PAERI'24

27 Nov 2024, 09:00 → 29 Nov 2024, 18:00 Europe/Zurich

CUBE

Candice Norhadian, Carolyn Crichton, Joanna Jermini-Howard, Mathieu Isidro (SKA Observatory)

 Picture by Wenzel Schürmann, TUM

Welcome to PAERI 2024!

Date: 27 Nov. - 29 Nov. 24

Venue: CUBE in Morges, Switzerland     

Theme: "Communication across Borders"  

 

The fifth edition of the international Public Awareness and Engagement with Research Infrastructures conference comes to Morges, Switzerland

For whom is it?

If you are a communication professional working for a research infrastructure, then this conference is a must-visit! It offers professionals in the field of science communications, outreach, public relations, public policy, and media relations  to share their knowledge, grow their know-how and benefit from best practices. 

With an expected 150 participants, the PAERI’24 conference is small enough, so you can network well, and it is exclusive to communication professionals from large research organisations.

Where is it?

PAERI’24 is taking place in Switzerland and is hosted by SKACH – The Swiss Consortium to the SKA Observatory. The conference will take place from Wednesday 27 to 29 November 2024 at the CUBE in Morges, very close to the Léman Lake and its beautiful Swiss Riviera.

What is in for me?

You will be able to follow exciting sessions both in person and online. Sessions will take place from Wednesday 27 November 2024 to Thursday 28 November 2024. There is an opportunity to join in a visit to CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics) on Friday 29 November 2024, home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) where physicists and engineers are probing fundamental physics and the nature of our Universe.

Who is organizing it?

The conference is organized by a dedicated subcommittee. We are communication professionals across Europe organized in the PAERI (Public Awareness and Engagement with Research Infrastructures) working group within the ERF-AISBL (LINK: www.erf-aisbl.eu/) .

Deadlines

Stay tuned for more about the programme and registration opening.

 

We look forward to welcoming you to Switzerland and don't forget to share our poster! 

 

 

All pictures by Wenzel Schürmann, TUM

Wednesday, 27 November

09:30 → 10:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00 → 12:10 Wednesday Morning: Opening Panel Session - Communicating Across Boarders

Convener: Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)

10:00 Welcome Address

Speaker: Prof. Jean-Paul Kneib (EPFL)

10:15 Keynote Speaker

Speaker: Prof. Gihan Kamel

11:00 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

11:05 Behind the Light: 20 years of communicating across borders and cultures

Speaker: Mrs Silvana Christina Westbury (Lightsources.org)

11:25 Indigenous Astronomy, communicating back to communities what belongs to them

Speaker: Anton Binneman (NRF|SARAO University of Johannesburg)

Binneman Talk Paer.pdf

11:45 Communicating a shared goal by harnessing different science specialisms

Speaker: Nancy Jackman (April Six)

12:05 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

12:10 → 12:31 Wednesday Morning: Lightning Talks (3 min)

12:10 PAERI ’24 – Communicating Across Borders: 3 Identities in 3 Minutes: Using AI tools to adapt headshots to better connect to your audience

Speaker: Mrs Molly Pekarik Fry (Diamond Light Source)

12:13 PhD students campaign

Speaker: Andrea Voit (FRM II, TUM)

20241114_PAERI_PhD-students-campaign_FRMII.pdf

12:16 When our telescope was targeted by conspiracy theorists...

Speaker: Frank Nuijens (ASTRON)

When our telescope was targeted by conspiracy theorists.pdf

12:19 Carnarvon Astro Guides communicating Astronomy

Speaker: Anton Binneman (NRF|SARAO University of Johannesburg)

12:22 Accelerate Your Teaching: Using the stories from RIs to inspire teachers, through MOOCs - large-scale online professional development courses

Speaker: Jo Lewis (European Spallation Source)

12:25 Two meanings of YES and a clear NO - how to run multinational working groups

Speaker: Christiane Hübner (Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS))

12:28 LabView: Analyzing Media Frames of News Reports on the DOST-PCIEERD Institution Development Program

Speaker: Mark Ivan Roblas (Department of Science and Technology Philippine Council for Industry, Energy and Emerging Technology Research and Development)

12:31 → 14:00 Lunch (Group photo)

14:00 → 16:05 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 1 - Communication in a digital age

14:00 AI generated visual communication: the good, the bad and the ugly

Speaker: Tabea Rauscher (EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

AI_GeneratedVisuals_Tabea_Rauscher.pptx

14:20 Communicating AI to combat misinformation

Speaker: Kit Newens

Communicating AI to combat misinformation.pdf

14:40 Communicating across borders in times of crisis and uncertainty – Lessons learnt from a cyber incident at ESO

