- Topic:
- Collaboration, Community building / Networking, Knowledge transfer
- Target group:
- All interested, Practitioners, Scientists
- Format:
- Present
- Event type:
- Conference / Congress / Symposium
- Language:
- English
- Costs:
- free
- Institution:
- LBG OIS Center
- Contact person:
- Chiara Cardelli
About:
The first global Citizen Science for Health conference will take place Sunday 29 October – Wednesday 1 November 2023 at DesignLab, University of Twente, the Netherlands and aims to mark the start of a more concerted approach towards the development of Citizen Science in the domain of Health. The conference aims to touch both minds and hearts, and to inspire collaborations beyond paradigms. Therefore, a format is chosen that goes beyond a more traditional conference set-up. The conference will have an interactive character. This means that - aside from keynote lectures - we will organize parallel sessions, with formats including Workshops, Solution rooms, Posters, and Showcases. The conference is open to a broad global public (including academics, students, policy makers, citizens, societal organizations and companies), but also to a local audience interested in Citizen Science for Health.
The engagement of patients in health research has a long tradition, even though their impact on e.g. decision making on research questions, methodology, ethics, analysis and data management remain limited so far. Citizen Science and the involvement of patients in health research have a huge potential contribute to innovative health research, as well as to society. The Citizen Science for Health conference therefore aims to mark the beginning of a more concerted approach to the development of citizen science in health. The aim of the conference is to provide a state of the art in the field of CS4H and to bridge the long tradition of patient participation in health research with more recent and intensive forms of citizen science in health. The conference will focus on different types of multidisciplinary scientific collaborations between citizens, patients, medical staff, health care providers, researchers, students, policy makers, funding agencies, companies, etc. This includes approaches such as citizen science, personal science, patient involvement, inclusive research and community-based health research. The conference will be interactive. This means that, in addition to keynote presentations, there will be parallel sessions with formats including workshops, solution rooms, posters and showcases. The conference is open to a broad global audience (including academics, students, policy makers, citizens, social organisations and companies), but also to a local audience interested in citizen science for health.
By whom?
The conference will be organised in close collaboration with the TechMed Centre of the University of Twente as part of the MedTech Twente Week 2023. The event is initiated by the Citizen Science for Health working group of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), of which the LBG OIS Center is a member.
Supported by: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme INCENTIVE, SPRONG Bridge2Health, University of Twente, RadboudUMC, Hanzehogeschool Groningen, Hogeschool Saxion, TOPFIT Citizenlab, European Citizen Science Association, Mijn Data Onze Gezondheid, LBG OIS Center
Deadline abstract submission (Call for abstract) : June 18, 2023
Registration online from July 14, 2023