[Nhcoll-l] Online participatory science conference (June 3–6) has valuable biodiversity program strand

[Austin Mast]

Hi, everyone!  Consider exploring the opportunities to advance biodiversity research, conservation, and policy through the interdisciplinary field of participatory sciences (variously called community science, citizen science, and other things) during the online Conference for Advancing Participatory Sciences (June 3–6).  Discounted registration continues until May 27 ($95 for members of Association for Advancing Participatory Sciences, $135 for non-members).  

The strand is a collaboration between AAPS, the Red Iberoamericana de Cienci A Participativa (the Iberoamerican Network of Participatory Science), iDigBio, and Florida State University’s Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication.  There’s a great line-up of headliners for this strand (see here <https://participatorysciences.org/2024/05/16/biodiversity-strand-engages-collaborative-conversations-for-impact-at-all-scales/>), and there will be opportunities in the program to share your thoughts and experiences, whether or not you are giving a talk.  This event is designed to bring together a diversity of perspectives from across the Americas and beyond.

I’ve pasted below the content that AAPS produced to describe the strand.  Please share this with others who might benefit, and do join us!

Austin

Austin Mast — Professor · Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. · (850) 645-1500 — Director · Institute for Digital Information & Scientific Communication · College of Communication and Information · Florida State University — amast at fsu.edu — he/him


Global leaders launch a June 3-6 online event bringing attention to participatory sciences as powerful strategies for addressing the biodiversity crisis <https://participatorysciences.org/2024/05/16/biodiversity-strand-engages-collaborative-conversations-for-impact-at-all-scales/> (there is still time to join this action-oriented event).

Joji Cariño (Forest Peoples Programme), Mariana Varese (Wildlife Conservation Society/Amazon Waters Alliance), and Joe Miller (GBIF) address “Biodiversity Beyond Boundaries <https://participatorysciences.org/conferences/2024-aaps-conference/plenary-symposium-biodiversity/>” in a plenary symposium that invites us to see past narrow understandings of how knowledge can be created, combined, and used to inspire or make change. High-level events across the four days bring a biodiversity lens to frontiers of technology, community partnerships, and more, and include speakers working with iNaturalist, eBird, City Nature Challenge, and other projects.  

Woven throughout the week are sessions that directly enable collaborative problem solving to advance the impacts of citizen science, community science, and other participatory sciences. More than 50 contributed talks provide case stories illustrating the innovations of current projects as well as emerging work.

These Biodiversity convenings are a special strand of the 2024 Conference for Advancing Participatory Sciences <https://participatorysciences.org/conferences/2024-aaps-conference/>, which engages researchers, social scientists, museum curators, data managers, technology innovators, and others who help unite big data with local knowledge for science, conservation management, policy change, and more. This special strand is made possible through partnerships with Florida State University, iDigBio, iDigInfo, and RICAP (the Iberoamerican Network of Participatory Science). 

Register by May 27th for seamless access to the event, and before prices go up. Details here <https://participatorysciences.org/conferences/2024-aaps-conference/registration-rates-2024/>. 
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