Bio-Hacking meets Citizen Science
9:45 -16:00, House of the Academies, Laupenstrasse 7, Bern Room „Mönch“, ground floor Costs: CHF 15.- for lunch
Schedule:
9:30 Arrival of Participants, Welcome 9:45 Introduction and news from the Swiss Citizen Science Network Pia Viviani, Jenny Flück
10:00 Workshop: a biohacker's kitchen laboratory Urs Gaudenz, Sachiko Hirosue, Marc Dusseiller - DIY experiments in the kitchen laboratory - Showcase: biohacking tools for citizen science (various prototypes)
12:00 Lunch break and informal discussions
13:00 Overview: global transdisciplinary approaches to participatory science Dr. Marc Dusseiller, transdisciplinary educator, biohacker and Hackteria's Global Ambassador Focus: international, transdisciplinary education (mostly about coconuts)
13:20 Science hacking, open source scientific lab equipment Dipl. Ing. Urs Gaudenz, lecturer for open innovation (HSLU) and open hardware developer (GaudiLabs) Focus: true collaboration between institutional and non-institutional
13:40 Case study: bio-design for the real world - a collaborative model for interdisciplinary student education Dr. Sachiko Hirosue, senior scientist EPFL, initiator of biodesign.cc Focus: real world application, student involvement
14:00 Discussion – the role and responsibility of biohacking in citizen science Moderator: Dipl. Ing. Urs Gaudenz
16:00 End