The 2009 conference is hosted by The Science Shop, Queen's University Belfast

Workshop 4.2: Horizon Scanning – What next for Science Shops?

Saturday 29^th August 2009 

 10:00 – 11:00 

Venue: to be confirmed

Co - Chairs:

Professor Bill Peterman, Emeritus Professor of Geography, Chicago State University, USA

Mrs Kim Treasure M.Ed., Science Shops Wales, University of Glamorgan, UK

Presenters:

Richard Blickstead & Brenda Roche

“Building social innovation through sustainable community and academic engagement”  Wellesley Institute, Toronto, Canada

Michael Straehle, Christine Urban

“Science Shops of the future: Opportunities, challenges, expectations” Wissenschaftsladen Wien - Science Shop Vienna, Austria

Victor Winter and Jasper van Winden

“Community Based Research Equals Knowledge Transfer? - enterprises and Institutions are also part of the community” Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Format:

This workshop has been structured to encourage the involvement of all the participants.   The presentations will last for 7 minutes each and the Chairs will then facilitate discussion for the remainder of the session.

Questions:

Discussion will focus on the following 3 questions:

• How can Science Shops support civil society to both produce and access information?
• What are the opportunities for Science Shops within the current framework of university reform?
• What is required to develop and implement social innovation?