CIPAST workshop

The workshop organized by the CIPAST consortium started at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum (Dresden) on Monday 26th June at 12:00 a.m. and ended Wednesday 28th June at 4:00 p.m.

Main issue: citizen participation in science and technology: “How to design and organize public deliberation for science and technology”

General Content

1. Introduction to citizen participation

Metaplan on issues and relevance when considering citizen participation.

2. Planning citizen participation

How to get started? Identifying an appropriate methodology.

3. Successful project management

How to achieve results? The ethics of good management.

4. Using results

How to maximise dissemination and achieve impact?

5. Evaluation

Output, outcome, impact: what and how to evaluate?

6. “Do it yourself” session

7. Reflexive session

Possible drawbacks. What to learn from citizen participation experience? How to provide training?

Case studies

1. UK NanoJury, a citizens’ jury on nanotechnology

2. French interactive assessment of ‘GM Vine Research’

3. Danish local scenario workshops on ‘Ocean Rise’

Public events

Invited lecture on Citizens’ Science on Monday evening.Prof. Peter Weingart, University of Bielefeld

‘Meeting of Minds, European Citizens Deliberation on Brain Science: Is participation possible on a European scale?’ on Tuesday evening.

Presentations and panel discussion of a pilot project with 126 citi­zens from 9 countries. With Philippe Galiay, Science and Society Directorate, DG Research, European Commission, Gerrit Rauws, Director, King Baudouin Foundation, Bruxelles, Marie-Agnès Ber­nardis, Cité des Sciences et de l‘Industrie, Paris