2012-06-04, Ankara, MRI Key Contact Workshop prior to the SEEmore Conference 2012

Wednesday, 4 July 2012, Ankara, Turkey

Background

A 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 attend anyway, in this case the 3rd SEEmore Conference on Mountain Resources and their Response to Global Change, Ankara, 5-6 July 2012. As such, the KCW offers 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.

Organizers

MRI-Europe

Ankara University

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.

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

A compilation of current research programs on global change in mountains, see for instance: Research summaries

To make an entry to the Catalogue of Research Summaries for the Ankara event, please click here

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 (astrid.bjoernsen@giub.unibe.ch)