Speaker: Anna-Lynn Wegener (ESO)

15:00 Harnessing the power of LinkedIn to engage with our scientific community

Speaker: Montserrat Capellas Espuny (ESRF)

15:20 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

15:25 I hear the sparkle in their eyes: podcasting for effective outreach

Speaker: Dr Eleanor Shember (BBMRI-ERIC)

15:45 Communicating Science through Podcasts in Today’s Increasingly Competitive Market

Speaker: Tanya Petersen (EPFL)

14:00 → 16:05 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 2 - Ensuring Professional Organizational Communication

14:00 Europlanet – A Case Study in Sustainable Communications for Distributed Research Infrastructures

Speaker: Anita Heward (Europlanet)

14:20 Developing a corporate narrative to bridge internal and external communications

Speaker: Frank Nuijens (ASTRON)

Developing a corporate narrative to bridge internal and external communications.pdf

14:40 A web of communications - the ELIXIR Hub and Nodes

Speaker: Zippy Tseng (ELIXIR)

PAERI presentation.pdf

15:00 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

15:05 WORKSHOP - Clarity in comms: tips for effective writing

Speaker: Cassandra Cavallaro (SKAO)

14:00 → 16:05 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 3 - Communication across Boarders (top theme)

14:00 The public engagement and communication of the UK SKA Regional Centre

Speaker: Dr Tianyue Chen (UK SKA Regional Centre)

PAERI_TALK.pdf

14:20 CERIC: a case study of science communication in a distributed research infrastructure

Speaker: Marcello Maria Turconi (CERIC-ERIC)

14:40 Engagement with a dream: Designing a public engagement strategy for a facility with no science (yet!)

Speaker: Jo Lewis (European Spallation Source)

15:00 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

15:05 From Experimental Hall to Exhibition Hall: Public engagement at a large-scale facility

Speaker: Preeti Kaur (STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source)

15:25 Hack the borders! - Collaboration across invisible borders

Speaker: Emma Joughin (AURIN)

15:45 Breaking down the 3m high border fence between our Science Campus and the local community

Speaker: Jake Gilmore (STFC UKRI)

16:05 → 16:35 Coffee break & Networking

16:35 → 17:35 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 1 - WORKSHOP (top theme)

16:35 Communications strategy 101 for science communicators

Speaker: Nancy Jackman (April Six)

16:35 → 17:35 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 2 - WORKSHOP (top theme)

16:35 Toolkit for orchestrating Cross-Border Communication: The European Scientific Expedition ‘TREC’

Speakers: Mylène André (EMBL), Tabea Rauscher (EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

PAERI24_Workshop Toolkit for orchestrating cross-border comms.pptx

16:35 → 17:35 Wednesday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 3 - Communicating across Education Levels (sub-theme of top theme)

16:35 Sharing a baseline – a pilot project linking school classes and radio astronomy facilities

Speaker: Robert Cumming (Onsala Space Observatory)

16:55 “Discovering the invisible with X-ray light” – how to explain science in a small children’s book in seven languages

Speaker: Dr Wiebke Laasch (DESY Hamburg)

Talk_DESY_Wiebke_Laasch_PAERI24_Conf_vers20241120.pdf

17:15 Community and Communication: Reaching young people through teachers at Science in School

Speaker: Dr Tamaryin Godinho (EIROforum)

17:35 → 17:40 Wednesday Afternoon: Closing Remarks

17:40 → 20:30 Apero & Welcome Evening - Sponsored by Lightsources.org

Thursday, 28 November

09:30 → 10:00 Registration and Welcome Coffee

10:00 → 12:10 Thursday Morning: Opening Panel Session - Developing Diversity Sensitive Science Communication

10:00 Joining the PAERI Working Group

Speaker: Mathieu Isidro (SKA Observatory)

10:05 Keynote Speaker

Speaker: Sheila Kanani

10:25 Everyday EDI: embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in SKAO communications

Speaker: Cassandra Cavallaro (SKAO)

10:45 An escape room pilot test about multi-wavelength astronomy, EDI and Open Science

Speaker: Marcos Villaverde Aparicio (Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía - CSIC)

11:05 Quick Break/Stretch and Refresh

11:10 Inclusive guided tours at the ALBA Synchrotron

Speaker: Laia Torres (ALBA Synchrotron)

11:30 Not just for boys: Fostering girls’ interest in technical activities in pre-vocational education

Speaker: Amelie Finan

PAERIpresentation_FINAN.pdf

11:50 Talk to the Body: Science backed communication strategies that use sensory input to improve learning outcomes

Speaker: Heidi Forssell LaGrasta (MAX IV Laboratory)

Talk to the Body.pdf

Talk to the Body.pptx

XC897087 - Common Cuckoo - Cuculus canorus.wav

12:10 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:50 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 1 - How to Engage Scientists in Outreach or Public Engagement

13:30 Hack your creativity!

