2012-04-21, Vienna, MRI Key Contact Workshop prior to the EGU Meeting 2012

Saturday, 21 April 2012, Vienna, Austria

Background

The Key Contact Workshop (KCW) is a 1-day event facilitating and fostering the dialogue between scientists with various backgrounds. The three work tools, namely written research summaries, snapshot presentations, and small working groups, stimulate interdisciplinary thinking and allow peers to take a fresh look at your research. The workshop accommodates a maximum of 24 speakers/working group chairs, and a few additional participants from a broad range of fields and disciplines from both natural and social sciences. KCWs usually precede major conferences that mountain researchers anyway attend. They offer an additional platform to scientists interested in the dialogue with peers from other disciplines.

Objectives

The KCW brings together active researchers from around the world working on global change in mountain regions to

(1) present a brief overview of their research programs,

(2) comment on fellow participant's research, and

(3) discover opportunities for new interdisciplinary research collaborations.

Organizer

MRI-Europe

Tools

Participants

(1) prepare a 1-2 pages contribution to a "Catalogue of Research Summaries" prior to the workshop

(2) outline current and, especially, future research programs in a 5'-presentation during the workshop

(3) chair a working group during the event to discuss those research programs in depth (30-40')

(4) actively participate in 4-5 other working groups during the workshop.

Fees

No fees apply to workshop participation. However, participants are expected to organize their travel and accommodation themselves and to cover their own expenses.

Products

- Catalogue of Research Summaries, i.e. a compilation of current research programs on global change in mountains, see for instance:
- Research summaries
- Pictures
- Presentations 

Worth trying?

Many of the KCW have been evaluated by the participants. Have a look what they were saying: e.g.Evaluation KCW Avila

Contact

Astrid Björnsen Gurung, MRI-Europe (astrid.bjoernsen@giub.unibe.ch)