s innovation space.&nbsp;The presentations of results from these projects will be showcased during the Crowd4SDG Final Conference on 17 March and on the Geneva Trialogue on 16 March; more info below.</span></p><hr><h3 style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">16 March: Geneva Trialogue (By invitation only with webcast available)</span></h3><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Crowd4SDG will also be participating on the </span><a href="https://sdgsolutionspace.org/events/geneva-trialogue/"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Geneva Trialogue </span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">conference, which will be held on 16 March at the Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN and IdeaSquare. Round tables will be each led by an organisation surrounding a defined challenge aimed to promote Open Innovation for Education and building on the work from previous Trialogues.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The Geneva Trialogue will highlight the accomplishments and projects of GEAR Cycle finalists. Crowd4SDG will have a notable presence during the event, showcasing finalists’ projects through a video. Members of the Crowd4SDG consortium will be distributed across the round tables according to the relevance of topics. The Geneva Trialogue, which is in partnership with and hosted by CERN, will precede and inspire the 2023 Open Geneva Festival. Attendance to the trialogue is by invitation only.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;">&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family:Roboto;font-size:11.5pt;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;"><strong>More info about the Trialogue on 16 March </strong></span><a href="https://sdgsolutionspace.org/geneva-trialogue-2023/"><span style="font-family:Roboto;font-size:11.5pt;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;"><strong>HERE</strong></span></a><span style="font-family:Roboto;font-size:11.5pt;mso-bidi-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB;"><strong>.</strong></span></p><hr><h3 style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">17 March: Crowd4SDG Final Conference &nbsp;(Open to the public but registration required - </span><a href="https://indico.cern.ch/event/1224762/registrations/"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">) &nbsp;</span></h3><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="/event/1224762/attachments/2552758/4458232/DSC_0946.jpeg"></figure><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The culmination of three years of Crowd4SDG is shown during the Final Conference on 17 March, delivering the results of Crowd4SDG and outlining plans for how ideas and projects can continue beyond the project’s end.&nbsp; Composed of a series of short presentations, panel discussion and hackathons, the day is filled to the brim with content and activities relevant to all. The Final Conference will include input from all partners of Crowd4SDG.</span></p><h3 style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Morning sessions: demonstrating the potential of citizen science for monitoring SDGs</span></h3><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The morning session centres around presentations and panel discussions, with presentations exploring citizen science tools with artificial intelligence, demonstrating the value of citizen science data for monitoring the impacts of extreme climate events, empowering local communities&nbsp; with a Citizen Science Solution Kit, amongst more</span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Crowd4SDG finalists from across all three GEAR Cycles will be presenting posters on their projects, highlighting what has been achieved across the three years of Crowd4SDG.&nbsp;</span></p><figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="/event/1224762/attachments/2552758/4454465/ideasquare%205.jpg"></figure><h3 style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Afternoon sessions: Hackathons</span></h3><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Three hackathons will run parallel across the afternoon, also centring around&nbsp; the theme of using citizen science tools, and considering how they can be used beyond the Crowd4SDG project and aims to expand upon ideas surrounding citizen science and crowdsourced data collection with SDGs.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;">&nbsp;</p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:400;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Please register to join us on this day, celebrating the achievements of the Crowd4SDG project! We will confirm your registration as soon as we know there is enough space available.&nbsp;</span></p><p style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;">&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><figure class="image image_resized" style="width:61.97%;"><img src="/event/1224762/attachments/2552758/4469123/new%20crowd4sdg%20logo.png"></figure><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h3 style="background-color:#ffffff;line-height:1.542852;margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 4pt;">&nbsp;</h3>