Speaker: Tabea Rauscher (EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

HackYourCreativity_Tabea_Rauscher_v2.pdf

HackYourCreativity_Tabea_Rauscher_v2.pptx

13:50 Shining a light on outreach at Diamond – how to engage scientists with outreach and bring people together

Speaker: Amy Griffin (Diamond Light Source)

14:10 10 Essential Tips for Talking About Your Science

Speakers: Florentine Krawatzek (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin), Silvana Christina Westbury (Lightsources.org)

14:30 How and why scientists do outreach

Speaker: Aurélien Verdier (EPFL)

PAERI_2024_Outreach.pdf

13:30 → 14:50 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 2 - Branding and Strategic Communication

13:30 How to survive from a website upgrade

Speaker: Ana Belén Martínez (ALBA Synchrotron)

13:50 Euro-BioImaging’s Virtual Pub & EVOLVE: How to enthuse scientists to benefit from Open Access to European Imaging Infrastructures

Speaker: Marianna Childress-Poli (Euro-BioImaging)

14:10 Enhancing Internal Communication in a Multinational Research Environment

Speakers: Dr Bernd Ebeling (European XFEL), Marieke Sander (European XFEL)

14:30 The power of the ‘one EMBL’ unified brand

Speaker: Tabea Rauscher (EMBL – European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

PAERI24_EMBL_Brand_Tabea_Rauscher.pptx

13:30 → 14:50 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 3 - Exploring CERN’s Science Gateway

13:30 Introducing Science Gateway

Speaker: Emma Sanders (CERN)

13:50 Evaluating Science Gateway, the social science perspective

Speaker: Jimmy Clerc (CERN)

14:10 Discovering the labs and science shows

Speaker: Laura de Vevey (CERN)

2024_PAERI_Laura de Vevey.pdf

14:30 Communicating Science Gateway

Speaker: Kate Kahle (CERN)

14:50 → 15:20 Coffee break & Networking

15:20 → 16:20 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 1- WORKSHOP on Diversity

15:20 Identifying Indigenous Knowledge in communities to communicate across cultural borders for science infrastructure construction success

Speaker: Dr Anton Binneman (NRF|SARAO University of Johannesburg)

15:20 → 16:20 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 2 - WORKSHOP on Branding and Strategic Communication

15:20 PAERI ’24 – Communicating Across Borders: Science is sexy! How to leverage your brand merit to create an engaged online audience

Speaker: Molly Pekarik Fry (Diamond Light Source)

15:20 → 16:20 Thursday Afternoon: PARALLEL SESSION 3 - WORKSHOP on Designing communication across audiences and cultures

15:20 Users, owners, funders, friends: the challenges of overlapping audiences

Speaker: Terry O'Connnor

TOConnor-Thursday-1620-Parallel-3.pdf

16:20 → 16:35 Thursday Afternoon: Closing Remarks & Presentation of PAERI 26

16:35 → 16:50 Free evening / Informal Networking

Dinner at Club Nautique for Committee and Working Group Members

Friday, 29 November

08:30 → 09:45 Depart for CERN with Bus from Morges (exact location : in front of Morges train station)

The bus will leave on time - please don't be late / Public transport is available at your own cost if you miss the bus

09:45 → 10:00 Arrive at CERN

10:00 → 10:30 Friday Morning: Opening Remarks and CERN Keynote

10:30 → 12:00 Friday Morning: Museum (Group 2)

10:30 → 12:00 Friday Morning: Tour (Group 1) - Note we will break into smaller groups

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 15:30 Friday Afternoon: Museum (Group 1)

13:30 → 15:30 Friday Afternoon: Tour (Group 2) - Note we will break into smaller groups

15:30 → 16:00 Closing Remarks

Please note that the Bus will leave CERN at 16:00 and will have 2 stops:
- First Geneva Airport Cointrin
- Second and last stop Geneva Train Station Cornavin
The bus WILL NOT bring back participants to Morges.